No, but corporation could give us more choice for some HUGE entertainment event (granted, I don't like those kind of event, no NASCAR for me). But just to make a point, some people ACTUALLY enjoy watching fast car going in circles, why is it fun is beyond me. On a side note, I do like watching some extreme sports (skate boarding for example) that sometimes have a corporate sponsor.
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While you do have a good point, I don't like the way you describe people who donate are either UBER-RICH people (most of the people I know are not) and local intellectual elitist (some of them I know who donate doesn't work in jobs for the intellectually elite), while a majority of the funding do come from rich and intellectual elitists (what wrong with being smart? Aren't nerds just another form of intellectual elites, both smart people? Except that we the nerds are more socially inept then they are), some people actually donate because they believe earnestly its for a good cause.
How does BBC get funded then? Are they like PBS, supported by public (and large corporation), who only get a thank and a short 10 seconds commercial every hour?
Normally, I would tolerate bill board sign along highway. I will tolerate almost every form of advertisement EXCEPT for spam (mail, e-mail, telemarketing). I don't mine some ads on webpage (hey, they need money to keep it going), but no pop-ups. I think the one that did this best is Google's text ad. Not intrusive, not an eye-sore, it actually look kind of nice they way they design it.
All should switch to FireFox if they do that, only crashed on me once, and that's when i was screwing around with it's configuration (still haven't figure out what I did wrong).
Not trying to start a flame or something, but think the problem is that as the situation goes for now, the only way anyone can get anyone else to pay attention is to bring a big fat lawsuit against someone (or corporation if they got a lot of guts). Granted, suing because you (not referring to you, cyborch) got burn by hot coffee is stupid (hello?! HOT coffee burns! OR HAVE YOU DROP OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?). But sometimes, lawsuit is the only way... except some other illegal means like killing, arson, vandalism, or etc...
If they do that, hurray for all the other country. All the CE, EE, ECE, CS degrees people are going to start emmigrating out of US and into countries in the Euro, Canada, Mexico (maybe not), Japan... etc... (I would've root for my home country Taiwan, but the government is a bit too mess up right now... maybe a decade or 2 later.)
If you don't like him, make your voice heard, vote for ANYONE but Bush (okay, maybe not anyone, but vote for someone you know who might do a better job, which mean, no mentally challenged individuals).
Damn, used up my mod points, I would've modded you up for insightful. But as a compliment, that does clear things up. Rare are there in Slashdot who can comment logically and calmly. As a side note, what extortion claim did Lemelsom do? And I'm shocked that MIT is part of the scam.
Then that patent (specifically the XML script patents) won't hold up in court, since the lawyer (don't like them, but like government, they're a necessary evil) should be able to dig up precedences that Microsoft themselves did not invent scripting in XML.
I think what Mablung was trying to say was that Big database company, while they don't really much care for the individual data they collected, worried that other company will steal a LARGE bulk of their database, the database they have been constructed, organized, sorted and collected overtime. It's not the data themselves they're sweating over about, its the cost they spent constructing the database and they don't want other reaped the benefit of their hard work. As far as Lexis-Nexis is concerned, as long as they don't stop others from getting information from their source (the places they get the data to put into the database), I see no problem in that. It cause time and money to put those information together.
Google actually didn't download the entire internet, they merely index them for searches (other than those special Google cache... which isn't the internet). What would pique my interest is the Wayback machine, now they can officially own all the internet...
Read the posts before you man. High frequency (actually is relatively low frequency, since there are Very High and Ultra High frequency) can propagate across the entire globe. So even if you're just running a one watt, everyone in the several thousand miles radius can hear you (this is the basis of the game Fox Hunt played with HAM radio). And since the power lines ran at a HUGE AMOUNT of wattage, you're talking about massive radio pollution (everyone using a nearby band will hear nothing but screeches, EVEN if they're several hundred miles away from the nearest power line). You said use the grey lump in your head, HOW ABOUT USE IT AND LOOK UP SOME FACTS BEFORE POSTING?
Living in the past eh? Perhaps you would like to know that the only communication that worked during the 9/11 incidence is HAM radio, hell, THEY COORDINATED THE ENTIRE RECOVERY OPERATION! And remeber that tragic Columbia shuttle incident? HAM operator help find the pieces of it. HAM radios are used in disaster areas, where you pretty cell phone and high speed internet won't work because some freak storm/tornado/earthquake/volcano/tidalwave/godzill a took out the phone line/powerline and you couldn't get a frigging computer to run.
That and a lot more signals can simultaneously use the same fiber, forgot the number, but I think its around a thousand per optic fiber and less than a hundred for copper...
Here's a good fact to say why HAM radio is important... 1. During the 9/11 incident, the only type of communication available are ham radios (all other either got clogged up, or went down because of power outtage). 2. During the Columbia shuttle incidence, HAM operator helped located a large number (don't know the exact count) of shuttle debrises.
Hey coward, let me try to explain what the past hundreds of posts (exaggerated, but hey) was trying to say. Sure, there might be more "successful" attacks were towards Linux. But here are 2 problems. 1. The most succesful attacks are hidden (no one notice), so let's make up some theoretical numbers, 1000 successful attacks were made towards Linux and Windows, 800 plus on Linux were caught, only 50 on Windows were caught, does that Linux less secure? No, it just mean Linux's attack is more obvious. 2. Which kind of attack is most likely succesful, script kiddies or real hackers? Of the two, which is more easily defended? Pro Hackers despise script kiddies, do you think they would waste the time hacking a computer that script kiddies can hack into?
Another possible reason, all BSD attacks were not reported. Either 1, they're not serious, or 2, the company using them are two embarrased to report it.
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No, but corporation could give us more choice for some HUGE entertainment event (granted, I don't like those kind of event, no NASCAR for me). But just to make a point, some people ACTUALLY enjoy watching fast car going in circles, why is it fun is beyond me. On a side note, I do like watching some extreme sports (skate boarding for example) that sometimes have a corporate sponsor.
While you do have a good point, I don't like the way you describe people who donate are either UBER-RICH people (most of the people I know are not) and local intellectual elitist (some of them I know who donate doesn't work in jobs for the intellectually elite), while a majority of the funding do come from rich and intellectual elitists (what wrong with being smart? Aren't nerds just another form of intellectual elites, both smart people? Except that we the nerds are more socially inept then they are), some people actually donate because they believe earnestly its for a good cause.
How does BBC get funded then? Are they like PBS, supported by public (and large corporation), who only get a thank and a short 10 seconds commercial every hour?
Normally, I would tolerate bill board sign along highway. I will tolerate almost every form of advertisement EXCEPT for spam (mail, e-mail, telemarketing). I don't mine some ads on webpage (hey, they need money to keep it going), but no pop-ups. I think the one that did this best is Google's text ad. Not intrusive, not an eye-sore, it actually look kind of nice they way they design it.
Calling others geeks... while we're the biggest community of nerds and geeks.
All should switch to FireFox if they do that, only crashed on me once, and that's when i was screwing around with it's configuration (still haven't figure out what I did wrong).
Not trying to start a flame or something, but think the problem is that as the situation goes for now, the only way anyone can get anyone else to pay attention is to bring a big fat lawsuit against someone (or corporation if they got a lot of guts). Granted, suing because you (not referring to you, cyborch) got burn by hot coffee is stupid (hello?! HOT coffee burns! OR HAVE YOU DROP OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?). But sometimes, lawsuit is the only way... except some other illegal means like killing, arson, vandalism, or etc...
If they do that, hurray for all the other country. All the CE, EE, ECE, CS degrees people are going to start emmigrating out of US and into countries in the Euro, Canada, Mexico (maybe not), Japan... etc... (I would've root for my home country Taiwan, but the government is a bit too mess up right now... maybe a decade or 2 later.)
If you don't like him, make your voice heard, vote for ANYONE but Bush (okay, maybe not anyone, but vote for someone you know who might do a better job, which mean, no mentally challenged individuals).
Damn, used up my mod points, I would've modded you up for insightful. But as a compliment, that does clear things up. Rare are there in Slashdot who can comment logically and calmly.
As a side note, what extortion claim did Lemelsom do? And I'm shocked that MIT is part of the scam.
Hm... let's bring an anti-trust suite against the patent office.. something about anti-competitive practices or something.
Then that patent (specifically the XML script patents) won't hold up in court, since the lawyer (don't like them, but like government, they're a necessary evil) should be able to dig up precedences that Microsoft themselves did not invent scripting in XML.
I think what Mablung was trying to say was that Big database company, while they don't really much care for the individual data they collected, worried that other company will steal a LARGE bulk of their database, the database they have been constructed, organized, sorted and collected overtime. It's not the data themselves they're sweating over about, its the cost they spent constructing the database and they don't want other reaped the benefit of their hard work. As far as Lexis-Nexis is concerned, as long as they don't stop others from getting information from their source (the places they get the data to put into the database), I see no problem in that. It cause time and money to put those information together.
Google actually didn't download the entire internet, they merely index them for searches (other than those special Google cache... which isn't the internet). What would pique my interest is the Wayback machine, now they can officially own all the internet...
Well said, one more point, with the kind of interference BPL will cause, you won't EVEN hear the CB signals.
Read the posts before you man. High frequency (actually is relatively low frequency, since there are Very High and Ultra High frequency) can propagate across the entire globe. So even if you're just running a one watt, everyone in the several thousand miles radius can hear you (this is the basis of the game Fox Hunt played with HAM radio). And since the power lines ran at a HUGE AMOUNT of wattage, you're talking about massive radio pollution (everyone using a nearby band will hear nothing but screeches, EVEN if they're several hundred miles away from the nearest power line). You said use the grey lump in your head, HOW ABOUT USE IT AND LOOK UP SOME FACTS BEFORE POSTING?
Hm... I like the word you use... art...
KD5YPT, don't have a radio yet.
Living in the past eh? Perhaps you would like to know that the only communication that worked during the 9/11 incidence is HAM radio, hell, THEY COORDINATED THE ENTIRE RECOVERY OPERATION! And remeber that tragic Columbia shuttle incident? HAM operator help find the pieces of it. HAM radios are used in disaster areas, where you pretty cell phone and high speed internet won't work because some freak storm/tornado/earthquake/volcano/tidalwave/godzill a took out the phone line/powerline and you couldn't get a frigging computer to run.
That and a lot more signals can simultaneously use the same fiber, forgot the number, but I think its around a thousand per optic fiber and less than a hundred for copper...
Hm... I can imagine it happening... sounds from porn video downloaded by some perverts got broadcasted in the military radio traffic because of BPL...
Nice, we got protection through international treaties... but this is Bush you're talking about, who don't care much about being "international"...
Here's a good fact to say why HAM radio is important...
1. During the 9/11 incident, the only type of communication available are ham radios (all other either got clogged up, or went down because of power outtage).
2. During the Columbia shuttle incidence, HAM operator helped located a large number (don't know the exact count) of shuttle debrises.
Hey coward, let me try to explain what the past hundreds of posts (exaggerated, but hey) was trying to say.
Sure, there might be more "successful" attacks were towards Linux. But here are 2 problems.
1. The most succesful attacks are hidden (no one notice), so let's make up some theoretical numbers, 1000 successful attacks were made towards Linux and Windows, 800 plus on Linux were caught, only 50 on Windows were caught, does that Linux less secure? No, it just mean Linux's attack is more obvious.
2. Which kind of attack is most likely succesful, script kiddies or real hackers? Of the two, which is more easily defended? Pro Hackers despise script kiddies, do you think they would waste the time hacking a computer that script kiddies can hack into?
Another possible reason, all BSD attacks were not reported. Either 1, they're not serious, or 2, the company using them are two embarrased to report it.
I hope you suggested to them the Mozilla series (Suite/FireFox/ThunderBird).