That quote should be framed and hung over the Kansas School Board's door.
On a side note, I sent an email to Mrs. Janet Waugh to congratulate her resolve and to wish that one day any attempts to integrate ID into science classrooms will be voted down unanimously, not the shaky 6-4 margin.
Opposite way of thinking?
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PHP 5 in Practice
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When an experienced software developer needs assistance, it is rarely for language syntax, but instead a desire to see how someone else solved a specific problem. Is that really true? I find myself more the opposite where I know how to solve a problem theoretically but I need to know the exact syntax (and sometimes even the libraries/classes already available) to allow me to do what I want. Is this because I'm only a recent (2 yrs) CS grad? Isn't this the normal way to approach the problem due to the myriad languages used out there?
It seems to me this might be true only if you're very familiar with a particular language and are trying to use that for everything which may or may not be possible.
They were in negotiations for a while to pass the name along but wouldn't they be affronted by the chutzpah of Apple to use the name in a huge pr show at Macworld when Apple was basically begging them to transfer the rights?
Cisco isn't exactly some no name that Apple can think it can steamroll on anything it wants. Dumb move by Apple to be so presumptious.
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ILM's Datacenter
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So you're going to hate the technical achievements here due to the lackluster plotting of directors and writers? Blame hollywood, not the engineers, technicians, and artists whom the article is trying to show in a bright light. Imagine you're a worker at ILM and get to do your work on these machines. That's what we're focused on acclaiming here and not the results of Hollywood's money-grubbing attitude.
Using ActiveX in sites has nothing to do with bad and/or ugly code. There's plenty of nicely coded sites that utilize ActiveX. It's just a feature that is utilized to run stuff on the web that most times isn't a good idea to use.
However, stuff like Streaming Windows Media looks best using the ActiveX embedded version with the object tag instead of the embed tag. And like it or not, right now the Windows Media format is one of the top 2 most utilized streaming codec. For this to change, we're going to have to come up with a way to argue with companies that have commited their video production labs to microsoft to switch.
It is just like Scour net (web based/centralized), then napster (p2p/centralized), then kazaa (p2p/decentralized). Every time they go after a technology, they force it to evolve into the next phase. They will never win IMHO.
Remember that the next time one of your relatives' or friends' car gets stolen and stripped. Sure the technology to bypass all of the alarms and security measure not to mention the chop-shop techniques keep improving to the point where they keep outpacing the police. To paraphrase you "The police will never win IMHO" Won't you be glad!
Seriously, this is technologically good idea on top of a good service. But what is technologically good may not be the right thing. (Wanna bring up cloning anyone? I'm not saying I'm against it just wanna point out the possible moral and ethical points that will be raised) For anyone to say this would be most beneficial for anything other than illegal activities would be lying. For all the people who honestly try to argue the positive merits of BT, stuff like this just ruins the validity of it. This will eventually cause it's end just like all those other "technologies" you mentioned.
The reason that P2P networks are useful is because the speeds are fast and there is a TON of material out there. I'm sorry but a private network that is invite only just won't cut it.
Hate to break it to you but there's already private networks dealing in the latest files/video/audio that are secure mainly because they are private. You never hear about them but I'm sure they can have all the software they want. All it takes is one guy, let's call him a "courier" for a purely hypothetical example, to tap into different groups and bring it to share with his network of buddies. And nicely pass it on to another group if possible, in an fair trade sort of exchange.
And regarding speed, I would know that the cd sized home movie that I'm downloading from a friend isn't going to be coming off of a dial up user. If a buddy of mine shares a torrent of a song he wrote and we're both on T3 connections, why should I have to suffer accessing packets from a dial up user who has it too?
Most Universities probably don't want ANY filesharing. A lot of them have limited bandwith for P2P applications as it is. Do you think that really want it going on at all? Probably not. Too many problems w/the RIAA and the MPAA.
Actually no, most private universities don't give a rat's ass about sharing files but more concerned about total bandwidth with external connections as well as external transfers that could come back to hurt them as an institution. As long as the actions of a student doesn't come back to harm or get the institution in trouble, they don't really care.
However, to outsiders (RIAA/MPAA) encryption means hiding data that doesn't belong to you. They will counter any argument with that statement.
There wouldn't be an argument to begin with because they have no idea what's going on within that network unless they've gained access illegally. How are they going to request a court order? "Your honor, we believe that there's illegal information swapping going on because they have 1337 usernames and they move a lot of information"
Also, how would they know what the information is if it's encrypted? Maybe I like sending uncompressed home footage of my toddler to my grandparents.
P2P is fine with the free alternatives. I'm sorry but I just don't think this program is going anywhere. Maybe if it was created 5 or 6 years ago.
Free alternatives open you up to people you don't know and software you might not realize is really just spyware. If I had a group of buddies that I know and trust, more information can be passed back and forth in complete safety. And the intent of this program is to allow secure transfer of personal data to friends and back.
The actual greatest benefit from this program IMO is the knowledge of the connections of the circle of people I'm sharing with. Instead of having to suffer a download at 4.5Kb/sec, I am assured I can get it at dsl/cable/t1/t3/oc1/etc speeds.
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Halo 2 Goes Gold
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Definitely agree with the diversity. Halo's semi-comic approach in it's violence doesn't turn off the casual or never before gamer. I find girls are a lot more likely to play this game due to it's infamy and lack of "disgusting guts". A quick learning curve allows them to just jump in and have fun with the guys.
Yeah I've heard that they use each other's infrastructure and so this deal was pretty easy to predict. I actually think this will be good for both and help customers of both brands. I was debating whether or not to switch to a GSM carrier (currently have verizon) and decided to wait out the at&t deal.
Before putting off my decision, I was leaning towards getting at&t since they have a tower very close to where I live and work. But like I said in the parent post, I am afraid cingular might make it worse instead of better.
I can't speak for anyone but myself but from friends and family who've used Cingular as well as market research when I considered changing phone companies last month, that's the impression I've gotten of cingular. And the areas that I care about is southern california (specifically san diego) and the south bay area (san jose, santa clara county).
So the question is will at&t's decent gsm network improve cingular's horrid coverage reputation or will cingular's bring down at&t's established services...hmm...
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There's one in both states, with the Missouri one being larger.
That quote should be framed and hung over the Kansas School Board's door.
On a side note, I sent an email to Mrs. Janet Waugh to congratulate her resolve and to wish that one day any attempts to integrate ID into science classrooms will be voted down unanimously, not the shaky 6-4 margin.
Her contact information http://www3.ksde.org/commiss/ksbe1.html
They were in negotiations for a while to pass the name along but wouldn't they be affronted by the chutzpah of Apple to use the name in a huge pr show at Macworld when Apple was basically begging them to transfer the rights? Cisco isn't exactly some no name that Apple can think it can steamroll on anything it wants. Dumb move by Apple to be so presumptious.
So I guess you can say Skype is the #1 STUNna?
So you're going to hate the technical achievements here due to the lackluster plotting of directors and writers? Blame hollywood, not the engineers, technicians, and artists whom the article is trying to show in a bright light. Imagine you're a worker at ILM and get to do your work on these machines. That's what we're focused on acclaiming here and not the results of Hollywood's money-grubbing attitude.
Not to slam on you but if you cut-and-pasted the press releases, shouldn't Stanford and Touareg be spelled correctly?
Using ActiveX in sites has nothing to do with bad and/or ugly code. There's plenty of nicely coded sites that utilize ActiveX. It's just a feature that is utilized to run stuff on the web that most times isn't a good idea to use.
However, stuff like Streaming Windows Media looks best using the ActiveX embedded version with the object tag instead of the embed tag. And like it or not, right now the Windows Media format is one of the top 2 most utilized streaming codec. For this to change, we're going to have to come up with a way to argue with companies that have commited their video production labs to microsoft to switch.
It is just like Scour net (web based/centralized), then napster (p2p/centralized), then kazaa (p2p/decentralized). Every time they go after a technology, they force it to evolve into the next phase. They will never win IMHO.
Remember that the next time one of your relatives' or friends' car gets stolen and stripped. Sure the technology to bypass all of the alarms and security measure not to mention the chop-shop techniques keep improving to the point where they keep outpacing the police. To paraphrase you "The police will never win IMHO" Won't you be glad!
Seriously, this is technologically good idea on top of a good service. But what is technologically good may not be the right thing. (Wanna bring up cloning anyone? I'm not saying I'm against it just wanna point out the possible moral and ethical points that will be raised) For anyone to say this would be most beneficial for anything other than illegal activities would be lying. For all the people who honestly try to argue the positive merits of BT, stuff like this just ruins the validity of it. This will eventually cause it's end just like all those other "technologies" you mentioned.
The reason that P2P networks are useful is because the speeds are fast and there is a TON of material out there. I'm sorry but a private network that is invite only just won't cut it.
Hate to break it to you but there's already private networks dealing in the latest files/video/audio that are secure mainly because they are private. You never hear about them but I'm sure they can have all the software they want. All it takes is one guy, let's call him a "courier" for a purely hypothetical example, to tap into different groups and bring it to share with his network of buddies. And nicely pass it on to another group if possible, in an fair trade sort of exchange.
And regarding speed, I would know that the cd sized home movie that I'm downloading from a friend isn't going to be coming off of a dial up user. If a buddy of mine shares a torrent of a song he wrote and we're both on T3 connections, why should I have to suffer accessing packets from a dial up user who has it too?
Most Universities probably don't want ANY filesharing. A lot of them have limited bandwith for P2P applications as it is. Do you think that really want it going on at all? Probably not. Too many problems w/the RIAA and the MPAA.
Actually no, most private universities don't give a rat's ass about sharing files but more concerned about total bandwidth with external connections as well as external transfers that could come back to hurt them as an institution. As long as the actions of a student doesn't come back to harm or get the institution in trouble, they don't really care.
However, to outsiders (RIAA/MPAA) encryption means hiding data that doesn't belong to you. They will counter any argument with that statement.
There wouldn't be an argument to begin with because they have no idea what's going on within that network unless they've gained access illegally. How are they going to request a court order? "Your honor, we believe that there's illegal information swapping going on because they have 1337 usernames and they move a lot of information"
Also, how would they know what the information is if it's encrypted? Maybe I like sending uncompressed home footage of my toddler to my grandparents.
P2P is fine with the free alternatives. I'm sorry but I just don't think this program is going anywhere. Maybe if it was created 5 or 6 years ago.
Free alternatives open you up to people you don't know and software you might not realize is really just spyware. If I had a group of buddies that I know and trust, more information can be passed back and forth in complete safety. And the intent of this program is to allow secure transfer of personal data to friends and back.
The actual greatest benefit from this program IMO is the knowledge of the connections of the circle of people I'm sharing with. Instead of having to suffer a download at 4.5Kb/sec, I am assured I can get it at dsl/cable/t1/t3/oc1/etc speeds.
Definitely agree with the diversity. Halo's semi-comic approach in it's violence doesn't turn off the casual or never before gamer. I find girls are a lot more likely to play this game due to it's infamy and lack of "disgusting guts". A quick learning curve allows them to just jump in and have fun with the guys.
Yeah I've heard that they use each other's infrastructure and so this deal was pretty easy to predict. I actually think this will be good for both and help customers of both brands. I was debating whether or not to switch to a GSM carrier (currently have verizon) and decided to wait out the at&t deal. Before putting off my decision, I was leaning towards getting at&t since they have a tower very close to where I live and work. But like I said in the parent post, I am afraid cingular might make it worse instead of better.
I can't speak for anyone but myself but from friends and family who've used Cingular as well as market research when I considered changing phone companies last month, that's the impression I've gotten of cingular. And the areas that I care about is southern california (specifically san diego) and the south bay area (san jose, santa clara county).
So the question is will at&t's decent gsm network improve cingular's horrid coverage reputation or will cingular's bring down at&t's established services...hmm...