Wikipedia can reliably be consulted for the date of the Boston Tea Party, where the first nuclear tests happened, and can even give a reasonable account of the Triple-Entente and the outbreak of WWI.
You won't, of course, be able to find out if George Bush is indeed the worst president ever, whether Britney and K-Fed are getting divorced, or which is better, Coke or Pepsi.
If an acknowledged expert has an unconventional view, the community ought to include it. We're not doing poltics here. And inclusion is not endorsement.
More to the point, Wikipedia isn't accurate enough for certain applications. You wouldn't use it in serious research. Then again, you wouldn't use a printed encyclopedia in serious research, either.
I'm loathe to bring it up, but the timing is appropriate: Five years ago, as America reeled in tragedy, President Bush spoke to the people and told them to go shopping. And our transition from citizens to consumerzens was complete. Is it really any surprise that we pay money to play games where the primary objective is to acquire virtual junk?
Not really. Said backhoe might take YOUR net access out for a day or two, but the internet is specifically designed to absorb major failures. And if you're talking about the cable from the street to the building, backhoes can cut phones and electric just as easily as UTP and fiber.
Don't blame the internet for crappy ISPs.
20 milion people live in the New York metro area. Most of us know people who died. Thousands of people were stranded, across the country, when flights were grounded. Global markets teetered. NATO invoked the 5th article, for the first time in history. Armies were mobilized. Wars were begun. The fate of much of the world for the following decade hinged on that morning. Our national character has, for better or worse, changed.
9/11 was the definitive 'watershed' moment. It's rather ugly of you to downplay it.
3) Augment your gps navigation system with real-world, real-time data via digitally-signed radio messages broadcast directly from the road. If you want to give drivers nav information, you have to deliver it from the proper place, the road, and you have to get it from the proper authorities, local municipal governments.
Local authorities using radio beacons can offer information more efficiently than any centrally-updated repository. Has a road crew shut down the road for repair? They can post a "Road shut down for repair" beacon. Nav systems with uplinks could send that information along to the central servers. Is the bridge iced over? Sensors in the bridge could automatically detect icy conditions and broadcast the proper radio message. Speed reduction zone ahead? Beacon. Tractor trailer flipped over? Beacon. You get the idea.
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Dude, you have totally inspired me. Not only am I going to ditch third-party web-based email providers, but I'm also going to bury my private server in my basement under a concrete slab.
People are still going to be capable of making noise in a theater, even if you block cell signals. This isn't a technology problem, it's a social problem.
Here's the social solution: Pick up some candy in the lobby, and nail those bastards in the head.
The article author has trod out a rather worn, rather weak argument seen before from other Microsoft apologists (note windows ad in-line). Maybe you can argue about the relative security merits of Windows and Unix, but the premise that viruses "wreak havoc" in a user's home directory is just plain false.
I've done many post-mortems, and as said by another poster, security breaches (which includes viruses) very rarely result in the destruction of data. Intruders don't care about your photos. They install spyware. They install zombies. They install warez and porn servers. Maybe they search for credit card numbers, but that's harder to detect (and beside the point).
Hard drive failures are, by far, the #1 cause of data loss. Back up your stuff, and move along.
What we need to do is set up some out-of-the-box software that will tunnel a visitor's connection back to their own home network and up to thier ISP from there. Sure, it's an added burden on the network, but on the visitor's connection. When I'm freeloading, this is what I do anyway, using ssh tunnels for my web and email.
Seriously, I think the widescreen display is one of the most oversold technologies of the past few years. Especially on laptops. Do people really watch that many movies on thier PC's?
And if I had a dollar for every time I saw a widescreen TV in a bar distorting regular-aspect broadcasts, I could drink free for a month.
"The data on the tapes was encrypted, Walker said. The data on the disks was in a proprietary file format that was not encrypted, but "is stored in a way that would make it difficult, if not impossible, for someone to access it, then make any sense out of it," he said.
I agree. And it's odd that a site allegedly populated by programmers and sysadmins would be so careless about spelling and grammar. Spelling and grammar are just as important in english as they are in C, and nobody who uses a command line every day would be careless about typos.
Or maybe we just want a break when we're goofing off on slashdot?
Really. It amazes me that anybody believes anything anyone says at all. Unless you have good reason to think someone is telling the truth, you should probably just assume thier lying. This goes for everyone: journalists, marketers, employers, employees, politicians, salesmen, contractors, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
"Judges have to rule based on the ther arguements heard, the law, and legal presidents. When you've made the judge's email inbasket unusable for a decade your shit might be pretty weak, but that is not supposed to apply.
As for why the government is on the top of the pile I guess it's the "your first after me" principal."
Legal presidents? We haven't had one of those in a while...
"While I have no solid facts to back it, my gut tells me that if the content providers' copyrights were respected, then DRM wouldn't come around."
I have to disagree. DRM is, at least in part, an effort by the recording industry to neutralize certain judicial rulings and make some legal consumer behavior impossible. For example, recording broadcast TV shows to tape for personal use was decided to be legal (Sony Corp. vs Universal), but the proposed broadcast flag business is intended to degrade those rights.
Sure, DRM legislation is partly driven by the need to curb infringement. But to claim DRM wouldn't exist without illegal infringement is giving the RIAA way too much credit. All businesses seek to control the way thier products are used. But for government to protect corporate rights by sacrificing those of private citizens is petty tyranny.
When all the new computers have TPM chips, and old Dell Optiplex 150s and P2 laptops cost more than a car, my parents are going to eat their words regarding my computer collection in their garage.
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Domain names are quite similar to virtual world goods. Yet these continue to be sold on ebay. What gives?
Cycling isn't going to get you buff. Try hitting the gym and picking up some weights. What a bunch of nerds you guys are.
Evolution isn't nescessarily a good thing. I, for one, would like my gills back.
You're winning.
Agreed.
Wikipedia can reliably be consulted for the date of the Boston Tea Party, where the first nuclear tests happened, and can even give a reasonable account of the Triple-Entente and the outbreak of WWI.
You won't, of course, be able to find out if George Bush is indeed the worst president ever, whether Britney and K-Fed are getting divorced, or which is better, Coke or Pepsi.
I don't have any problem with that.
If an acknowledged expert has an unconventional view, the community ought to include it. We're not doing poltics here. And inclusion is not endorsement.
More to the point, Wikipedia isn't accurate enough for certain applications. You wouldn't use it in serious research. Then again, you wouldn't use a printed encyclopedia in serious research, either.
Hear, hear.
I'm loathe to bring it up, but the timing is appropriate: Five years ago, as America reeled in tragedy, President Bush spoke to the people and told them to go shopping. And our transition from citizens to consumerzens was complete. Is it really any surprise that we pay money to play games where the primary objective is to acquire virtual junk?
Who is discontent? Is anyone on this forum actually a MSFT stockholder? Or are they just salivating for Vista?
Not really. Said backhoe might take YOUR net access out for a day or two, but the internet is specifically designed to absorb major failures. And if you're talking about the cable from the street to the building, backhoes can cut phones and electric just as easily as UTP and fiber. Don't blame the internet for crappy ISPs.
20 milion people live in the New York metro area. Most of us know people who died. Thousands of people were stranded, across the country, when flights were grounded. Global markets teetered. NATO invoked the 5th article, for the first time in history. Armies were mobilized. Wars were begun. The fate of much of the world for the following decade hinged on that morning. Our national character has, for better or worse, changed.
9/11 was the definitive 'watershed' moment. It's rather ugly of you to downplay it.
Yes, thanks for the link. Really, how much digging should I have to do to find out WTF the article is about?
3) Augment your gps navigation system with real-world, real-time data via digitally-signed radio messages broadcast directly from the road. If you want to give drivers nav information, you have to deliver it from the proper place, the road, and you have to get it from the proper authorities, local municipal governments.
Local authorities using radio beacons can offer information more efficiently than any centrally-updated repository. Has a road crew shut down the road for repair? They can post a "Road shut down for repair" beacon. Nav systems with uplinks could send that information along to the central servers. Is the bridge iced over? Sensors in the bridge could automatically detect icy conditions and broadcast the proper radio message. Speed reduction zone ahead? Beacon. Tractor trailer flipped over? Beacon. You get the idea.
Dude, you have totally inspired me. Not only am I going to ditch third-party web-based email providers, but I'm also going to bury my private server in my basement under a concrete slab.
Wow, there's still one left?
People are still going to be capable of making noise in a theater, even if you block cell signals. This isn't a technology problem, it's a social problem.
Here's the social solution: Pick up some candy in the lobby, and nail those bastards in the head.
The article author has trod out a rather worn, rather weak argument seen before from other Microsoft apologists (note windows ad in-line). Maybe you can argue about the relative security merits of Windows and Unix, but the premise that viruses "wreak havoc" in a user's home directory is just plain false.
I've done many post-mortems, and as said by another poster, security breaches (which includes viruses) very rarely result in the destruction of data. Intruders don't care about your photos. They install spyware. They install zombies. They install warez and porn servers. Maybe they search for credit card numbers, but that's harder to detect (and beside the point).
Hard drive failures are, by far, the #1 cause of data loss. Back up your stuff, and move along.
The internet cops give me the chills too.
What we need to do is set up some out-of-the-box software that will tunnel a visitor's connection back to their own home network and up to thier ISP from there. Sure, it's an added burden on the network, but on the visitor's connection. When I'm freeloading, this is what I do anyway, using ssh tunnels for my web and email.
Seriously, I think the widescreen display is one of the most oversold technologies of the past few years. Especially on laptops. Do people really watch that many movies on thier PC's?
And if I had a dollar for every time I saw a widescreen TV in a bar distorting regular-aspect broadcasts, I could drink free for a month.
"The data on the tapes was encrypted, Walker said. The data on the disks was in a proprietary file format that was not encrypted, but "is stored in a way that would make it difficult, if not impossible, for someone to access it, then make any sense out of it," he said.
This paragraph is encrypted.
I agree. And it's odd that a site allegedly populated by programmers and sysadmins would be so careless about spelling and grammar. Spelling and grammar are just as important in english as they are in C, and nobody who uses a command line every day would be careless about typos.
Or maybe we just want a break when we're goofing off on slashdot?
Really. It amazes me that anybody believes anything anyone says at all. Unless you have good reason to think someone is telling the truth, you should probably just assume thier lying. This goes for everyone: journalists, marketers, employers, employees, politicians, salesmen, contractors, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
"Judges have to rule based on the ther arguements heard, the law, and legal presidents. When you've made the judge's email inbasket unusable for a decade your shit might be pretty weak, but that is not supposed to apply. As for why the government is on the top of the pile I guess it's the "your first after me" principal."
Legal presidents? We haven't had one of those in a while...
"While I have no solid facts to back it, my gut tells me that if the content providers' copyrights were respected, then DRM wouldn't come around."
I have to disagree. DRM is, at least in part, an effort by the recording industry to neutralize certain judicial rulings and make some legal consumer behavior impossible. For example, recording broadcast TV shows to tape for personal use was decided to be legal (Sony Corp. vs Universal), but the proposed broadcast flag business is intended to degrade those rights.
Sure, DRM legislation is partly driven by the need to curb infringement. But to claim DRM wouldn't exist without illegal infringement is giving the RIAA way too much credit. All businesses seek to control the way thier products are used. But for government to protect corporate rights by sacrificing those of private citizens is petty tyranny.
When all the new computers have TPM chips, and old Dell Optiplex 150s and P2 laptops cost more than a car, my parents are going to eat their words regarding my computer collection in their garage.