"Maybe put together some CG of the shuttle doing what it does when the astronauts press the buttons on the flight deck. Show us that when they're going through the procedures.. instead of the same shot of the earth from the ISS for 40 minutes."
Probably won't happen. NASA, TSA, and the rest of the families would be afred of Terrists takin' over the Shuttle...
Besides, nothin' like dazzling and mesmerizing the 'Merkun public with the Big Blue Marble...
Isn't the REAL requirement here to make sure he's not sending malicious signals? If so, the government only need ban him from using VPN or encrypted paths except when dealing with his or trusted banks, real estate, and other trackable/fiduciary institutions.
As for PERSONAL surfing and development and collaborative works, the government ONLY need to make sure he's not tunneling or handling 'evil content'. The so-called NSA, FBI, and other "experts" need only run protocol analyzers and flag/kick his ass IFF and only IFFF he's connecting to malicious sites AND moving traffic of a questionable volume, as in up/downloading evil content.
To BAN him from using Ubuntu just signals how STUPID/IGNORANT the lawyers, judge, and others involved are. Besides, ISN'T the OS just another LAYER in the topology? If they can nail him on what he sent & received, then they can discriminate between and overlook by intention what is NOT offensive activity.
Finally, it is THIS kind of ineptitude or knee-jerk reaction by low-level functionaries and lawyers that shows why many countries are kicking the US' amnesiac/ego-driven ass.
Sheesh. Our tax dollars NOT at work...
Goddammit, this kind of hamstringing is inexcusable, in this era of tech.
What we could use here is regimented company-time physical fitness. Maybe 15 minutes for tai chi or gung fu or walking meditation, or just fast-walking (for the physically-capable) around the parking lot.
Of course, we'll have people whining about extra risk of being run over if compelled, but they just accept it if walking on their own volition....
We NEED to have "adult recess", 2x-per-day physical fitness, and non-discrimination against obesity-by-genetic-predisposition. BUT, go after those who STARTED skinny but GREW due to shitty dieting. While we're at it, penalize Madison Avenue or whomever drives food chains to market the hell out of us to consume (but not doggie-bag) monstrous, ghastly portions at the diner/dining table.
And, I haven't EVEN gotten started on the preservatives and junk in kids' foods...
The AC was modded as Funny, but, imagine if people were willing to micropay say, $0.25 per month to OO.o or KDE, etc., AND take ads. The ads could be funded by companies trying to market to OpenSource users or opportunities. The ad dollars could go to devs, or good causes. Maybe OpenSource should be tied to human suffering/freedom/self-determination rights. Might be political, but, honestly what ISN'T political.
Then, at some point if the user tires of the adverts, s/he could lump pay the balance of a 1-year (at $0.25/month/week/whatever) and the devs push code to switch off the ads, or they direct the user to the menu item to turn off ads.
That stuff called "works" is meant for those having the most PALTRY of software-using skills. I saw it once, around 2000 when helping a lady decide whether or not to us SuSE, and "works" made me nauseated.
It seems to be a testament that the ms answer de-complicating Orifice is to go the extreme opposite, and into totally dumbing down things. It seems toyish. OTOH, if anyone can't handle Orifice, and they marginally achieve things with "works", how the hell will they fare with OO.o, even IFFF ms or the manufacturers were to somehow to try installing OO.o?
Still, I'd be insulted if any employer or org said, "use 'works' to...".
Anyway, personally, I STILL use Lotus SmartSuite. I barely use Blurb and Hexedcell if I can avoid it. If I can't use SmartSuite, THEN I defer to OO.o.
SMART criminals (and governments, companies and certain individuals are going to -- for some applications-- start quantum or thermally signature scanning ALL that they bring on premises and real-time comparing known vs suspicious.
Also, keyboards are cheap, (exposed) wiring is cheap, and many peripherals are, too. Either toss them or get them "debugged".
Then, turn the premises into a Faraday cage or whatever it takes to keep unwanted, contemptable fracks out ("unwanted, contemptable" being defined by those wanting maximum security/privacy, not by those who perpetrate the spying) of their systems...
Then, is this how they brought down mob bosses a few years ago? What is so special about this today than a few years ago?
Or did they simply use RF/EM surveillance against the keystrokes of that enforcer/boss?
I've been wondering if a port sniffer/protocol analyzer/keystroke counter were sneaked in via a maintenance person, or flown in by one of those DARPA critters...
OTOH, depending on the building layout, maybe an "occupant" flushed a stringed bug that deployed lodging arms or self-welded into a pipe at the right spot in the plumbing layout and then went to work...
In the USN, I serviced our comm center's shredder (shredding to something like 1/32 of an inch, and reversing the unit would mean hours of unjamming effort), the 4 or so different teletypes in Radio and CIC, and the liquid and dry toner copiers on my own ship, but sometimes on the 2 or 3 ships in my DesRon (Destroyer Squadron) to which my command loaned me for days or up to 14 days.
In 1986, between teletype courses, I learned to service the Savin 772S (or 722S?) liquid toner copier, the shipboard or marinized version of the famous copier. It had a deeper toner collection trough than shore-based units. Later that same year, I learned to service and repair the dry toner units, which had to have special seals to keep the magnetic toner from dispersing into the radio shack (comm center) equipment. (Can you imagine after a few months of exposure not to the lungs but to the URT-23's, WSC-3's, UYK-47, LTP-7', etc... what would happen? The equipment would fail or short out, despite their own filtration, in some cases.)
After discharging, I for one year used to service Savin liquid toner copiers back in 1988. (I'm not worried about lawsuits as they ARE on my resume, and I have no particular or personal problems with any PEOPLE I worked with there.) I had to dispose of the liquid toner AND the dispersant. Sometimes we "left" it in the customers' waste baskets if we were quick enough. Other times, savvy customers demanded WE dispose of it elsewhere.
(Oh, and I would log some 25 to 100 miles per day on my car, going as far as Soquel, Pescadero, San Franciso, sometimes but rarely the East Bay, but mostly Los Gatos, and the Peninsula and downtown SJ... so imagine the GASes my former 1988 2-door hatchback Honda Accord might have been putting out).
Now to put this in perspective, servicing TWO to 6 copiers a day, I'd have to change toner or add dispersant or drain off some to do one or both of those. Sometimes I dumped it in my dad's trash can or at the customers', or at their premises. I would be non-surprised if other companies' employees did the same and even dumped it down the drains.
Now, of course the company (or, should I say, our managers, supervisors, and experienced co-workers) told us to use Playtex rubber gloves, but after a while if the springs and tools didn't RIP or TEAR our gloves, the dispersant (alcohol, basically some and petroleum distillate) would dissolve or weaken the gloves, assuring quicker tearing by spring and tool.
I used to hang out at a couple of clubs into the we hours when smoking in bars/clubs/indoors in CA was still legal. Between the cigarette smoke and the toner and dispersant and after a year of this, my health and concentration were being affected, dinging my morale, leading to problems that eventually led to a mutual separation of me from the company. After a few weeks of separation, my health quality shot up markedly and I was my normal self again. How GREAT it felt to not have black toner circumscribing and getting under my nails M-F, clean by Sun AM and dirty again by Mon AM, and how good it felt not having liquid dispersant (petroleum distillate) drying my skin, penetrating my organs, and not having issues any more.
Later, as a contractor, an agency sent me to a BioPharm in Mountain View. They had a copy room maybe 10' x 15', noisy as hell and definitely containing more than nose-detectable amounts of toner and ionized air. I don't recall a partuclates filtration system, but there was a suction ventilation duct.
So, it is MORE than an office issue, it is also likely still a particulates issue for the outside, too, unless special vacuum units exist on-site.
the plaintiff could be a shill for some ingrate/sour grapes, wannabe competitor who is tiring and trying to crack affinity to Apple's product. If such a competitor could slow uptake/adoption of the iPhone, and at the same time cost Apple some tens of millions on redesigning the phone, dealing with PR & adverts, packaging, rep training, and more, then imagine how bitter some company might be. Also, imagine: Just imagine: who might BE such a sour-grapes competitor...?
However, I REALLY won't buy one myself unless:
1. the price comes down without an attendant reduction in features 2. there is a wider choice of carriers (to HELL with single-carrier of choice...) 3. I am sure I can sync nicely with Linux (I haven't done the research)
OTOH, I hear that battery standby and talk-time are fairly exceptional.
But, Linux-based phones and PDAs will probably be the REAL news, not zombified, uninspired, non-revolutionary tired old OS called windoze. (Mod me flaimbait if you want, but licensing and code access will drive which OS ends up ruling the market.)
"Just publish the source to whatever you have and see what the community makes of it. How could it possibly hurt?"
Well, I suppose the shareholders and companies and wall street are afraid of loss of IP ownership... While I agree with your stance, I also presume those other parties will feel:
THEIR stuff is KEWL. It has data-mining up the wazoo, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are the ones whose tool were used for federal stings. It can create deep associations based on banking records and other things, such as flight, phone, purchasing and other information. It was more impressive than scary, but still scary. They might still have available some kick-ass screen shots since I last saw them over 2 years ago..
C'mon! Linux or Mac or windoze or whatever, you are NOT going to be allowed to deploy any actual or near-mainstream systems like operating systems and crypto without SOME men-in-black-like visit from some government agencies looking for quarterly crypto keys. They'll arrive in suits, with brief cases and dead-serious looks. Or, they'll fake their appearances or get them on-line. One way or another, the governments and numerous programmers are GOING to talk.
Security is an illusion unless YOU have no rosey filters blocking your vision. Now, how can I say this? Well, some years ago, I contracted at Lotus cc:Mail. I was returning from a bathroom trip, saw some guys in black suits, shades and holding brief cases. In the hall I joked to a managerial level person, "Who are THEY? Secret Service looking for quarterly security keys?" He shot back, "Don't EVER say that." He took me aside and told me that's EXACTLY what they are there for.
So, if Lotus did it in 1997/1998, you can bet Mshaft does, and so does McAffee. Why do you think they won't comment on whether or not they comply with government court orders? Most people are sheeple, and most of us aren't savvy or patient or disciplined to use even the most BASIC of encryption tools, wallets, etc.//rant off
Can a company BE? I mean, they MUST still have some Unix or Linux boxes in their infrastructure, right? It is nice tho, that they have SOME enlightened/awares techhies who know about Linux and aren't afraid to talk about it on the phone.
DAMN YOU, COMCAST. It's NOT your BUSINESS what BROWSER or OS your 'cash generators' use. You need to give an IP, block malware, and keep the HELL out of the CPE/homeowner side of things. Stop treating your clients like idiots by stop demanding that shitware spyware/backdoor ware/malware be installed on their systems. If any customer uses a router, then YOUR server that binds to IPs and MACs should ONLY be looking to bind to the router NOT the individual computers.
GROW UP.
I ONLY use you when I sign up because your effective monopoly/gigantism leaves few or no other choices, and I don't want a landline phone. Otherwise, when wireless (permitted by whomever provides it) is viable for me, I'll take it.
Humping will be easier too, or more, umm, fullfilling. Less grapplifying but more gratifying. And using the vacuu-toilet might be easier, too.
Anyway, I suppose these suits will make it easy to pass each other in tubular corridors during times a newly implemented "readiness condition" could be useful. Imagine the conditions they have now: either the protective gear is worn or not worn. Now, imagine needing to grab only the helmet and a mini bottle of air....
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Discovering that you CAT could do this? Priceless...
ZOOM!! ZOOM!!!
"Maybe put together some CG of the shuttle doing what it does when the astronauts press the buttons on the flight deck. Show us that when they're going through the procedures.. instead of the same shot of the earth from the ISS for 40 minutes."
Probably won't happen. NASA, TSA, and the rest of the families would be afred of Terrists takin' over the Shuttle...
Besides, nothin' like dazzling and mesmerizing the 'Merkun public with the Big Blue Marble...
I love the sweet irony you raise.... Bitter and SWEET. China IS as worried about US security as the US supposedly is...
Captcha: Crystal, hehehe (crystal clear?)
One ASStroNOMIcal hole... Talk about "warped" space...
Or, is it subspace or fluidic space. Is it a quantum singularity, or a subspace slipstream?
Isn't the REAL requirement here to make sure he's not sending malicious signals? If so, the government only need ban him from using VPN or encrypted paths except when dealing with his or trusted banks, real estate, and other trackable/fiduciary institutions.
As for PERSONAL surfing and development and collaborative works, the government ONLY need to make sure he's not tunneling or handling 'evil content'. The so-called NSA, FBI, and other "experts" need only run protocol analyzers and flag/kick his ass IFF and only IFFF he's connecting to malicious sites AND moving traffic of a questionable volume, as in up/downloading evil content.
To BAN him from using Ubuntu just signals how STUPID/IGNORANT the lawyers, judge, and others involved are. Besides, ISN'T the OS just another LAYER in the topology? If they can nail him on what he sent & received, then they can discriminate between and overlook by intention what is NOT offensive activity.
Finally, it is THIS kind of ineptitude or knee-jerk reaction by low-level functionaries and lawyers that shows why many countries are kicking the US' amnesiac/ego-driven ass.
Sheesh. Our tax dollars NOT at work...
Goddammit, this kind of hamstringing is inexcusable, in this era of tech.
What we could use here is regimented company-time physical fitness. Maybe 15 minutes for tai chi or gung fu or walking meditation, or just fast-walking (for the physically-capable) around the parking lot.
Of course, we'll have people whining about extra risk of being run over if compelled, but they just accept it if walking on their own volition....
We NEED to have "adult recess", 2x-per-day physical fitness, and non-discrimination against obesity-by-genetic-predisposition. BUT, go after those who STARTED skinny but GREW due to shitty dieting. While we're at it, penalize Madison Avenue or whomever drives food chains to market the hell out of us to consume (but not doggie-bag) monstrous, ghastly portions at the diner/dining table.
And, I haven't EVEN gotten started on the preservatives and junk in kids' foods...
The AC was modded as Funny, but, imagine if people were willing to micropay say, $0.25 per month to OO.o or KDE, etc., AND take ads. The ads could be funded by companies trying to market to OpenSource users or opportunities. The ad dollars could go to devs, or good causes. Maybe OpenSource should be tied to human suffering/freedom/self-determination rights. Might be political, but, honestly what ISN'T political.
Then, at some point if the user tires of the adverts, s/he could lump pay the balance of a 1-year (at $0.25/month/week/whatever) and the devs push code to switch off the ads, or they direct the user to the menu item to turn off ads.
Just some idea-making.
Hopefully, OO.o won't add banners or ad ad banners.... or ad any RIBBONS.
CAPTCHA: "aggrieve"
That stuff called "works" is meant for those having the most PALTRY of software-using skills. I saw it once, around 2000 when helping a lady decide whether or not to us SuSE, and "works" made me nauseated.
It seems to be a testament that the ms answer de-complicating Orifice is to go the extreme opposite, and into totally dumbing down things. It seems toyish. OTOH, if anyone can't handle Orifice, and they marginally achieve things with "works", how the hell will they fare with OO.o, even IFFF ms or the manufacturers were to somehow to try installing OO.o?
Still, I'd be insulted if any employer or org said, "use 'works' to...".
Anyway, personally, I STILL use Lotus SmartSuite. I barely use Blurb and Hexedcell if I can avoid it. If I can't use SmartSuite, THEN I defer to OO.o.
SMART criminals (and governments, companies and certain individuals are going to -- for some applications-- start quantum or thermally signature scanning ALL that they bring on premises and real-time comparing known vs suspicious.
Also, keyboards are cheap, (exposed) wiring is cheap, and many peripherals are, too. Either toss them or get them "debugged".
Then, turn the premises into a Faraday cage or whatever it takes to keep unwanted, contemptable fracks out ("unwanted, contemptable" being defined by those wanting maximum security/privacy, not by those who perpetrate the spying) of their systems...
Well, in the vein of "speculation"...
Then, is this how they brought down mob bosses a few years ago? What is so special about this today than a few years ago?
Or did they simply use RF/EM surveillance against the keystrokes of that enforcer/boss?
I've been wondering if a port sniffer/protocol analyzer/keystroke counter were sneaked in via a maintenance person, or flown in by one of those DARPA critters...
OTOH, depending on the building layout, maybe an "occupant" flushed a stringed bug that deployed lodging arms or self-welded into a pipe at the right spot in the plumbing layout and then went to work...
Just loose speculations...
In the USN, I serviced our comm center's shredder (shredding to something like 1/32 of an inch, and reversing the unit would mean hours of unjamming effort), the 4 or so different teletypes in Radio and CIC, and the liquid and dry toner copiers on my own ship, but sometimes on the 2 or 3 ships in my DesRon (Destroyer Squadron) to which my command loaned me for days or up to 14 days.
In 1986, between teletype courses, I learned to service the Savin 772S (or 722S?) liquid toner copier, the shipboard or marinized version of the famous copier. It had a deeper toner collection trough than shore-based units. Later that same year, I learned to service and repair the dry toner units, which had to have special seals to keep the magnetic toner from dispersing into the radio shack (comm center) equipment. (Can you imagine after a few months of exposure not to the lungs but to the URT-23's, WSC-3's, UYK-47, LTP-7', etc... what would happen? The equipment would fail or short out, despite their own filtration, in some cases.)
After discharging, I for one year used to service Savin liquid toner copiers back in 1988. (I'm not worried about lawsuits as they ARE on my resume, and I have no particular or personal problems with any PEOPLE I worked with there.) I had to dispose of the liquid toner AND the dispersant. Sometimes we "left" it in the customers' waste baskets if we were quick enough. Other times, savvy customers demanded WE dispose of it elsewhere.
(Oh, and I would log some 25 to 100 miles per day on my car, going as far as Soquel, Pescadero, San Franciso, sometimes but rarely the East Bay, but mostly Los Gatos, and the Peninsula and downtown SJ... so imagine the GASes my former 1988 2-door hatchback Honda Accord might have been putting out).
Now to put this in perspective, servicing TWO to 6 copiers a day, I'd have to change toner or add dispersant or drain off some to do one or both of those. Sometimes I dumped it in my dad's trash can or at the customers', or at their premises. I would be non-surprised if other companies' employees did the same and even dumped it down the drains.
Now, of course the company (or, should I say, our managers, supervisors, and experienced co-workers) told us to use Playtex rubber gloves, but after a while if the springs and tools didn't RIP or TEAR our gloves, the dispersant (alcohol, basically some and petroleum distillate) would dissolve or weaken the gloves, assuring quicker tearing by spring and tool.
I used to hang out at a couple of clubs into the we hours when smoking in bars/clubs/indoors in CA was still legal. Between the cigarette smoke and the toner and dispersant and after a year of this, my health and concentration were being affected, dinging my morale, leading to problems that eventually led to a mutual separation of me from the company. After a few weeks of separation, my health quality shot up markedly and I was my normal self again. How GREAT it felt to not have black toner circumscribing and getting under my nails M-F, clean by Sun AM and dirty again by Mon AM, and how good it felt not having liquid dispersant (petroleum distillate) drying my skin, penetrating my organs, and not having issues any more.
Later, as a contractor, an agency sent me to a BioPharm in Mountain View. They had a copy room maybe 10' x 15', noisy as hell and definitely containing more than nose-detectable amounts of toner and ionized air. I don't recall a partuclates filtration system, but there was a suction ventilation duct.
So, it is MORE than an office issue, it is also likely still a particulates issue for the outside, too, unless special vacuum units exist on-site.
Consider this:
the plaintiff could be a shill for some ingrate/sour grapes, wannabe competitor who is tiring and trying to crack affinity to Apple's product. If such a competitor could slow uptake/adoption of the iPhone, and at the same time cost Apple some tens of millions on redesigning the phone, dealing with PR & adverts, packaging, rep training, and more, then imagine how bitter some company might be. Also, imagine: Just imagine: who might BE such a sour-grapes competitor...?
However, I REALLY won't buy one myself unless:
1. the price comes down without an attendant reduction in features
2. there is a wider choice of carriers (to HELL with single-carrier of choice...)
3. I am sure I can sync nicely with Linux (I haven't done the research)
OTOH, I hear that battery standby and talk-time are fairly exceptional.
Captcha: halogen
Spine-tingling and scentilatting (sic), isn't it?
But, Linux-based phones and PDAs will probably be the REAL news, not zombified, uninspired, non-revolutionary tired old OS called windoze. (Mod me flaimbait if you want, but licensing and code access will drive which OS ends up ruling the market.)
Sweet and slowww, but splenda'd...
"Just publish the source to whatever you have and see what the community makes of it. How could it possibly hurt?"
Well, I suppose the shareholders and companies and wall street are afraid of loss of IP ownership... While I agree with your stance, I also presume those other parties will feel:
-- loss of control
-- loss of potential income streams
-- strengthening competition...
See this t-shirt:
http://www.coyotescorner.com/tshirts-hs.htm
I saw one of these last week on the Muni in Sfran...
at:
www.softwareanalytics.com ?
I wonder if GOOGLE has looked at s/a.
THEIR stuff is KEWL. It has data-mining up the wazoo, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are the ones whose tool were used for federal stings. It can create deep associations based on banking records and other things, such as flight, phone, purchasing and other information. It was more impressive than scary, but still scary. They might still have available some kick-ass screen shots since I last saw them over 2 years ago..
"Right, 2 wrongs always make a right."
But, 3 RIGHTS make a LEFT...
(sorry...)
/rant on
//rant off
C'mon! Linux or Mac or windoze or whatever, you are NOT going to be allowed to deploy any actual or near-mainstream systems like operating systems and crypto without SOME men-in-black-like visit from some government agencies looking for quarterly crypto keys. They'll arrive in suits, with brief cases and dead-serious looks. Or, they'll fake their appearances or get them on-line. One way or another, the governments and numerous programmers are GOING to talk.
Security is an illusion unless YOU have no rosey filters blocking your vision. Now, how can I say this? Well, some years ago, I contracted at Lotus cc:Mail. I was returning from a bathroom trip, saw some guys in black suits, shades and holding brief cases. In the hall I joked to a managerial level person, "Who are THEY? Secret Service looking for quarterly security keys?" He shot back, "Don't EVER say that." He took me aside and told me that's EXACTLY what they are there for.
So, if Lotus did it in 1997/1998, you can bet Mshaft does, and so does McAffee. Why do you think they won't comment on whether or not they comply with government court orders? Most people are sheeple, and most of us aren't savvy or patient or disciplined to use even the most BASIC of encryption tools, wallets, etc.
Can a company BE? I mean, they MUST still have some Unix or Linux boxes in their infrastructure, right? It is nice tho, that they have SOME enlightened/awares techhies who know about Linux and aren't afraid to talk about it on the phone.
DAMN YOU, COMCAST. It's NOT your BUSINESS what BROWSER or OS your 'cash generators' use. You need to give an IP, block malware, and keep the HELL out of the CPE/homeowner side of things. Stop treating your clients like idiots by stop demanding that shitware spyware/backdoor ware/malware be installed on their systems. If any customer uses a router, then YOUR server that binds to IPs and MACs should ONLY be looking to bind to the router NOT the individual computers.
GROW UP.
I ONLY use you when I sign up because your effective monopoly/gigantism leaves few or no other choices, and I don't want a landline phone. Otherwise, when wireless (permitted by whomever provides it) is viable for me, I'll take it.
"And people in hell want ice water."
No, trust me. They don't. Water turns to steam, and steam is hotter than water. And steam in hell would be hellishly hellier than unholy hell.
Humping will be easier too, or more, umm, fullfilling. Less grapplifying but more gratifying. And using the vacuu-toilet might be easier, too.
Anyway, I suppose these suits will make it easy to pass each other in tubular corridors during times a newly implemented "readiness condition" could be useful. Imagine the conditions they have now: either the protective gear is worn or not worn. Now, imagine needing to grab only the helmet and a mini bottle of air....
tubular, or is that