FTA you referenced (I hope I am not taking these out of context, as they were within a few sentences of each other):
"The gift economy pays in status"...
"By helping the software community through contributions of time, work, money, or other resources, you become eligible to receive help from members of the community -- you've "given," so you will "get" as well."...
"Status eventually leads to money if you continue to grow it"
So, if you are one of the alpha chimps, the gift economy works. For everyone else, however, that money that they give (in one form or another) has to come from somewhere and that means boring, everyday, software coding/admin/support. Paid in cash by an employer of some sort. And yes, I read how the gift and exchange economies can exist side by side; my point is that the gift economy can only survive on top of the exchange economy. And yes, I wish it weren't so.
Please, don't get me wrong. If I ever meet RMS or Linus or even David Hinds in an airport, I'll buy him a beer for his troubles, but I don't expect anyone but the superstars to survive in a gift economy. I do, however, expect corporations to give more back and that may be my next crusade. I have donated to OSS causes and projects both in time and cash, but I question anyone that contributes to Open Source for reasons of Fame, Fortune or other Success. You need to be damn good, have a need to create (and optimize) for it's own sake and I'm guessing you still have to be able to smooze just a little...
"The rabbits out there (and there are a lot of them) live beneath the mounds of pushed over, uncut, hay."
...and what do you call the spaces under the mounds, in which they live? Holes. Rabbits live in Holes. Yours happen to live in Hay Holes, but Holes nonetheless. The parent did not specify holes in the ground, just "holes". And what's with the NPR "Perspectives"-like essay about your dog and his favorite rope, anyway? At least he doesn't die at the end of the story...
Please elaborate. Let's say I come up with a new way to increase auto mileage, to use the patent cliche. If I publish -and what is the definition of publish, please- but I do not patent my idea, what rights do I have to ownership of said idea?
"The problem is that slashdot readers are pig-ignorant about law and the constitution."
So, then, assuming the average slashdot reader might be slightly more intelligent or perhaps slightly more educated or accustomed to critical thought or maybe just nothing more than a little more passionate about the issue of personal rights, what hope I ask you do we have for the rest of the country?
Seriously, if things have become this screwed up is there any hope that the average citizen, the one that has to abide by the law and constitution and the interpretation of such and the signing statements that contradict the whole enchilada, even cares anymore?
The server room was a fairly large closet with an a/c outlet and a combination of wire racks and IKEA shelves. Nothing too bad, there; it all worked and everything was strapped down in case of a quake. However, to get to the server room you had to go through the breakroom and pass by the kitchen. Which had maybe two outlets and a hardwired coffee maker. Which shared a breaker panel with the server room in the hallway behind both rooms. Can't tell you how many times the admin assistant killed the server room trying to shut off the coffee maker. On a Friday, at 5 p.m... Funny thing is, the Head Cheese only worried about his coffee, not the servers that housed our precious COBOL and account information and wouldn't authorize either a separate breaker panel or a good UPS. Then again, that same admin assistant had to print out the boss' email and Excel spreadsheets and then re-type in his modifications...
Really, from a cost-benefit point of view, a review of the software to see what would happen during the year rollover is a non-starter. Rarely are missions scheduled for this time slot, and probably for reasons other than the EOY handling in the software...I would not consider this a 'bug' at all. Rather is is more likely that the software is, in fact, conforming to the parameters for which is is designed (all missions completed within a calendar year). Of course, I could be wrong and maybe a bad assumption was made way back in the early '70's when they expected that the Shuttle systems in use then would have long reached their end of life by now...and it's just easier and cheaper to live with it. Still not a bug.
Easier to read (I though plain text meant...plain text):
House:
Internet---DSL modem---NAT router/firewall/gateway---wired segment 'A'---WiFi Router 'A'
(wireless signal connects wired segments 'A' and 'B' via Wifi Routers 'A' and 'B')
Workshop:
WiFi Router 'B'---wired segment 'B'---Workshop PC's
"Also in paragraph 5 he sites the computer's Registry as additional proof that the machine was not connected to a wireless router. Which I suppose might have some validity, as a wireless driver would likely have some reference in the registry."
No Registry reference necessary:
In order to (easily, lazily) get a network out to a workshop in the backyard, I have two wireless routers linking two wired segments. All packets from machines in the shed eventually have to go over a wireless connection. None of this shows up in the Registry as any Windows boxes in the shed get their DHCP from the router/gateway on the other wired segment. As far as they are concerned they are on one big happy wired segment with a wee bit of latency...
In addition, I often use a wifi router as a wifi card; set it up once then take it out of storage and plug in a new or temporary system when needed. Easier than setting up a pcmcia wifi card each time (especially for PC/104 type systems w/o wifi or linux on a laptop).
But...that someone works for Microsoft now, remember? And if "he" does still have time to look for something like this, do you think it would ever see the public light of day? At best, a fix would go into a "security update" to protect you from undisclosed "malicious files" vaguely mentioned in a KB article. Oh, and that fix would also cripple some aspect of your OS.
-TERRORISTS! -CHILD PORNOGRAPHY! -SCIENTISTS! -ATHIESTS, AGNOSTICS and all those other NON CHRISTIANS! -REQUIRING TAX CUTS TO HAVE TRIGGERS! -ANYONE AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY!
Wait a sec...wasn't there a recent ruling that essentially said that cracks needed to keep unsupported software running are legal? How does that play against my pc being "unsupported" after the third hardware upgrade? At that point you could argue that since the system will not run without reactivation and a crack to keep it running is legal. Keep in mind that this requires an interesting interpretation of "unsupported", but still an arguable one.
Okay; it'll suck to be in the first TWO rows, but less so in the second row...I wonder if it will come with a laser dot so that the operator will know who it is hitting (besides the obvious but delayed pain reaction). Also, I could see a less-than-optimally trained, low impulse control operator training it on a small group of two or three people in front to use as an example to the others since "it's non lethal". A safe distance for the operator is also far enough away to not notice visible damage as it is occurring...
Except, of course that you are nice enough to block (absorb) the beam that would normally hit the people behind you who then have no reason to move and let you run away...it's going to really suck to be the front row of protesters, getting pushed closer and closer, unable to run, becoming involuntary human shields for those behind you...until that first mm or so of flesh actually begins to sizzle. I'm thinking the front row will be in the beam a LOT longer than 3-5 seconds...best to equip them with coveralls lined with Mylar fire protection blankets...
Ah, I believe you may have hit the nail on the head. During the Cold War, it was politically advantageous to have a population (or some small subset of the population) that *liked* building the child's toy version of the rockets that you were spending their hard earned tax dollars on. There were even plenty of popular media reports about the hobbiests that did not make them out as crazies, but rather they were portrayed as good, solid, God-fearing Americans that were helping to remind everyone that *we* make the best rockets. Then again, Science and Math were big then, too. Makes you wonder what kind of citizen it is advantageous to have today...
Now that's a totally animal-centric point of view. What are you, some sort of plant-hater? Did you fall on a cactus at a young age? Life is life, whether it be plant, animal, fungi, protist or moneran. Our particular place in life is such that we must kill life to sustain our own, so we (hopefully) try to kill only what we need and no more. What I don't understant is what in your ethical framework makes it less wrong to kill plants? I can understand the argument of killing being more wrong the higher up the evolutionary scale you go, but what is more evolved than something that creates it's own food from the raw elements and energy surrounding it? Ah, perhaps your argument is that you don't kill the plants, you merely maim them over and over again, taking from them that which they have worked so hard to create in order to ensure not only their own survival but that also of their offspring. Take peanuts, for example. Sure, the plant makes them in abundance. For the future generations of it's own genetic code, not yours. So, let's say you grow a peanut plant; when it is time to harvest you pluck it out of the ground (killing the plant) and remove the peanuts. There is no genetic future for that plant, you've killed the parent and removed that which it was going to leave in the soil for the next generation. Same argument goes for any fruit or vegetable. That pretty much puts eating meat and plants on even standing in my ethical book. Perhaps your argument is that being a vegan avoids mistreatment of animals since they can feel pleasure and pain and eating them causes pain and deprives them of pleasure. Now that is anthrocentrism; it's just extended to anything that reminds us of ourselves. To only save the animals because they too have nervous systems, like we do. Plants too, can be mistreated. They show signs of stress when injured, often in quite sophisticated ways, but not being mobile they don't need to waste resources on a nervous system. They also show signs of well-being when conditions are favorable. Nah, I say be honest, be realistic and realize that survival requires taking the life of another, whether it be plant or animal. Just try to do as little harm to the ecosystem and the individual life as you can.
Next, you are going to say that using Carbon Monoxide to keep meat nice and bright red even if it stinks like road kill is a bad idea too. The FDA really is just looking out for YOUR best interests.
Aspartame gives me a can't-think-clearly, turn-out-all-the-lights, out-off-commission-for-12-hours, just-shoot-me migraine within 45 minutes of ingesting it. Within three minutes, my nose starts to tingle. There are a fairly good number of people that report the same thing, so perhaps Aspartame was not the greatest example. Or, perhaps it was...
MSG is now everywhere. Try to find a good old fashioned Cambell's soup without it. Heck, most any food that is flavored nowadays has MSG somewhere in the ingredients list. Crackers, chips, soup, cheese-food, most processed meat foods; just about anything processed with flavor added. Bummer for those of us sensitive to the stuff. The silver lining? I'm already not eating the stuff that would have the viruses sprayed on it...
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"The gift economy pays in status"...
"By helping the software community through contributions of time, work, money, or other resources, you become eligible to receive help from members of the community -- you've "given," so you will "get" as well."...
"Status eventually leads to money if you continue to grow it"
So, if you are one of the alpha chimps, the gift economy works. For everyone else, however, that money that they give (in one form or another) has to come from somewhere and that means boring, everyday, software coding/admin/support. Paid in cash by an employer of some sort. And yes, I read how the gift and exchange economies can exist side by side; my point is that the gift economy can only survive on top of the exchange economy. And yes, I wish it weren't so.
Please, don't get me wrong. If I ever meet RMS or Linus or even David Hinds in an airport, I'll buy him a beer for his troubles, but I don't expect anyone but the superstars to survive in a gift economy. I do, however, expect corporations to give more back and that may be my next crusade. I have donated to OSS causes and projects both in time and cash, but I question anyone that contributes to Open Source for reasons of Fame, Fortune or other Success. You need to be damn good, have a need to create (and optimize) for it's own sake and I'm guessing you still have to be able to smooze just a little...
...and what do you call the spaces under the mounds, in which they live? Holes. Rabbits live in Holes. Yours happen to live in Hay Holes, but Holes nonetheless. The parent did not specify holes in the ground, just "holes". And what's with the NPR "Perspectives"-like essay about your dog and his favorite rope, anyway? At least he doesn't die at the end of the story...
Don't mind me, I'm tired and having a bad day.
Ah, the followers of RMS...while I agree with the goal, how exactly do you propose we get there without decimating entire industries?
You mean like charging (via downsampling) for not running "approved" media?
Please elaborate. Let's say I come up with a new way to increase auto mileage, to use the patent cliche. If I publish -and what is the definition of publish, please- but I do not patent my idea, what rights do I have to ownership of said idea?
Wait; isn't Orange County part of the San Francisco Bay Area?
So, then, assuming the average slashdot reader might be slightly more intelligent or perhaps slightly more educated or accustomed to critical thought or maybe just nothing more than a little more passionate about the issue of personal rights, what hope I ask you do we have for the rest of the country?
Seriously, if things have become this screwed up is there any hope that the average citizen, the one that has to abide by the law and constitution and the interpretation of such and the signing statements that contradict the whole enchilada, even cares anymore?
The server room was a fairly large closet with an a/c outlet and a combination of wire racks and IKEA shelves. Nothing too bad, there; it all worked and everything was strapped down in case of a quake. However, to get to the server room you had to go through the breakroom and pass by the kitchen. Which had maybe two outlets and a hardwired coffee maker. Which shared a breaker panel with the server room in the hallway behind both rooms. Can't tell you how many times the admin assistant killed the server room trying to shut off the coffee maker. On a Friday, at 5 p.m... Funny thing is, the Head Cheese only worried about his coffee, not the servers that housed our precious COBOL and account information and wouldn't authorize either a separate breaker panel or a good UPS. Then again, that same admin assistant had to print out the boss' email and Excel spreadsheets and then re-type in his modifications...
Really, from a cost-benefit point of view, a review of the software to see what would happen during the year rollover is a non-starter. Rarely are missions scheduled for this time slot, and probably for reasons other than the EOY handling in the software...I would not consider this a 'bug' at all. Rather is is more likely that the software is, in fact, conforming to the parameters for which is is designed (all missions completed within a calendar year). Of course, I could be wrong and maybe a bad assumption was made way back in the early '70's when they expected that the Shuttle systems in use then would have long reached their end of life by now...and it's just easier and cheaper to live with it. Still not a bug.
Nor is "exerpt". I believe the word you were looking for is "excerpt", ya moron.
Easier to read (I though plain text meant...plain text): House: Internet---DSL modem---NAT router/firewall/gateway---wired segment 'A'---WiFi Router 'A' (wireless signal connects wired segments 'A' and 'B' via Wifi Routers 'A' and 'B') Workshop: WiFi Router 'B'---wired segment 'B'---Workshop PC's
"Also in paragraph 5 he sites the computer's Registry as additional proof that the machine was not connected to a wireless router. Which I suppose might have some validity, as a wireless driver would likely have some reference in the registry."
No Registry reference necessary:
In order to (easily, lazily) get a network out to a workshop in the backyard, I have two wireless routers linking two wired segments. All packets from machines in the shed eventually have to go over a wireless connection. None of this shows up in the Registry as any Windows boxes in the shed get their DHCP from the router/gateway on the other wired segment. As far as they are concerned they are on one big happy wired segment with a wee bit of latency...
House:
InternetDSL modemNAT router/firewall/gatewaywired segment 'A'WiFi Router 'A'
(wireless signal connects wired segments 'A' and 'B' via Wifi Routers 'A' and 'B')
Workshop:
WiFi Router 'B'wired segment 'B'Workshop PC's
In addition, I often use a wifi router as a wifi card; set it up once then take it out of storage and plug in a new or temporary system when needed. Easier than setting up a pcmcia wifi card each time (especially for PC/104 type systems w/o wifi or linux on a laptop).
But...that someone works for Microsoft now, remember? And if "he" does still have time to look for something like this, do you think it would ever see the public light of day? At best, a fix would go into a "security update" to protect you from undisclosed "malicious files" vaguely mentioned in a KB article. Oh, and that fix would also cripple some aspect of your OS.
"invasion the public safety"
Take your pick:
-TERRORISTS!
-CHILD PORNOGRAPHY!
-SCIENTISTS!
-ATHIESTS, AGNOSTICS and all those other NON CHRISTIANS!
-REQUIRING TAX CUTS TO HAVE TRIGGERS!
-ANYONE AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY!
Wait a sec...wasn't there a recent ruling that essentially said that cracks needed to keep unsupported software running are legal? How does that play against my pc being "unsupported" after the third hardware upgrade? At that point you could argue that since the system will not run without reactivation and a crack to keep it running is legal. Keep in mind that this requires an interesting interpretation of "unsupported", but still an arguable one.
Okay; it'll suck to be in the first TWO rows, but less so in the second row...I wonder if it will come with a laser dot so that the operator will know who it is hitting (besides the obvious but delayed pain reaction). Also, I could see a less-than-optimally trained, low impulse control operator training it on a small group of two or three people in front to use as an example to the others since "it's non lethal". A safe distance for the operator is also far enough away to not notice visible damage as it is occurring...
Except, of course that you are nice enough to block (absorb) the beam that would normally hit the people behind you who then have no reason to move and let you run away...it's going to really suck to be the front row of protesters, getting pushed closer and closer, unable to run, becoming involuntary human shields for those behind you...until that first mm or so of flesh actually begins to sizzle. I'm thinking the front row will be in the beam a LOT longer than 3-5 seconds...best to equip them with coveralls lined with Mylar fire protection blankets...
...ah, and thus begins the era of the DiLithium Crystal!
Good beer, right out the nose...it's a shame to waste it like that.
Ah, I believe you may have hit the nail on the head. During the Cold War, it was politically advantageous to have a population (or some small subset of the population) that *liked* building the child's toy version of the rockets that you were spending their hard earned tax dollars on. There were even plenty of popular media reports about the hobbiests that did not make them out as crazies, but rather they were portrayed as good, solid, God-fearing Americans that were helping to remind everyone that *we* make the best rockets. Then again, Science and Math were big then, too. Makes you wonder what kind of citizen it is advantageous to have today...
Rebuting the reply to an answer in a forum is something to do only when..oh, never mind.
Now that's a totally animal-centric point of view. What are you, some sort of plant-hater? Did you fall on a cactus at a young age? Life is life, whether it be plant, animal, fungi, protist or moneran. Our particular place in life is such that we must kill life to sustain our own, so we (hopefully) try to kill only what we need and no more. What I don't understant is what in your ethical framework makes it less wrong to kill plants? I can understand the argument of killing being more wrong the higher up the evolutionary scale you go, but what is more evolved than something that creates it's own food from the raw elements and energy surrounding it? Ah, perhaps your argument is that you don't kill the plants, you merely maim them over and over again, taking from them that which they have worked so hard to create in order to ensure not only their own survival but that also of their offspring. Take peanuts, for example. Sure, the plant makes them in abundance. For the future generations of it's own genetic code, not yours. So, let's say you grow a peanut plant; when it is time to harvest you pluck it out of the ground (killing the plant) and remove the peanuts. There is no genetic future for that plant, you've killed the parent and removed that which it was going to leave in the soil for the next generation. Same argument goes for any fruit or vegetable. That pretty much puts eating meat and plants on even standing in my ethical book. Perhaps your argument is that being a vegan avoids mistreatment of animals since they can feel pleasure and pain and eating them causes pain and deprives them of pleasure. Now that is anthrocentrism; it's just extended to anything that reminds us of ourselves. To only save the animals because they too have nervous systems, like we do. Plants too, can be mistreated. They show signs of stress when injured, often in quite sophisticated ways, but not being mobile they don't need to waste resources on a nervous system. They also show signs of well-being when conditions are favorable. Nah, I say be honest, be realistic and realize that survival requires taking the life of another, whether it be plant or animal. Just try to do as little harm to the ecosystem and the individual life as you can.
Next, you are going to say that using Carbon Monoxide to keep meat nice and bright red even if it stinks like road kill is a bad idea too. The FDA really is just looking out for YOUR best interests.
Aspartame gives me a can't-think-clearly, turn-out-all-the-lights, out-off-commission-for-12-hours, just-shoot-me migraine within 45 minutes of ingesting it. Within three minutes, my nose starts to tingle. There are a fairly good number of people that report the same thing, so perhaps Aspartame was not the greatest example. Or, perhaps it was...
MSG is now everywhere. Try to find a good old fashioned Cambell's soup without it. Heck, most any food that is flavored nowadays has MSG somewhere in the ingredients list. Crackers, chips, soup, cheese-food, most processed meat foods; just about anything processed with flavor added. Bummer for those of us sensitive to the stuff. The silver lining? I'm already not eating the stuff that would have the viruses sprayed on it...