You're running X on a cell phone? That's the news here, not the technology per se. This chip will be able to do sub-pix using very little power and on a teeny tiny display.
I would not dismiss this flaw out of hand like that. Its a serious problem with tabs and can easily be abused. I mean, imagine if IE did tabs tomorrow (natively) and only IE had this problem. Would the slashdot crowd be as nice about it as you are towards mozilla. Of course not.
The problem I see is that javascript is just such a mess, and at the time was good idea as server side scripting was non-existant. I'd love to see webmasters get away from javascript and new standards which limit what javascript can do.
I mean, if theres one application that needs to be secured and we will be using for at least the next couple of decades, its the browser.
>Why further continue the public's view of the open source community's immaturity by adding such a silly editorial comment to an otherwise reasonable story submission?
You're new here aren't you.
Expect lots of BS rationalizing. I dont see why people just dont admit to their bias and be done with it. I mean seriously, if you're a conservative don't tell me you're fair and balanced. If you're an OSS nut, don't tell me you're being fair. You're not. You're advocating something. People tend to appreciate it when others are being honest.
The session issue and two user limitation are for win2k server. Thats what I mostly used TS for. I cant even remember playing with this stuff on XP, probably because im so used to the ssh/tighvnc combo.
TS is superior to all VNC products, period. No one can develop something like TS without full access to a lot of windows code. TS doesnt do bitmap screencaptures and compression, its sends the underlying drawing commands to the client.
That said, I dont use it. Im not going to run an MS service like that for security reasons. I dont like being logged on in a different session (I want to access the crap I left running from earlier). I dont trust their encryption. Their user limitation (only 2 at a time) is silly when VNC is free.
MEDIA ISNT DEREGULTATED ENOUGH. RUPERT MURDOCH ONLY OWNS 100 JAZILLION STATIONS
PRICEFIXING IS THE PRICE NOBODIES PAY FOR NOT BEING RICH
and the classic:
THE MARKET WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. MINIMUM WAGE LAWS KEEP WAGES LOW!!!!
sigh
Right here in Chicago, DSL is tough to get in the nearby suburbs because SBC isnt rolling it out unless they get a big fat deregulation handout from the feds. Hopefully with a way to crush competitors paying to use their lines.
Cable monopolies own entire towns and are usually they only way to get internet access. Chicago prices: 59.99 a month.
Media deregulation and the repeal of the fairness doctrine has created a media newstainment ecology that often reflects ownership bias. Something like 60% of all Fox News viewers believe there is a 9/11 Saddam connection.
But please, dont let facts get in the way of a good lassiez-faire wankfest.
Also, I'll let you in on a little secret. The FCC, congress, et al tend to do the bidding of big business. Its the ol' favor system. Established business has been pushing for regulating VoIP because its a threat to their profits. In other words, the problem isnt regulation its corruption. Regulation just happens to be the tool.
What we need is a new tld. Something like.bank which is only for finacial sites. Only bansk which can prove theyare real along with with a 'no confusing names' policy could go a long way to fighting fraud.
So if the domain key says "comcast email" because im using their SMTP, does that mean my @blahblah email will be filtered out because the smtp doesnt match the domain in the To: field?
I think all new installtions of windows come with an alexa cookie for tracking people. It may not be bonzi buddy, but a tracking cookie you never even requested sure sounds like spyware to me.
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>who doesn't really 'get-it'
What's there to get? He's just selling a rebranded machine along with rebranded accessories. If the premium on this stuff isn't bad, its quite a step up from the mini tower cases with four fans making quite a bit of noise.
As far as the netpliance goes, I see no problem with a thin client. In fact, many times I wished people had locked down thin clients which stored data on remote servers and served applications. Harder to get spyware, viruses, etc when you're running everything remotely.
>here is no right-leaning pressure just to show the Kerry documentary
Fact: Sinclair tried to supress the airing of Nightline and was only stopped by public outcry.
Fact: Michael Moore offered to show F911 for FREE on Sinclairs networks after they aired thier anti-Kerry hatefest. Do you think they'll take the offer? Its money in the bank. They won't of course.
Henry Kissinger (most of the world considers him a war criminal)
Karen Hughes (Bush's campaign manager)
Ed Gillespie (RNC chairman/cheerleader)
Its just not a hard-news talk show. And its a comedy show which makes no promises about being fair, honest, or anything.
That said, you should watch the show more often as softball is all that goes on there, with a few exceptions.
Carlson doesnt have a point. Carlson needed to save face after he was exposed to be below the level of the daily show in terms of credibility. That's as low as you can get.
Funny you should mention talk radio. When Reagan took away the Fairness Doctrine, AM radio became a right-wing hatefest and continues to stay that way. Limbaugh, Savage, et al. AM used to be the cheap way to get ears, but now its partisan as all get out. Previous to Reagan's decision, AM (all broadcast media for that matter) had to present both sides of the issue in a serious manner. We are reaping the loss of the FD today with today's uber-consolidated corporate media. Just look at Sinclair which is going to air a ridiculous "documentary" on John Kerry on the 21st in a shameless attempt to alter the election. That ain't information, that's disinformation. Meanwhile Michal Moore lost his PPV F911 spot.
Double standard? You're soaking in it.
The fairness doctrine actually gave us Fair and Balanced coverage. Today, Fair and Balanced is a smartass tagline of the most biased network on television.
Is Jon Stewart turning into our generation's Neil Postman? Sure seems that way. It looked like Jon had an attack of conscience. It looked like he wanted to either yell or cry. Maybe he was ready for the jokes, pimping the book, etc and remembered how this show was going to play out: one guy giving out the DNC talking points, the other guy giving the RNC talking points, and Stewart making silly jokes about both. Like he said, he didn't want to be their monkey so he went into Neil Postman mode and attacked them on their newstainment bullshit. Its well deserved, not only because he attacked the newstainment format but because that show is especially bad in regards to politics. Its not right v left or any of that, its Democrat v. Republican talking points.
I mean, Carlson is the guy who said this about Edwards: "he (Edwards) was a personal-injury lawyer specializing in Jacuzzi cases." He knew full well Edwards did a class action for a pool pump which was used in both public and private pools which hurt little kids, but as a GOP operative that's what he had to say, especially when their managers are trying to out-sleeze shows like O'Reily and the other pathetic offerings from Fox News and MSNBC. It was all too fake for Stewart so he just spent this invaluable time attacking the system. Any sane person would have done the same. Perhaps. I think most people would have been good little boys and girls and pimped their books and played nice. Stewart knows he doesn't need CNN to sell his book or to get ratings for his show, so he took a very risky chance to take a moral stand. Don't expect him to be on any other shows for a long time, unless this is the straw which breaks the corporate media's back, which I doubt it is. If anything, this is more like a Lenny Bruce monologue which was groundbreaking at the time, but wasn't an agent of change in itself for a long time after.
Its almost predictable. I think too many people see the Daily Show as a fake news comedy show. It actually is satire of the highest order. Jon and his writers are doing nothing but mocking every news show, every hackneyed local evening news anchor, every news magazine format, every soft news journalist, etc.
I thought the most interesting part of this exchange was the comment about Carlson's bow-tie. Stewart wasn't mocking him for his lack of fashion sense, he was justifying what he calls "theater." Why would a young man wear such an old fashioned article of clothing like that, if not for attention? If not for a "distinctive look." If not for "personality branding." etc. Carlson was denying his show is theater while in a costume. It was very poignant observation by Stewart and showed the absurdity of the entire spectacle.
The marketing skills the multi-nationals use apply EVERYWHERE. There will always be a lowest common denominator in any society. Pandering to it while keeping the anti-intellectual fires burning is how you go from information to disinformation.
Not to mention religion keeps skeptics and science from breaking into the mainstream. The power structures have no use for a media which upsets their interests. Media is privately owned which means you get ownership bias. There is a huge barrier to entry to even get into mass media.
I hear them from the Bush administration almost daily and corporate america is getting a lot more brazen. No one fact checks, dissenting opinions are marginalized, and the corrections page doesn't have nearly the eyeballs the front page does. And that's assuming a correction is ever given.
This is the same mentality of shipping a crappy product and having tech support take care of the issues. Okay, fine, at least I have someone to complain to and I can return products, but with information you don't have that option. You complain to your peers, who are just an echo chamber. The fact that lying usually goes unchallenged in media makes for bigger more destructive lies.
The browser has holes, its a piece of software. This is way over the line. How did the information age become the disinformation age? Perhaps we officially entered the post-postman world where everything is a soundbite that flies through the subconscious and sticks there. Long corrections don't have the same stickiness, so lying is now smart business.
Keep it up Bill, you're making my next Apple purchase all the sweeter.
Disclaimer for the mods: Yes, many politicians lie. Apple isnt perfect, etc. But there is a difference between small and big lies. Lies which are harmless and those which cause destruction.
Where do you think this gag order Rackspace (a US company) is under comes from? In fact when the ACLU was fighting the PATRIOT ACT they werent allowed to say why.
Hi, welcome to Bush's America. John Ashcroft will be your host.
Bush/Cheney 04 Don't change horses in mid-apocalypse.
Kerry got into America's comfort zone in debate one, showed us he can be a fighter in debate 2, and became this "zen master" in debate 3. I really didn't expect such a strong showing from Kerry. Along with his politics I think he just won over the last of the undecideds.
>The Libertarian and Green candidates not only agreed to be interviewed directly by a random nerd website (/.), but gave well thought out answers to the questions.
And when they become a national party busy with larger groups to talk to and with many compromises they won't have time to talk to slashdot. Oh, they will but just like Bush does, with copy and paste speechwriter crap for the "voting kiddies." At least the Kerry stuff looked and sounded fresh and attempted to stay within the confines of the question.
Your state decides how it wants to pick its electors. The exective branch nor congress cannot force IRV (which has flaws too btw).
Nader talks about it because it serves him, but makes no effort to work on the local and state level to implement change. Nader is aiming for the presidency with no party. A real third party could work with the state legislature to make changes in this regard. Nader just bounces from party to party.
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You're running X on a cell phone? That's the news here, not the technology per se. This chip will be able to do sub-pix using very little power and on a teeny tiny display.
I would not dismiss this flaw out of hand like that. Its a serious problem with tabs and can easily be abused. I mean, imagine if IE did tabs tomorrow (natively) and only IE had this problem. Would the slashdot crowd be as nice about it as you are towards mozilla. Of course not.
The problem I see is that javascript is just such a mess, and at the time was good idea as server side scripting was non-existant. I'd love to see webmasters get away from javascript and new standards which limit what javascript can do.
I mean, if theres one application that needs to be secured and we will be using for at least the next couple of decades, its the browser.
>Why further continue the public's view of the open source community's immaturity by adding such a silly editorial comment to an otherwise reasonable story submission?
You're new here aren't you.
Expect lots of BS rationalizing. I dont see why people just dont admit to their bias and be done with it. I mean seriously, if you're a conservative don't tell me you're fair and balanced. If you're an OSS nut, don't tell me you're being fair. You're not. You're advocating something. People tend to appreciate it when others are being honest.
The session issue and two user limitation are for win2k server. Thats what I mostly used TS for. I cant even remember playing with this stuff on XP, probably because im so used to the ssh/tighvnc combo.
Nope. What I do is intall cygwin and run the sshd. Then I can do tunnels for TightVNC. Its kinda a pain but it keeps me happy because:
Hey I got ssh access now. I might not have bothered before.
ssh is also sftp. So now I got an sftp server too!
I tunnel other things now, which I might not have done before.
Of course, this is all besides the point. Built-in encryption is the easiest way to go, but sometimes secondary effects can be just as good.
TS is superior to all VNC products, period. No one can develop something like TS without full access to a lot of windows code. TS doesnt do bitmap screencaptures and compression, its sends the underlying drawing commands to the client.
That said, I dont use it. Im not going to run an MS service like that for security reasons. I dont like being logged on in a different session (I want to access the crap I left running from earlier). I dont trust their encryption. Their user limitation (only 2 at a time) is silly when VNC is free.
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BRING BACK OIL TRUSTS
MEDIA ISNT DEREGULTATED ENOUGH. RUPERT MURDOCH ONLY OWNS 100 JAZILLION STATIONS
PRICEFIXING IS THE PRICE NOBODIES PAY FOR NOT BEING RICH
and the classic:
THE MARKET WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. MINIMUM WAGE LAWS KEEP WAGES LOW!!!!
sigh
Right here in Chicago, DSL is tough to get in the nearby suburbs because SBC isnt rolling it out unless they get a big fat deregulation handout from the feds. Hopefully with a way to crush competitors paying to use their lines.
Cable monopolies own entire towns and are usually they only way to get internet access. Chicago prices: 59.99 a month.
Media deregulation and the repeal of the fairness doctrine has created a media newstainment ecology that often reflects ownership bias. Something like 60% of all Fox News viewers believe there is a 9/11 Saddam connection.
But please, dont let facts get in the way of a good lassiez-faire wankfest.
Also, I'll let you in on a little secret. The FCC, congress, et al tend to do the bidding of big business. Its the ol' favor system. Established business has been pushing for regulating VoIP because its a threat to their profits. In other words, the problem isnt regulation its corruption. Regulation just happens to be the tool.
The beta version has file transer, a much nicer interface, some open sourced display driver which speeds it up, etc.
All its lacking is encryption, and that can be had with an ssh tunnel. On windows can this be done with cygwin.
Not a joke at all. Maybe my typos are funny. I posted that on my sidekick while on the train.
What we need is a new tld. Something like .bank which is only for finacial sites. Only bansk which can prove theyare real along with with a 'no confusing names' policy could go a long way to fighting fraud.
So if the domain key says "comcast email" because im using their SMTP, does that mean my @blahblah email will be filtered out because the smtp doesnt match the domain in the To: field?
I think all new installtions of windows come with an alexa cookie for tracking people. It may not be bonzi buddy, but a tracking cookie you never even requested sure sounds like spyware to me.
>who doesn't really 'get-it'
What's there to get? He's just selling a rebranded machine along with rebranded accessories. If the premium on this stuff isn't bad, its quite a step up from the mini tower cases with four fans making quite a bit of noise.
As far as the netpliance goes, I see no problem with a thin client. In fact, many times I wished people had locked down thin clients which stored data on remote servers and served applications. Harder to get spyware, viruses, etc when you're running everything remotely.
Fact: They had a contract.
Fact: They broke the contract.
Fact: There is litigation about said contract.
The deal was done. Someone chickened out.
>here is no right-leaning pressure just to show the Kerry documentary
Fact: Sinclair tried to supress the airing of Nightline and was only stopped by public outcry.
Fact: Michael Moore offered to show F911 for FREE on Sinclairs networks after they aired thier anti-Kerry hatefest. Do you think they'll take the offer? Its money in the bank. They won't of course.
He was also softball with:
Henry Kissinger (most of the world considers him a war criminal)
Karen Hughes (Bush's campaign manager)
Ed Gillespie (RNC chairman/cheerleader)
Its just not a hard-news talk show. And its a comedy show which makes no promises about being fair, honest, or anything.
That said, you should watch the show more often as softball is all that goes on there, with a few exceptions.
Carlson doesnt have a point. Carlson needed to save face after he was exposed to be below the level of the daily show in terms of credibility. That's as low as you can get.
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Funny you should mention talk radio. When Reagan took away the Fairness Doctrine, AM radio became a right-wing hatefest and continues to stay that way. Limbaugh, Savage, et al. AM used to be the cheap way to get ears, but now its partisan as all get out. Previous to Reagan's decision, AM (all broadcast media for that matter) had to present both sides of the issue in a serious manner. We are reaping the loss of the FD today with today's uber-consolidated corporate media. Just look at Sinclair which is going to air a ridiculous "documentary" on John Kerry on the 21st in a shameless attempt to alter the election. That ain't information, that's disinformation. Meanwhile Michal Moore lost his PPV F911 spot.
Double standard? You're soaking in it.
The fairness doctrine actually gave us Fair and Balanced coverage. Today, Fair and Balanced is a smartass tagline of the most biased network on television.
Is Jon Stewart turning into our generation's Neil Postman? Sure seems that way. It looked like Jon had an attack of conscience. It looked like he wanted to either yell or cry. Maybe he was ready for the jokes, pimping the book, etc and remembered how this show was going to play out: one guy giving out the DNC talking points, the other guy giving the RNC talking points, and Stewart making silly jokes about both. Like he said, he didn't want to be their monkey so he went into Neil Postman mode and attacked them on their newstainment bullshit. Its well deserved, not only because he attacked the newstainment format but because that show is especially bad in regards to politics. Its not right v left or any of that, its Democrat v. Republican talking points.
I mean, Carlson is the guy who said this about Edwards: "he (Edwards) was a personal-injury lawyer specializing in Jacuzzi cases." He knew full well Edwards did a class action for a pool pump which was used in both public and private pools which hurt little kids, but as a GOP operative that's what he had to say, especially when their managers are trying to out-sleeze shows like O'Reily and the other pathetic offerings from Fox News and MSNBC. It was all too fake for Stewart so he just spent this invaluable time attacking the system. Any sane person would have done the same. Perhaps. I think most people would have been good little boys and girls and pimped their books and played nice. Stewart knows he doesn't need CNN to sell his book or to get ratings for his show, so he took a very risky chance to take a moral stand. Don't expect him to be on any other shows for a long time, unless this is the straw which breaks the corporate media's back, which I doubt it is. If anything, this is more like a Lenny Bruce monologue which was groundbreaking at the time, but wasn't an agent of change in itself for a long time after.
Its almost predictable. I think too many people see the Daily Show as a fake news comedy show. It actually is satire of the highest order. Jon and his writers are doing nothing but mocking every news show, every hackneyed local evening news anchor, every news magazine format, every soft news journalist, etc.
I thought the most interesting part of this exchange was the comment about Carlson's bow-tie. Stewart wasn't mocking him for his lack of fashion sense, he was justifying what he calls "theater." Why would a young man wear such an old fashioned article of clothing like that, if not for attention? If not for a "distinctive look." If not for "personality branding." etc. Carlson was denying his show is theater while in a costume. It was very poignant observation by Stewart and showed the absurdity of the entire spectacle.
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The marketing skills the multi-nationals use apply EVERYWHERE. There will always be a lowest common denominator in any society. Pandering to it while keeping the anti-intellectual fires burning is how you go from information to disinformation.
Not to mention religion keeps skeptics and science from breaking into the mainstream. The power structures have no use for a media which upsets their interests. Media is privately owned which means you get ownership bias. There is a huge barrier to entry to even get into mass media.
I hear them from the Bush administration almost daily and corporate america is getting a lot more brazen. No one fact checks, dissenting opinions are marginalized, and the corrections page doesn't have nearly the eyeballs the front page does. And that's assuming a correction is ever given.
This is the same mentality of shipping a crappy product and having tech support take care of the issues. Okay, fine, at least I have someone to complain to and I can return products, but with information you don't have that option. You complain to your peers, who are just an echo chamber. The fact that lying usually goes unchallenged in media makes for bigger more destructive lies.
The browser has holes, its a piece of software. This is way over the line. How did the information age become the disinformation age? Perhaps we officially entered the post-postman world where everything is a soundbite that flies through the subconscious and sticks there. Long corrections don't have the same stickiness, so lying is now smart business.
Keep it up Bill, you're making my next Apple purchase all the sweeter.
Disclaimer for the mods: Yes, many politicians lie. Apple isnt perfect, etc. But there is a difference between small and big lies. Lies which are harmless and those which cause destruction.
Where do you think this gag order Rackspace (a US company) is under comes from? In fact when the ACLU was fighting the PATRIOT ACT they werent allowed to say why.
Hi, welcome to Bush's America. John Ashcroft will be your host.
Bush/Cheney 04
Don't change horses in mid-apocalypse.
We got us a new president.
Kerry got into America's comfort zone in debate one, showed us he can be a fighter in debate 2, and became this "zen master" in debate 3. I really didn't expect such a strong showing from Kerry. Along with his politics I think he just won over the last of the undecideds.
>The Libertarian and Green candidates not only agreed to be interviewed directly by a random nerd website (/.), but gave well thought out answers to the questions.
And when they become a national party busy with larger groups to talk to and with many compromises they won't have time to talk to slashdot. Oh, they will but just like Bush does, with copy and paste speechwriter crap for the "voting kiddies." At least the Kerry stuff looked and sounded fresh and attempted to stay within the confines of the question.
Your state decides how it wants to pick its electors. The exective branch nor congress cannot force IRV (which has flaws too btw).
Nader talks about it because it serves him, but makes no effort to work on the local and state level to implement change. Nader is aiming for the presidency with no party. A real third party could work with the state legislature to make changes in this regard. Nader just bounces from party to party.