I own a TiVo. And it completely rocks - I get to watch TV on my terms: fuck prime time - anytime is prime time for me. So, those Network Execs who get paid the big bucks to "tactically schedule" stuff? Their jobs have just been eliminated.
That's the good. Those 2am on tuesday shows that I just gotta watch (or 2pm on Saturday) I can now watch on Sunday at 9:00 am if I like. It's great for the kid - when I want slack as a parent, I can simply play whatever kid show that's still in the "Now Playing" list.
The evil part: TiVo is a great market research tool. TiVo is capturing data about what you watch. There's also a nifty feature that lets you rate shows - stuff you don't like won't get automatically recorded - stuff you like (and similar shows) will be automatically be recorded if they're space. All of that data is sent back to TiVo. Is agregated without any personal information attached - but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize they TiVo could, if they wanted to, cut in their OWN commercials (much like Information Resources does in the Eau Claire, Wi market. Hi Shopper's Network!)
Now it's kind of good: perhaps Firefly wouldn't have been cancled if the Networks had the right data. Still, it gives me some heebie jeebies at times.
Am I going to return my TiVo? Hell no - the market research aspect - for the present - sits ok. But, this isn't something TiVo is jumping up and down and informing people about. It's in the privacy statement - something that John Q. public rarely reads.
Or so it seems... From the website: Compatibilité OS : Win98/2000/XP/Me/Mac OS ( + 9.X )
Why, oh why, is this another Linux powered beast that "isn't compatiblilite" with Linux? The Zaurus has this curse, now we have another beast. It boots linux, so you'd think that it would be listed as such.
> Yes, that's right, Depak fucking Chopra Funny story, that - the station manager of one of the local PBS stations here said he hates running that tripe - moreover, the call volume for that was 0 - no one pledged during that time.
But, I concur - pledge week sucks, and they do seem to run more "arts" stuff during that time. Still, that's a bit in alignment with what this is about: you wouldn't see that on the networks.
One thing we can count on in our area is the Joe Campbell stuff during pledge week, so it's not all bad...
> How would it be a good thing? Or are you one > of those ultra conservatives you say are so > keen on shutting down PBS?
Good point. It's a moral dilema that face each time I pledge - if they get money to stay afloat, that encourages the far right to chop funding even more: "See, people are willing to pick up the tab." On the other hand, I'd hate to loose it: despite the "moral values" that the right keeps spewing, Fox News has no decent programming for little kids (and if they do, you'll get ads for stuff like Cops.) The rest of the networks aren't any better. (CBS: We'll be right back to Dora, but first, a message from the latest "Reality TV")
> that I pay a $250 media fee that goes to the > university's PBS station WFUM A U student? And pledging? Good for you. Hey, if you're already paying the $250 fee, then you're in the right to hold back. The PBS people say "give what you can."
Folks who like PBS should remember that when pledge week comes rolling around. The ultra-conservatives have their designs on shutting PBS down by yanking funding.
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_support.html/
(it'd be a good thing if pbs's pledge site was/.'d)
In addition to the energy savings, Straus' new methane digester will eliminate tons of naturally occurring greenhouse gases and strip 80 to 99 percent of organic pollutants from the wastewater generated from his family's 63-year-old dairy farm. Heat from the generator warms thousands of gallons of water that may be used to clean farm facilities and to heat the manure lagoon. And wastewater left over after the methane is extracted, greatly deodorized, is used for fertilizing the farm's fields.
So it seems that some of the smell is controlled - although the article doesn't really convey how much it's nullified.
If it's something that I really don't want to screw with - such as X, I'm more than happy to let RedHat do that dirty work (come on, be honest, did YOU actually compile it from the ground up?) GCC also falls into that category.
Also, anything with way to many software tendrils is package fodder.
Apache, however, is one of those, I just gotta build it myself. And, of course the Kernel.
Packages give you all sorts of benefits - change control being #1 (and, as we geeks know, is a leader cause of software cancer) they're hard not to use.
Here's a comprimise: you build the software yourself, and then roll 'em into packages. (oh, don't forget to have decent change management structures in place) You'll both be happy, and sitting in a great position for when your tiny 10 node system turns into a 100, 1000, or 10000.
Well, as I see it, the government is directly involved with developing software. Well, since we are the government WE are paying for the development of software, and yet WE don't get access ot that source
Here's an example. The state of MN just wrote some software to help track the amount of salt that it uses during the winter time, allowing them to better track and order salt in a timely manner.
Who paid for that? Well, me, and a bunch of other Minnesotans. Well, don't cha think that Wisconsin, our happy go-lucky-badger-fearing state would LOVE to have the code? Sure WI could buy that package from MN, but I'll bet that Wisconsin will just go ahead, and reinvent that wheel. Government works like a business (but with a bit more transparancy) and most businesses are heavily involed with the NOT INVENTED HERE SYNDROME.
So WI and MN tax payers are paying twice what they need to. So, why not share the code? Chances are that WI will have projects that MN would want. Is it going to cut jobs? Probably not - it's just going to make things more efficent. Developers will still need to adapt the packages to the current environment.
We're paying to have this software developed - we might as well get a copy of it!
Check out the Tipping Point (http://www.gladwell.com/books.html)
Malcom Gladwell points out in this book that there are 3 (or 4? It's been awhile since I've read the it) different agents that help ideas tip.
One of the agents is the "connected person." This is a person, such as a blogger, that for some reason or another, just knows of and connects with more people. I'd expect that the Popular Bloggers are examples of this sort of person.
It's a good "gee whiz" sort of book, and is reasonably researched.
Well, for one, it takes money to run OSHA. Good, drivable streets take money. Propper heating and cooling. Social Security, an outstanding law enforcement, a top flight military, etc, etc, etc.
In short, the history of the American worker has been about fighting for, and winning, decent rights and a fair wage.
But, off shoring is the way corporations are skirting around our hard won rights.
What's the solution? Well, a start would be a world wide minimum wage. You want to participate in the global economy? Welcome to it! But, you need to pay your citizens at least X dollars an hour, and provide them with certain rights.
In short, make it a fair trading ground. Will this crush coporations? Nope. We're just leveling the play ground so everyone gets a fair chance.
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God Bless America!
And if you disagree, you gotta be a commie. Or against us, and with the terrorists. Or something.
Viva McCarthy! His legacy lives on!
Alternatively, someone could try the patch, and re-evaluate it.
Computer Science isn't a religion, it's evolutionary. If the "C++ patch" works great, and makes things easier, so be it. If not, it gets tossed out.
If it is good, and it is rejected, then what's the point of Open Source?
The major hangup I have with Flourinert is that if it burns, everyone in the room dies.
I own a TiVo. And it completely rocks - I get to watch TV on my terms: fuck prime time - anytime is prime time for me. So, those Network Execs who get paid the big bucks to "tactically schedule" stuff? Their jobs have just been eliminated.
That's the good. Those 2am on tuesday shows that I just gotta watch (or 2pm on Saturday) I can now watch on Sunday at 9:00 am if I like. It's great for the kid - when I want slack as a parent, I can simply play whatever kid show that's still in the "Now Playing" list.
The evil part: TiVo is a great market research tool. TiVo is capturing data about what you watch. There's also a nifty feature that lets you rate shows - stuff you don't like won't get automatically recorded - stuff you like (and similar shows) will be automatically be recorded if they're space. All of that data is sent back to TiVo. Is agregated without any personal information attached - but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize they TiVo could, if they wanted to, cut in their OWN commercials (much like Information Resources does in the Eau Claire, Wi market. Hi Shopper's Network!)
Now it's kind of good: perhaps Firefly wouldn't have been cancled if the Networks had the right data. Still, it gives me some heebie jeebies at times.
Am I going to return my TiVo? Hell no - the market research aspect - for the present - sits ok. But, this isn't something TiVo is jumping up and down and informing people about. It's in the privacy statement - something that John Q. public rarely reads.
Whew. That's a relief!
Or so it seems... From the website: Compatibilité OS : Win98/2000/XP/Me/Mac OS ( + 9.X )
Why, oh why, is this another Linux powered beast that "isn't compatiblilite" with Linux? The Zaurus has this curse, now we have another beast. It boots linux, so you'd think that it would be listed as such.
Torrentocracy was mentioned on /. see http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/06/21 /0150243.shtml?tid=149&tid=99
> Yes, that's right, Depak fucking Chopra
Funny story, that - the station manager of one of the local PBS stations here said he hates running that tripe - moreover, the call volume for that was 0 - no one pledged during that time.
But, I concur - pledge week sucks, and they do seem to run more "arts" stuff during that time. Still, that's a bit in alignment with what this is about: you wouldn't see that on the networks.
One thing we can count on in our area is the Joe Campbell stuff during pledge week, so it's not all bad...
> How would it be a good thing? Or are you one
> of those ultra conservatives you say are so
> keen on shutting down PBS?
Good point. It's a moral dilema that face each time I pledge - if they get money to stay afloat, that encourages the far right to chop funding even more: "See, people are willing to pick up the tab." On the other hand, I'd hate to loose it: despite the "moral values" that the right keeps spewing, Fox News has no decent programming for little kids (and if they do, you'll get ads for stuff like Cops.) The rest of the networks aren't any better. (CBS: We'll be right back to Dora, but first, a message from the latest "Reality TV")
> that I pay a $250 media fee that goes to the
> university's PBS station WFUM
A U student? And pledging? Good for you. Hey, if you're already paying the $250 fee, then you're in the right to hold back. The PBS people say "give what you can."
Folks who like PBS should remember that when pledge week comes rolling around. The ultra-conservatives have their designs on shutting PBS down by yanking funding./
/.'d)
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/aboutpbs_support.html
(it'd be a good thing if pbs's pledge site was
In addition to the energy savings, Straus' new methane digester will eliminate tons of naturally occurring greenhouse gases and strip 80 to 99 percent of organic pollutants from the wastewater generated from his family's 63-year-old dairy farm. Heat from the generator warms thousands of gallons of water that may be used to clean farm facilities and to heat the manure lagoon. And wastewater left over after the methane is extracted, greatly deodorized, is used for fertilizing the farm's fields.
So it seems that some of the smell is controlled - although the article doesn't really convey how much it's nullified.
"The rules of the game."
That's exactly why the Rabid Right is sooooo keen on that Jesus thing. Without a decent, guiding principle Capitalism does some really awful thing.
However, if one is practicing Capitalism the way the Lord wants it done, it's fabulous, and even (dare I say?" Christ like.
> Finally, the gender bias in computer
> literature will end. Why have we suffered
> for so long with only "man" pages?
We tried "chick pages," but the lawsuits we too cost prohibitive.
If it's something that I really don't want to screw with - such as X, I'm more than happy to let RedHat do that dirty work (come on, be honest, did YOU actually compile it from the ground up?) GCC also falls into that category.
Also, anything with way to many software tendrils is package fodder.
Apache, however, is one of those, I just gotta build it myself. And, of course the Kernel.
Packages give you all sorts of benefits - change control being #1 (and, as we geeks know, is a leader cause of software cancer) they're hard not to use.
Here's a comprimise: you build the software yourself, and then roll 'em into packages. (oh, don't forget to have decent change management structures in place) You'll both be happy, and sitting in a great position for when your tiny 10 node system turns into a 100, 1000, or 10000.
By the people, for the people.
The electoral process is supposed to be transparent. Can't be transparent if we don't get to see how the machines work, now can it?
Well, as I see it, the government is directly involved with developing software. Well, since we are the government WE are paying for the development of software, and yet WE don't get access ot that source
Here's an example. The state of MN just wrote some software to help track the amount of salt that it uses during the winter time, allowing them to better track and order salt in a timely manner.
Who paid for that? Well, me, and a bunch of other Minnesotans. Well, don't cha think that Wisconsin, our happy go-lucky-badger-fearing state would LOVE to have the code? Sure WI could buy that package from MN, but I'll bet that Wisconsin will just go ahead, and reinvent that wheel. Government works like a business (but with a bit more transparancy) and most businesses are heavily involed with the NOT INVENTED HERE SYNDROME.
So WI and MN tax payers are paying twice what they need to. So, why not share the code? Chances are that WI will have projects that MN would want. Is it going to cut jobs? Probably not - it's just going to make things more efficent. Developers will still need to adapt the packages to the current environment.
We're paying to have this software developed - we might as well get a copy of it!
Check out the Tipping Point (http://www.gladwell.com/books.html)
Malcom Gladwell points out in this book that there are 3 (or 4? It's been awhile since I've read the it) different agents that help ideas tip.
One of the agents is the "connected person." This is a person, such as a blogger, that for some reason or another, just knows of and connects with more people. I'd expect that the Popular Bloggers are examples of this sort of person.
It's a good "gee whiz" sort of book, and is reasonably researched.
Why are Americans overpaid?
Well, for one, it takes money to run OSHA. Good, drivable streets take money. Propper heating and cooling. Social Security, an outstanding law enforcement, a top flight military, etc, etc, etc.
In short, the history of the American worker has been about fighting for, and winning, decent rights and a fair wage.
But, off shoring is the way corporations are skirting around our hard won rights.
What's the solution? Well, a start would be a world wide minimum wage. You want to participate in the global economy? Welcome to it! But, you need to pay your citizens at least X dollars an hour, and provide them with certain rights.
In short, make it a fair trading ground. Will this crush coporations? Nope. We're just leveling the play ground so everyone gets a fair chance.
May you get what you ask for.
Or better yet, may your kids get what you ask for.
Someone needs to start an OpenEVOTE on Sourceforge.
By the People, For the People.
Why didn't they just hyperlink it? Big Brother, while pleanty powerful, is pretty freaking slow.
So - how is this impacting HF ham radio?
This is getting modded up? Come on, people - read the article on Yahoo news.
It's news because it demonstrates that Fox News really is a paranoid organization.
The End of Days is here.
Here's an article that will probably address just that...
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html