told me to tell you to hang in there. She probably didn't marry a landscape engineer (yard mower) intentionally. Perhaps you should start exploring other things you can do to give your life purpose: volunteer to help stupid kids, keep poor people from eating each other, or help a sleazy, lying politician get elected. I expect the 'mid-life crisis' is a recent phenomenon that started picking up about the same time Americans started having more leisure time to stare at their navels and contemplate their existence.
Well, except that media/publishing companies have been trying to have libraries removed as an exception. That's not really true. While it is true that some companies have, at some point, pushed to remove section 108 of the Copyright Act, many others are well aware that copyright is a blunt instrument and needs clarification. The Library of Congress, through the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program, has convened a study group composed of experts from all sides of the debate to work to clarify the rights and responsibilities of libraries regarding copyright laws. Though the group has not announced a final resolution, all indications are that the publishers and media providers are being quite cooperative and mostly hold libraries in high regard.
That isn't necessarily the case. I've worked for billionaires, including Doris Duke, and I never got the impression that they felt anything near the freedom I had. I had the freedom to drop everything, move to Hawai'i, and start a new life. Perhaps there is a financial sweet-spot under which a person worries about money constantly and over which a person worries about money constantly. Richard Kelley, chairman of Outrigger Hotels, once told me to watch my pennies and the dollars would take care of themselves. He was an excellent example of a man who, although rich (to the tune of 2.8 billion at the time), was a slave to his life, his work, and to money. Money!= freedom. If it did, no one would be more free than those with the most money and that is often not the case.
Is there really a need to keep everything so secretive? damn, wheres my tin foil hat.
Yes, there really is a need. Libraries are predicated on the principle that free and open access to information is the cornerstone of a democratic society. The Patriot Act violates that principle and violates the privacy of every user who must then fear government reprisal for seeking information. See http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/fbiyourlibrary.htm for details.
Along with the 100MB of storage, it includes hosting, several commercial applications, and several discounts on software and subscription..mac also lets you access your bookmarks from any computer with internet access.
Oh Dear Lord! Mac has done it again. Now you can access your bookmarks from any computer! Only a Mac zealot would think this was even worth saying. I mean, it isn't news that I can export my bookmarks from Mozilla, Firefox, insert_browser_here, upload them to any ftp space or, brace yourself, email them to myself.
Then I, too, can "ACCESS MY BOOKMARKS FROM ANYWHERE!" (cue trumpets) Guess what OS I'm using. Wait. It doesn't matter!
You, MBCook, are a damned fool. The ALA supports a few things you might not have heard of on Fox News. We like to call them democracy, freedom, and liberty. You see, we, and I really mean me and the other library students with whom I am friends, believe that each American has the right to information and that access to information is the cornerstone of democracy.
Public librarians, of which my wife is one, do not want children to look at pornography. They also don't want children to wonder why they can't research papers on gay rights or learn about breast cancer. Filters do not work. They let some bad things through and they block some good things. Every day we see children unattended in the library. Their parents and apparently you would like to impose upon us the responsibility of parenting these children.
So, I find it lamentable that you hate the ALA who fights to protect your right to read without intervention by the Department of Homeland Security and defends Mark Twain from book burning "concerned parents". I am more disturbed, however, that you feel the ALA ideological slant (again, freedom;liberty;democracy) is evil.
I was looking through the authors citations and it seems that his quote concerning the number of vulnerabilities in Linux compared to those in Windows is pretty questionable. The database, as you can see here, has one selection for Linux and many for Windows. It seems that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology considers components of Windows, such as Internet Explorer not to be a part of the operating system, thus listing vulnerabilities of the compenents separate from those of the OS. At the same time, Linux vulnerabilities include Sound Blaster driver issues and problems with third party software such as Symantec Antivirus.
I'm a student at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/, which is, in part, an Information Science school. Our infrastructure is almost entirely Microsoft. If I tried to reconfigure the bios on lab computers to boot from cd I'd be looking for a new computer lab. I luckily have an office across the street with my own machine running SUSE. I logon to the Windows lab machine, connect to a remote window on my Linux machine, and work in a browser window. With an ssh connection I can upload working documents to my ftp space and grab them from there to print in the lab.
Granted, this isn't the best solution and it won't suit those who can't run their own machine on a fast network, but if you have a Linux machine in a dorm room, it may work depending on the campus firewall configuration.
It's alway fun to see people react to Linux for the first time. I think they expect to see a Unix prompt or some arcane GUI.
Actually, that statement is far from true. Volunteers generally cost more to train and manage than the amount spent on an employee.
My wife is a reference librarian at a small, rural public library and I am currently in Library School. I am a system admin in my department and have plenty of linux experience. The director of my wife's library will not consider any changes to their environment due to the need for full-time support. I've even offered a test system of my own that they can play with.
They use consultants from a local computer store to maintain their Windows 2K based network. Some representative from the local LUG isn't going to convince most librarians to hop on a new train that hasn't, in their experience, been proven. They've got enough headaches with filtering issues, perverts, and bratty kids whose parents think "library" means "free babysitting" in Greek.
I always install Fprot antivirus, ethereal, nmap, and gftp. Installation of linux isn't complete without these tools. I use Nmap to test the firewalls on my network, Ethereal to look for unwanted traffic or communication problems behind my router, and gFTP is a nice GUI FTP client that never seems to come with default installs. Although, Linux isn't as susceptible to virus and trojan issues, it's nice to at least have a scanner available.
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told me to tell you to hang in there. She probably didn't marry a landscape engineer (yard mower) intentionally. Perhaps you should start exploring other things you can do to give your life purpose: volunteer to help stupid kids, keep poor people from eating each other, or help a sleazy, lying politician get elected. I expect the 'mid-life crisis' is a recent phenomenon that started picking up about the same time Americans started having more leisure time to stare at their navels and contemplate their existence.
Money isn't everything.. But it IS freedom..
That isn't necessarily the case. I've worked for billionaires, including Doris Duke, and I never got the impression that they felt anything near the freedom I had. I had the freedom to drop everything, move to Hawai'i, and start a new life. Perhaps there is a financial sweet-spot under which a person worries about money constantly and over which a person worries about money constantly. Richard Kelley, chairman of Outrigger Hotels, once told me to watch my pennies and the dollars would take care of themselves. He was an excellent example of a man who, although rich (to the tune of 2.8 billion at the time), was a slave to his life, his work, and to money. Money!= freedom. If it did, no one would be more free than those with the most money and that is often not the case.
Yes, there really is a need. Libraries are predicated on the principle that free and open access to information is the cornerstone of a democratic society. The Patriot Act violates that principle and violates the privacy of every user who must then fear government reprisal for seeking information. See http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/fbiyourlibrar
John Ashcroft? Is that you??
Along with the 100MB of storage, it includes hosting, several commercial applications, and several discounts on software and subscription. .mac also lets you access your bookmarks from any computer with internet access.
Oh Dear Lord! Mac has done it again. Now you can access your bookmarks from any computer! Only a Mac zealot would think this was even worth saying. I mean, it isn't news that I can export my bookmarks from Mozilla, Firefox, insert_browser_here, upload them to any ftp space or, brace yourself, email them to myself.
Then I, too, can "ACCESS MY BOOKMARKS FROM ANYWHERE!" (cue trumpets) Guess what OS I'm using. Wait. It doesn't matter!
Well, we probably all just imitated Mac, right?
You, MBCook, are a damned fool. The ALA supports a few things you might not have heard of on Fox News. We like to call them democracy, freedom, and liberty. You see, we, and I really mean me and the other library students with whom I am friends, believe that each American has the right to information and that access to information is the cornerstone of democracy.
Public librarians, of which my wife is one, do not want children to look at pornography. They also don't want children to wonder why they can't research papers on gay rights or learn about breast cancer. Filters do not work. They let some bad things through and they block some good things. Every day we see children unattended in the library. Their parents and apparently you would like to impose upon us the responsibility of parenting these children.
So, I find it lamentable that you hate the ALA who fights to protect your right to read without intervention by the Department of Homeland Security and defends Mark Twain from book burning "concerned parents". I am more disturbed, however, that you feel the ALA ideological slant (again, freedom;liberty;democracy) is evil.
I was looking through the authors citations and it seems that his quote concerning the number of vulnerabilities in Linux compared to those in Windows is pretty questionable. The database, as you can see here, has one selection for Linux and many for Windows. It seems that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology considers components of Windows, such as Internet Explorer not to be a part of the operating system, thus listing vulnerabilities of the compenents separate from those of the OS. At the same time, Linux vulnerabilities include Sound Blaster driver issues and problems with third party software such as Symantec Antivirus.
I'm a student at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/, which is, in part, an Information Science school. Our infrastructure is almost entirely Microsoft. If I tried to reconfigure the bios on lab computers to boot from cd I'd be looking for a new computer lab. I luckily have an office across the street with my own machine running SUSE. I logon to the Windows lab machine, connect to a remote window on my Linux machine, and work in a browser window. With an ssh connection I can upload working documents to my ftp space and grab them from there to print in the lab.
Granted, this isn't the best solution and it won't suit those who can't run their own machine on a fast network, but if you have a Linux machine in a dorm room, it may work depending on the campus firewall configuration.
It's alway fun to see people react to Linux for the first time. I think they expect to see a Unix prompt or some arcane GUI.
I listen to whatever my DRM encrusted overlords order me to listen to.
They love volunteers
Actually, that statement is far from true. Volunteers generally cost more to train and manage than the amount spent on an employee.
My wife is a reference librarian at a small, rural public library and I am currently in Library School. I am a system admin in my department and have plenty of linux experience. The director of my wife's library will not consider any changes to their environment due to the need for full-time support. I've even offered a test system of my own that they can play with.
They use consultants from a local computer store to maintain their Windows 2K based network. Some representative from the local LUG isn't going to convince most librarians to hop on a new train that hasn't, in their experience, been proven. They've got enough headaches with filtering issues, perverts, and bratty kids whose parents think "library" means "free babysitting" in Greek.
I always install Fprot antivirus, ethereal, nmap, and gftp. Installation of linux isn't complete without these tools. I use Nmap to test the firewalls on my network, Ethereal to look for unwanted traffic or communication problems behind my router, and gFTP is a nice GUI FTP client that never seems to come with default installs. Although, Linux isn't as susceptible to virus and trojan issues, it's nice to at least have a scanner available.