I've been trying to convince some guys over at VA Linux that they should be running a service like this for the OSS community. I've worked on the Enzyme open-source project, which is often used as a great resume-management system in commercial settings, for some time, and would like to see it used for this purpose. Do other people think this would be a good idea? I figure VA is a good choice because they can act as a kind of impartial third-party to the job seeking/recruiting proceess, unlike most commercial (closed) recruiting companies whose interests are not exactly aligned with those of their users...
click here to see the idea in action. Maybe a little community pressure would convince VA to take this up?
Sheesh. Just look at the HTTP headers, and put up a page that tells you what happened (ie this is not an official GM page, obviously) and gives you the choice of clicking-through to the real page. It'll give you a chance to make the pranker seem juvenile, and it wil increase hits to your web site. What more do you want?
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Thanks for your very clueful post. Also, thanks for the shout-out on Snarfoo. I've been trying to send you feedback for a while, but I can't get your feedback page to load. Glad you posted here:)
Snarfoo is a great site. I'm wondering if you have any interest in trying to run it as a "real" Slash-based site with real comments, moderation, etc. That is what FreeSQL was written for in the first place. I'd love to collaborate with someone who is actually running a real freesite.
Anyway, feel free to get in touch with me if you are interested. And thanks again.
Eric
PS. Your article "Reducing the Slashdot Effect with Freenet" reminded me of the World Free Web - check it out.
Are you insane? FUD is twice as effective when it contradicts itself. Even better is if it takes twelve different steps to actually prove it. By the time he's done thinking about all that crap, your typical IT manager is like "Whoa this is way too exhausting... I'll just stick with what I've already got."
Since MS has a monopoly, that's exactly the kind of thinking they have to encourage.
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Keep in mind that a "local" area on Freenet simply means nodes that think of each other as "adjacent" - there is no reason for them to be geographically near to each other.
Yes, you bet it will. In fact, one of our short-term goals is to get PHPLIB (a SQL/sessions/userauth layer for PHP) ported. We'd love to get phpGroupWare ported - please please please contact me if you are interested.
We have our very own contorted key-versioning scheme in FreeSQL that allows us to update and "delete" data by inserting new versions. On startup, FreeSQL has to do some work to get all the latest version numbers, but it's not as bad as you might think.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. I'm always shocked by the number of negative/cynical posts on this kind of story. Drop me a line if you'd like to get involved...
FreeSQL adds no new functionality to Freenet itself. All search indexes and data are stored anonymously, distributedly, and securely on Freenet as always. However, once this data is assembled on your local node, you can run queries against it and use that to find yet more indexes and data to request, and then run queries against that, etc. Your privacy is not risked in any way.
However, one of the prime uses (we think) for FreeSQL will be to convert existing web-based apps to Freenet. In this case, the data will be inserted into freenet as a result of your accessing one or more web pages, so just like Slashdot can invade your privacy, so could other sites.
However, the advantage of this approach is that, because there could be many Slash-like sites using the same freenet "database" there is no possibility for a central site to censor any comments/stories/posts. And once your post gets onto Freenet, so long as your privacy wasn't violated while you were posting, your privacy cannot be violated further.
FreeSQL is implemented so that Freenet is only used for storing data, indexes, and various other forms of meta-data. If you run a boneheaded query, only your local node is affected.
Please, I beg all of you to read Jessica Litman's _Digital Copyright_ which was recently reviewed right here on slashdot. If you need a copy email me. If we're going to argue about copyright law, let's at least get informed first.
I am working on two related projects that might interest you. For some reason (probably because I am self-promoting them all the time), I can't seem to get any official Slashdot press. Both are built on top of Freenet, and both are aimead at answering your question:
1. World Free Web - an attempt to connect browser caches to Freenet, creating a "backup web" that would be as anonymous and private as Freenet, but as easy to use as Mozilla.
2. FreeSQL allows you to port your SQL-based apps to use Freenet as the underlying storage mechanism.
The absolutely best book about the state of copyright law in the US for the layperson is Jessica Litman's excellent Digital Copyright. I strongly encourage anybody who has an opinion about copyright to read this book.
Oh, I see, DeCSS let's you convert Content (tm) into a form that you find more useful. Huh? I don't understand. Surely the All Benevolent (\w+) Associations would be sure to provide you with Content (tm) in the Best Possible Format. Personally, I think it's quite arrogant of Hackers (tm) to think that they can improve on BPF files.
Now, what are the so-called Legitimate uses of DeCSS again?
For those hollerin for cloning tech now, here's a little story from Graham Glass' excellent UNIX for Programmers and Users, Page 410 (SystemsProgramming, Getting a New Process: fork())
"It [fork] reminds me of a great sci-fi story I read once, about a man who comes across a fascinating booth at a circus. The vendor at the booth tells man that the booth is a matter-replicator; anyone who walks through the booth is duplicated. The original person walks out of teh booth unharmed, but the duplicate person walks out onto the surface of Mars as a slave of the Martian construction crews. The vendor then tells the man that he'll be given a million dollars if he allows himself to be replicated, and he agrees. He happily walks through the machine, looking forward to collecting the million dollars... and walks out onto the surface of Mars. Meanwhile, back on Earth, his duplicate is walking off with a stash of cash. The question is this: If you came across the booth, what would you do?"
Careful what you wish for. Also beware programming books that keep you up nights.
One of my biggest gripes about the job search/accept process today is that every employer has his or her own employment contract. Now, although the effect of most of these contracts is the same, they all are slightly different - to the effect that every employer has to hire lawyers to write the contract and every employee has to hire a lawyer to review it. Keep in mind that many law firms have stock contracts that they just modify for their client - while still billing them full price, of course!
So I heartily endorse this concept. It would really be great if sought-after tech workers could put their preferred employment contract on their resume. As it became more common, more and more people would realize the big time savings and I think it could catch on. And some lawyers would lose some business. Sounds good to me.
If we can build momentum for projects such as this one and this one, this problem could be alleviated. Right now, small web publishers are hurting because they do not have the resources to serve content to millions of browsers, each of whom is just a resource drain. But, turn each of those browsers into a little mini-server, and the more people read your site - the more copies of your pages exist, and hence, the fewer resources you need to provide to serve them.
From the page: Notice If you wish to bookmark or reference Metamath, please use "http://metamath.org/". The location of other Metamath pages may (and probably will) change over time.
This page is quite inspiring. Kudos to the ACLU. Just gave the $35 to become a card-carrying member. I recommend you do the same, and let them know that this is an important issue to you, too.
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click here to see the idea in action. Maybe a little community pressure would convince VA to take this up?
Sheesh. Just look at the HTTP headers, and put up a page that tells you what happened (ie this is not an official GM page, obviously) and gives you the choice of clicking-through to the real page. It'll give you a chance to make the pranker seem juvenile, and it wil increase hits to your web site. What more do you want?
Snarfoo is a great site. I'm wondering if you have any interest in trying to run it as a "real" Slash-based site with real comments, moderation, etc. That is what FreeSQL was written for in the first place. I'd love to collaborate with someone who is actually running a real freesite.
Anyway, feel free to get in touch with me if you are interested. And thanks again.
Eric
PS. Your article "Reducing the Slashdot Effect with Freenet" reminded me of the World Free Web - check it out.
Are you insane? FUD is twice as effective when it contradicts itself. Even better is if it takes twelve different steps to actually prove it. By the time he's done thinking about all that crap, your typical IT manager is like "Whoa this is way too exhausting... I'll just stick with what I've already got."
Since MS has a monopoly, that's exactly the kind of thinking they have to encourage.
Keep in mind that a "local" area on Freenet simply means nodes that think of each other as "adjacent" - there is no reason for them to be geographically near to each other.
The original impetus for FreeSQL was the idea to port Slash and a few other web-based apps to Freenet. If you want to come help out, we'd be thrilled.
Yes, you bet it will. In fact, one of our short-term goals is to get PHPLIB (a SQL/sessions/userauth layer for PHP) ported. We'd love to get phpGroupWare ported - please please please contact me if you are interested.
We have our very own contorted key-versioning scheme in FreeSQL that allows us to update and "delete" data by inserting new versions. On startup, FreeSQL has to do some work to get all the latest version numbers, but it's not as bad as you might think.
Hey, thanks for the kind words. I'm always shocked by the number of negative/cynical posts on this kind of story. Drop me a line if you'd like to get involved...
FreeSQL adds no new functionality to Freenet itself. All search indexes and data are stored anonymously, distributedly, and securely on Freenet as always. However, once this data is assembled on your local node, you can run queries against it and use that to find yet more indexes and data to request, and then run queries against that, etc. Your privacy is not risked in any way.
However, one of the prime uses (we think) for FreeSQL will be to convert existing web-based apps to Freenet. In this case, the data will be inserted into freenet as a result of your accessing one or more web pages, so just like Slashdot can invade your privacy, so could other sites.
However, the advantage of this approach is that, because there could be many Slash-like sites using the same freenet "database" there is no possibility for a central site to censor any comments/stories/posts. And once your post gets onto Freenet, so long as your privacy wasn't violated while you were posting, your privacy cannot be violated further.
FreeSQL is implemented so that Freenet is only used for storing data, indexes, and various other forms of meta-data. If you run a boneheaded query, only your local node is affected.
Please, I beg all of you to read Jessica Litman's _Digital Copyright_ which was recently reviewed right here on slashdot. If you need a copy email me. If we're going to argue about copyright law, let's at least get informed first.
That's easy enough to predict:
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1. World Free Web - an attempt to connect browser caches to Freenet, creating a "backup web" that would be as anonymous and private as Freenet, but as easy to use as Mozilla.
2. FreeSQL allows you to port your SQL-based apps to use Freenet as the underlying storage mechanism.
The absolutely best book about the state of copyright law in the US for the layperson is Jessica Litman's excellent Digital Copyright. I strongly encourage anybody who has an opinion about copyright to read this book.
Oh, I see, DeCSS let's you convert Content (tm) into a form that you find more useful. Huh? I don't understand. Surely the All Benevolent (\w+) Associations would be sure to provide you with Content (tm) in the Best Possible Format. Personally, I think it's quite arrogant of Hackers (tm) to think that they can improve on BPF files.
Now, what are the so-called Legitimate uses of DeCSS again?
I can just see it now:
User: "Server, heal thyself!"
eLiza: "Tell me more about your mother"
One of my biggest gripes about the job search/accept process today is that every employer has his or her own employment contract. Now, although the effect of most of these contracts is the same, they all are slightly different - to the effect that every employer has to hire lawyers to write the contract and every employee has to hire a lawyer to review it. Keep in mind that many law firms have stock contracts that they just modify for their client - while still billing them full price, of course!
So I heartily endorse this concept. It would really be great if sought-after tech workers could put their preferred employment contract on their resume. As it became more common, more and more people would realize the big time savings and I think it could catch on. And some lawyers would lose some business. Sounds good to me.
Amen to that!
Turns out that the three bytes in hex) are:
E1 EE 77
Go figure. CT is threeleet... I mean, duh.
If we can build momentum for projects such as this one and this one, this problem could be alleviated. Right now, small web publishers are hurting because they do not have the resources to serve content to millions of browsers, each of whom is just a resource drain. But, turn each of those browsers into a little mini-server, and the more people read your site - the more copies of your pages exist, and hence, the fewer resources you need to provide to serve them.
If you're gonna kwhore - at least get it right!
This page is quite inspiring. Kudos to the ACLU. Just gave the $35 to become a card-carrying member. I recommend you do the same, and let them know that this is an important issue to you, too.
You telling me how to voice my opinion is analogous to me telling AOL how they should run their system.