I think you definately want to stick to the basics, especially if they are younger kids. First start out with hardware..."this is the monitor, the keboard, mouse, CD-ROM" and teach them how to use each one. Then teach them about proper bootup and shutdown. Then move into stuff about Windows in general, this is the taskbar, start button, etc. Then teach them to do some general tasks like launching programs, deleting files, etc. Do all of this before you even start getting into games or programming like logo. A fundamentally educated group is much better than a group that knows how to do one task (launch a game and play it). The trick to all of this is keeping the kids interested and involved. So making it fun is the challenge.
OK, I can see them yanking your site if they didn't like it. Their servers, their right to what's on them. However, pressing criminal charges and having you banned from campus seems a little harsh. They could at least have slapped your wrist first and talked to you about it. Obviously, it seems to me like the university was hiding something that your site was bringing out. Do they want you gone because you know something that they don't want you to? I'm sorry, but expulsion and criminal charges just seem a little harsh to me.
Get rid of those high RPM SCSI drives. They may be a lot better than an low RPM IDE drive, but if it is noise you are worried about, then change to IDE.
Just like software piracy really isn't in the open now, it will go underground and it will require some ammount of computer knowledge to get.
It has always been on IRC, and I'm sure it still is. Most/.'ers probably remember the pre-Napster days when IRC was the only good place to get music. What would be cool is if someone wrote a web browser plugin that could "surf" IRC for just music. I don't think IRC could ever be shut down...then again, I'm sure I probably said that about Napster a year ago too.
I have had no problems with Earthlink over the past year or so. I have never had busy signals and have never had to call tech support or customer service. The other good thing is that it works with Linux:-)
...Hypertransport is going to be an awesome technology when it hits the mainstream. And with little or no royalties, it should hit the mainstream pretty fast.
For once a company would rather actually disseminate technology rather than control it by charging outrageous royalties. Cough, cough, RAMBUS, cough, cough! Kudos AMD.
This brings some ethical issues to mind? What if the rights to a certain program were sold to another company. Then that company wished to advertise a product that was controversial in some way. The actors/writers/producers that originally worked on that program would have no say in whether they want that product advertised in their work. This would be particularly bad for the actors that are advertising a product which they do NOT really want to endorse. It could give them a bad reputation even though they haven't done anything wrong.
Yes, I agree. I think some people use either or both thumbs for the space. This is why most ergonomic keyboards have two space bars, one on each side. It would be nice to see this designed with a space bar on both sides, and the backspace key moved to its normal position.
He sees OSS as some sort of business model. It is in no way any kind of business model. It is a way to get great software that is stable and fully featured for a great price (free as in beer) and be able to do ANYTHING you want with that software. Money has nothing to do with it. There are some people out there that are not greedy, then there is Microsoft.
1. Why and how is a computer program expressive speech? What does it express? 2600's lawyers are entirely familiar with Touretzky's Gallery, so forget about those. Assume you have some C or perl staring at you, any random block of code in any random print-out. What does it express? Why should that code be protected expression?
Ok, let me take a stab at this one.
Really, I don't think the code itself is necessarily a form of expression. The expression is in the meaning of the code itself. I model communications system using a computer "language" called HSPICE that some of you EE's out there may be familiar with. Well, using HSPICE, there are many ways to go about arriving at the same goal. The outcome is always the same, either correct or incorrect. However, how I get from point A to point B is my decision and may be completely different from one of my coworker's solutions even though the outcome is the same. This is what makes each program unique and therefore an extension and expression of myself. So whether the language being used is HSPICE, FORTRAN or C, it really doesn't matter. The same concept will apply.
The code should be protected because the protection is in the methods involved to reach the solution that are implicit in the code, not the actual code itself. Any individual can write code to solve a problem. It's the actual content that makes the program efficient, user friendly, etc. Programmer A and Programmer B may both be able to solve the same problem, but Programmer A might have a faster, easier to use interface, better program in general even though the goal is the same. It is the intellectual property contained within the code that should be protected.
is to buy from a small company. One you can trust to deliver the product, but when you call their local phone number, you are talking to a person. Sure, you may pay a little more for the product, but the service you get in return is well worth it. Many people expect to pay the least price for a product, and still get comparable service for the same product priced a little more. You get what you pay for.
How soon until manufacturers need to start looking at via effects, trace-to-trace coupling, board materials, trace loss, etc more closely? Things are starting to get pretty fast. There is a point when standard PCB manufacturing techniques go out the window.
I found that the easiest way to manage e-mail is to have 3 accounts:
1. Work account-this is obvious, only give the address to people that will be contacting you for work purposes, maybe family members for emergencies.
2. Home account-at your normal ISP, give this one out to all your friends, family, etc...anyone that wants to BS about how the weather sucks or tell you about their life.
3. Junk account-this is the most important one to me. Get a Yahoo! account or something similar, that way if you get spammed it doesn't matter. Use this address to fill out forms on webpages etc. That way, if there is some e-mail newsletter you are interested in, you can have it sent to that address without interferring with work life or home life.
This may seem obvious to a lot of slashdotters, but if you are careful who you give your addresses to, there shouldn't be a spam problem. This really works, try it. Keeping track of 3 passwords...that's your problem:-P
I find this whole incident hilarious, yes, you read that correctly, HILARIOUS
Mommy! China wrecked my spy plane! Make them say they're sorry!
Mommy! US crashed our plane and killed the pilot! Make them say they're sorry!
Really, no one should be apologizing to anyone here! China should give our plane back, and the crew and be done with it. They should have done this from day one and this story never would have made it to press.
I heard a DJ make an interesting comment this morning. He said something about how the Chinese were just stalling so they could check out our spy plane, and when they are done they won't care about apologizing, they'll just give the plane back. He then went on to say that he was more worried about the crew than the plane. Well, to tell the truth, I'm more worried about that plane than the crew. I think our crew will be returned unharmed. If they aren't then China will have a lot of trouble and not just from the US. The plane on the other hand, is fair game. It poses a national security threat. Who knows what kind of technology is on that thing.
I'm usually a Linux/Free software advocate, however...
I see some major flaws in the logic here. If my company were to change over to a new platform, we would probably spend millions of dollars changing over the rest of our software, that it would negate the money we would be saving with the free OS. Unfortunately, we are sooooooo MS dependant, especially here in engineering.
I can see change overs happening slowly, starting with the larger, more mission critical, more expensive applications, and eventually working down to the individual user's desktop. But that will take years.
Sure, Apple wants to sell their hardware, but they want to sell their OS too. How long, if ever, until we see an x86 port, and some competition for MS Windows?
Also, how complex would the porting process be if Apple were to try such a thing? Any ideas?
I think that this targeting of small, weak government organizations by MS is revenge for the US DOJ's lawsuit and breakup order.
Interesting point! As an owner of an OEM, I'm all for the fact that the are going after those who do not comply. I have to make sure that systems I sell, have licenses, so should everyone else.
HOWEVER, it does seem strange that they are going after small local governments, that probably have little organization and poor record keeping, as far as IS is concerned anyway. So why don't they go after the larger offenders, rather than pick on the small governments? Why don't they go after the 31337 h4x0rz that have CD images of Win 2k and the like on their FTP sites?
"Kids who are non-conformist, rebellious, individualistic or different in other ways are routinely subjected to harassment..."
This is a very obvious statement. Sure, I was picked on because I was a geek, and for other reasons too. Face it, kids will be kids. If your young, and different, you deserve to be picked on, your asking for it! I'm not saying that its right, but that's just the way things are! There have always been bullies and there have always been the bullied. It's the reality behind this that is so scary.
So we should be asking ourselves; what has changed? Well, I'm not going to rant about how video games, the net, and TV are all causing this because that is absolutely NOT true! Show me the proof, and I'll believe you! So where are the parents in all this? Are they talking to their kids? Supporting them? Helping them through it?
Also, how do these kids get guns in the first place? It is strange how we have laws to protect our right to own a gun, but shooting someone is illegal. I see a big contradiction there! So what is the purpose of owning a gun in the first place, for anybody? Self protection? If there were no guns in the first place, we wouldn't have to own a gun to protect ourselves from other guns.
I think there are a lot of things we need to look at as a society before we go and blame the net, or video games or TV because that is the easy way out. Censor, censor, censor and your problems magically disappear. NOPE! We need to start teaching morals in school again. What I'm saying is we need to do something!
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I think you definately want to stick to the basics, especially if they are younger kids. First start out with hardware..."this is the monitor, the keboard, mouse, CD-ROM" and teach them how to use each one. Then teach them about proper bootup and shutdown. Then move into stuff about Windows in general, this is the taskbar, start button, etc. Then teach them to do some general tasks like launching programs, deleting files, etc. Do all of this before you even start getting into games or programming like logo. A fundamentally educated group is much better than a group that knows how to do one task (launch a game and play it). The trick to all of this is keeping the kids interested and involved. So making it fun is the challenge.
OK, I can see them yanking your site if they didn't like it. Their servers, their right to what's on them. However, pressing criminal charges and having you banned from campus seems a little harsh. They could at least have slapped your wrist first and talked to you about it. Obviously, it seems to me like the university was hiding something that your site was bringing out. Do they want you gone because you know something that they don't want you to? I'm sorry, but expulsion and criminal charges just seem a little harsh to me.
Get rid of those high RPM SCSI drives. They may be a lot better than an low RPM IDE drive, but if it is noise you are worried about, then change to IDE.
I have had no problems with Earthlink over the past year or so. I have never had busy signals and have never had to call tech support or customer service. The other good thing is that it works with Linux :-)
...Hypertransport is going to be an awesome technology when it hits the mainstream. And with little or no royalties, it should hit the mainstream pretty fast.
For once a company would rather actually disseminate technology rather than control it by charging outrageous royalties. Cough, cough, RAMBUS, cough, cough! Kudos AMD.
This brings some ethical issues to mind? What if the rights to a certain program were sold to another company. Then that company wished to advertise a product that was controversial in some way. The actors/writers/producers that originally worked on that program would have no say in whether they want that product advertised in their work. This would be particularly bad for the actors that are advertising a product which they do NOT really want to endorse. It could give them a bad reputation even though they haven't done anything wrong.
Yes, I agree. I think some people use either or both thumbs for the space. This is why most ergonomic keyboards have two space bars, one on each side. It would be nice to see this designed with a space bar on both sides, and the backspace key moved to its normal position.
He sees OSS as some sort of business model. It is in no way any kind of business model. It is a way to get great software that is stable and fully featured for a great price (free as in beer) and be able to do ANYTHING you want with that software. Money has nothing to do with it. There are some people out there that are not greedy, then there is Microsoft.
1. Why and how is a computer program expressive speech? What does it express? 2600's lawyers are entirely familiar with Touretzky's Gallery, so forget about those. Assume you have some C or perl staring at you, any random block of code in any random print-out. What does it express? Why should that code be protected expression?
Ok, let me take a stab at this one.
Really, I don't think the code itself is necessarily a form of expression. The expression is in the meaning of the code itself. I model communications system using a computer "language" called HSPICE that some of you EE's out there may be familiar with. Well, using HSPICE, there are many ways to go about arriving at the same goal. The outcome is always the same, either correct or incorrect. However, how I get from point A to point B is my decision and may be completely different from one of my coworker's solutions even though the outcome is the same. This is what makes each program unique and therefore an extension and expression of myself. So whether the language being used is HSPICE, FORTRAN or C, it really doesn't matter. The same concept will apply.
The code should be protected because the protection is in the methods involved to reach the solution that are implicit in the code, not the actual code itself. Any individual can write code to solve a problem. It's the actual content that makes the program efficient, user friendly, etc. Programmer A and Programmer B may both be able to solve the same problem, but Programmer A might have a faster, easier to use interface, better program in general even though the goal is the same. It is the intellectual property contained within the code that should be protected.
is to buy from a small company. One you can trust to deliver the product, but when you call their local phone number, you are talking to a person. Sure, you may pay a little more for the product, but the service you get in return is well worth it. Many people expect to pay the least price for a product, and still get comparable service for the same product priced a little more. You get what you pay for.
How soon until manufacturers need to start looking at via effects, trace-to-trace coupling, board materials, trace loss, etc more closely? Things are starting to get pretty fast. There is a point when standard PCB manufacturing techniques go out the window.
I found that the easiest way to manage e-mail is to have 3 accounts:
:-P
1. Work account-this is obvious, only give the address to people that will be contacting you for work purposes, maybe family members for emergencies.
2. Home account-at your normal ISP, give this one out to all your friends, family, etc...anyone that wants to BS about how the weather sucks or tell you about their life.
3. Junk account-this is the most important one to me. Get a Yahoo! account or something similar, that way if you get spammed it doesn't matter. Use this address to fill out forms on webpages etc. That way, if there is some e-mail newsletter you are interested in, you can have it sent to that address without interferring with work life or home life.
This may seem obvious to a lot of slashdotters, but if you are careful who you give your addresses to, there shouldn't be a spam problem. This really works, try it. Keeping track of 3 passwords...that's your problem
Great way to sell your product. Give it less functionality than the competition (i.e Linux, BSD, etc).
Here's the obvious Linux plug of the future...
It's free, and it will play your mp3's! Linux...world domination!
1. Clippy
2. "...the voice of Gilbert Gottfried"
3. JonKatz
All your clippy are belong to us.
Sorry, had to get that out of my system.
Cool! Had to post something for this article.
I find this whole incident hilarious, yes, you read that correctly, HILARIOUS
Mommy! China wrecked my spy plane! Make them say they're sorry!
Mommy! US crashed our plane and killed the pilot! Make them say they're sorry!
Really, no one should be apologizing to anyone here! China should give our plane back, and the crew and be done with it. They should have done this from day one and this story never would have made it to press.
I heard a DJ make an interesting comment this morning. He said something about how the Chinese were just stalling so they could check out our spy plane, and when they are done they won't care about apologizing, they'll just give the plane back. He then went on to say that he was more worried about the crew than the plane. Well, to tell the truth, I'm more worried about that plane than the crew. I think our crew will be returned unharmed. If they aren't then China will have a lot of trouble and not just from the US. The plane on the other hand, is fair game. It poses a national security threat. Who knows what kind of technology is on that thing.
Sorry, this was meant to be a rant, not a troll.
""You could have lunch in your modem," Stanford says.
I'm usually a Linux/Free software advocate, however...
I see some major flaws in the logic here. If my company were to change over to a new platform, we would probably spend millions of dollars changing over the rest of our software, that it would negate the money we would be saving with the free OS. Unfortunately, we are sooooooo MS dependant, especially here in engineering.
I can see change overs happening slowly, starting with the larger, more mission critical, more expensive applications, and eventually working down to the individual user's desktop. But that will take years.
"This license may not be revoked, redistributed, photocopied, or discussed without the express written consent of the parents."
:-P
Your post violates the licensing agreement
Sure, Apple wants to sell their hardware, but they want to sell their OS too. How long, if ever, until we see an x86 port, and some competition for MS Windows?
Also, how complex would the porting process be if Apple were to try such a thing? Any ideas?
I think that this targeting of small, weak government organizations by MS is revenge for the US DOJ's lawsuit and breakup order.
Interesting point! As an owner of an OEM, I'm all for the fact that the are going after those who do not comply. I have to make sure that systems I sell, have licenses, so should everyone else.
HOWEVER, it does seem strange that they are going after small local governments, that probably have little organization and poor record keeping, as far as IS is concerned anyway. So why don't they go after the larger offenders, rather than pick on the small governments? Why don't they go after the 31337 h4x0rz that have CD images of Win 2k and the like on their FTP sites?
Windows users crash an estimated two times a day which requires an estimated 3 minutes to reboot. Result?
:-P
100 million Windows users x 180 seconds == 570 years lost.
You missed a couple years
"Kids who are non-conformist, rebellious, individualistic or different in other ways are routinely subjected to harassment ..."
This is a very obvious statement. Sure, I was picked on because I was a geek, and for other reasons too. Face it, kids will be kids. If your young, and different, you deserve to be picked on, your asking for it! I'm not saying that its right, but that's just the way things are! There have always been bullies and there have always been the bullied. It's the reality behind this that is so scary.
So we should be asking ourselves; what has changed? Well, I'm not going to rant about how video games, the net, and TV are all causing this because that is absolutely NOT true! Show me the proof, and I'll believe you! So where are the parents in all this? Are they talking to their kids? Supporting them? Helping them through it?
Also, how do these kids get guns in the first place? It is strange how we have laws to protect our right to own a gun, but shooting someone is illegal. I see a big contradiction there! So what is the purpose of owning a gun in the first place, for anybody? Self protection? If there were no guns in the first place, we wouldn't have to own a gun to protect ourselves from other guns.
I think there are a lot of things we need to look at as a society before we go and blame the net, or video games or TV because that is the easy way out. Censor, censor, censor and your problems magically disappear. NOPE! We need to start teaching morals in school again. What I'm saying is we need to do something!