Not the wolf looking after the chickens, nor the chickens looking after the chickens. It's like the wolves telling the wolves not to eat the chickens, and I doubt it will have any effect on their appetite or number of chickens eaten.
Cripes, can you imagine if someone hacked into the database and inserted subliminals? they could have you buying things you'd never heard of, killing people, etc.
I don't have any applicable education, just high school. But I taught myself networking, I knew my OSes, and I lucked into a low level job at a regional airline. Three years later, I'm the IT manager. Not bad, considering my previous work history was 13 years of bartending!
I think that all the preparation IT pros put in paid off. The problem with that is that maybe we did our jobs so well that the general public (and management) thinks it was all hype. I know for a fact some of our older (and mission critical) software systems would have failed, and we did have one external system fail. Fortunately we had contingency plans for nearly everything. There is really no way to know how things would have turned out, but speaking as an IT pro, I am positive we would not have liked the results of a non-Y2K compliant world.
At least, it's bad if they are clueless. I had a local cable ISP that firewalled to "protect" me, and the only port open was 80. No way to ssh, telnet, ftp, nothing, in or out. I finally got them to open FTP, but it was too little and too late. Also, by providing *any* protection, they may be assuming liability for all customer boxen and become easy lawsuit fodder.
I had (briefly) a connection thru a local cable company who used vsat as their connection. My ping in quake shot up to around an unplayable 900. Gamers will not like satellite-based internet. On the other hand, people and businesses who need bandwidth and won't be affected by lag will find it very nice. My download speed was phenomenal. Web pages loaded *much* slower than on my current DSl due to the lag. The one second delay in requesting the page is enough for DSL to have the page already displayed. One of you physics/math types should be able to figure out how long at C it takes for a signal to hit geosynchronus orbit and get back, times 2 for the return trip.
Obviously, the artificial intelligence programmed some bones into the Matrix for us to find, without taking into account the strength/size problem. It realized we would need some kind of "roots" as a basis for understanding the world that has been pulled over our eyes. It's just more proof that something is wrong with our world.
A number of people (including myself) started boycotting them when they released a linux server but no client for Unreal. Linux was a good enough OS to run their server, but not good enough to run their client. Why would I run a game server for a game I can't play? Why would I purcha$e a game just to serve it, and never play it? I felt a bit insulted by that whole deal. So, even when they made "amends" with a Linux port for UT, it was too late. Yes, it may be silly, but I can and will hold a grudge. Plus, it's not as if they are the only game in town. I still manage to spend too much time playing their competitors games. If they don't choose to look at the potential future of Linux, it's their own foot they're shooting....my money will just go to their compititon.
Maybe someone should point out to these people who are pointing fingers at McAfee etc that under UCITA, there's no way they can do anything about it, even *if* McAfee was to blame, and even *if* McAfee knew the potential for this was there. They're just screwed. McAfee can just say, "Tough shit. Read the shrinkwrap license next time." Maybe then these idiot politicians would realize what UCITA is all about, and realize they are voting in legislation that can come back and bite them on the ass.
In a large corporate environment, time is money. Example: for every hour the problem persists, it costs the company $10,000. If $200 worth of tech support can get the problem fixed one hour quicker than without tech support, it was a very good $200 investment. As a sysadmin, I will use tech support even when I think I could figure it out myself because of this. Outside of work on my own system? My personal time is usually spent learning anyway, so I can well afford to take the time to fix it myself using whatever resources are available on the internet. But tech support is a lifesaver when something mission-critical goes down. (Not that I have much problem with my *NIX systems....99% of problems where I work are directly M$ problems)
More support for any "alternative" OS is a Real Good Thing, especially with the possibility of an impending breakup of Micro$oft. It can only be hoped that a breakup will cause more individuals and companies to seriously consider alternatives. The more stable the Open Source Community as a whole appears, the greater the chance of more people/companies turning to Open Source for their needs. Good support is a big factor in the outward appearance. Outward appearance will draw people in. Quality support will keep them.
Here is why you need not worry. We are talking about two completely different types of equipment. A microwave oven has a special device in it called a magnetron that produces microwave radiation. It is usually powered by a step-up transformer that puts out around 3000 volts. It was expressly designed to transmit radiation in the form of microwaves (a radio waveform). A CPU has no emitter, i.e it has no parts in it designed to emit radiation. It was designed to push electrons through predetermined paths. There is a big diference between something operating at 1Ghz, and something emitting a waveform at 1Ghz. The infrared (also known as heat) produced by a CPU is not directly a product of it's speed, it is a byproduct of resistance (basically the friction of electrons moving through an imperfect conductor). Chip manufacturers are reducing heat and increasing speed *at the same time* by switching to copper-based chips because copper is a superior conductor. They are also lowering the voltage needed by the chips to the sub-2 volt range, a long ways from the 3000 volts a microwave uses.
I used up all the "Seven Dwarves", and now I'm working my way through Tolkiens 4(5) book series...Bilbo, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Balrog, Bombadil, Smaug, Strider, Sauron, Gimli, Legolas, Elrond, Galadriel, the list goes on and on.
This post is not to support any one window manager. On the contrary, it is intended to promote good sense. I can't see why you would limit your "clientele" by catering to any one or two window managers. Why not write your app so it can be used by anyone, whether they use Gnome, KDE, FVWM, Blackbox, WindowMaker, ICEwm, or whatever other window manager a person chooses to use? A well designed program should trancend the petty squabbles over which manager is the best. If you really want your program to reach the most users, remember the old KISS rule. If, for example, you write your program for X, and Joe happens to run M and it doesn't work under M, do you think he's going to switch away from his beloved M that he's been running for years just for your program? I doubt it. If it's a decent program, try to make it available to our whole community, at least to start. Then the community can help you make manager-specific ports. That's what this whole Open Source thing is about!
Think about how this could be (ab)used to corporate advantage. All of the companies involved are the "big dogs" of their corporate area. Advertising and news about their competitors may very well vanish. Sega and Nintendo games get filtered out while M$ games don't. Postings from non-"family" online services: filtered out. Bad press? No problem! No reason anyone needs to see that! Quake? Eww, that's violent! Quake packets no longer travel the backbones. Linux? M$ and Aol would like to see that gone. Sorry Linus, your hobby is history. Let them get one foot in the door, and they'll remodel your "virtual home" to *their* liking, not your's. They'll take away your Playboys, take control of your remote, lock you out of your fridge, and monitor every word you type or speak. It won't happen overnite. They'll take plenty of time, only taking away a little of your Internet at a time. Then one day you'll be surfing and think, "Geez, the internet is really lame. What ever happened to the old, fun, interesting Internet?". By that time it will be too damn late to do anything about it.
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You got it. They _only_ mindset to have is "What happens _when_ the hard drive fails", not _if_ the hard drive fails.
Death, taxes, and lost data are the only sure things in life.
At least with data, you can restore from last night's backup.
and how sick are these guys gonna feel when their little cell-seal gets clubbed?
These guys are gonna loose more cellphones to buckshot....
Verizon will use this for their marketing campaign
Not the wolf looking after the chickens, nor the chickens looking after the chickens. It's like the wolves telling the wolves not to eat the chickens, and I doubt it will have any effect on their appetite or number of chickens eaten.
I'd be willing to bet there's a lot of us out there capable of killing, but choose not to. Perhaps all we need is a whisper in the dark?
Cripes, can you imagine if someone hacked into the database and inserted subliminals? they could have you buying things you'd never heard of, killing people, etc.
Or, Joe Twelvepack has a CD/MP3/ETC player, and now his new music CD won't play. I have one at home and in my car, there's no way I'd buy this crap
I don't have any applicable education, just high school. But I taught myself networking, I knew my OSes, and I lucked into a low level job at a regional airline. Three years later, I'm the IT manager. Not bad, considering my previous work history was 13 years of bartending!
WT News: Microsoft Flaw Threatens White House
NYT News: Microsoft: Software Bug Allows Attack on White House
Neener neener neerer!! We told you so! We told you so!
I think that all the preparation IT pros put in paid off. The problem with that is that maybe we did our jobs so well that the general public (and management) thinks it was all hype. I know for a fact some of our older (and mission critical) software systems would have failed, and we did have one external system fail. Fortunately we had contingency plans for nearly everything. There is really no way to know how things would have turned out, but speaking as an IT pro, I am positive we would not have liked the results of a non-Y2K compliant world.
At least, it's bad if they are clueless. I had a local cable ISP that firewalled to "protect" me, and the only port open was 80. No way to ssh, telnet, ftp, nothing, in or out. I finally got them to open FTP, but it was too little and too late. Also, by providing *any* protection, they may be assuming liability for all customer boxen and become easy lawsuit fodder.
I had (briefly) a connection thru a local cable company who used vsat as their connection. My ping in quake shot up to around an unplayable 900. Gamers will not like satellite-based internet. On the other hand, people and businesses who need bandwidth and won't be affected by lag will find it very nice. My download speed was phenomenal. Web pages loaded *much* slower than on my current DSl due to the lag. The one second delay in requesting the page is enough for DSL to have the page already displayed. One of you physics/math types should be able to figure out how long at C it takes for a signal to hit geosynchronus orbit and get back, times 2 for the return trip.
Obviously, the artificial intelligence programmed some bones into the Matrix for us to find, without taking into account the strength/size problem. It realized we would need some kind of "roots" as a basis for understanding the world that has been pulled over our eyes. It's just more proof that something is wrong with our world.
"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch", AFAIK it was coined by Larry Niven many years ago in "Ringworld"...a heck of a good book, IMHO
A number of people (including myself) started boycotting them when they released a linux server but no client for Unreal. Linux was a good enough OS to run their server, but not good enough to run their client. Why would I run a game server for a game I can't play? Why would I purcha$e a game just to serve it, and never play it? I felt a bit insulted by that whole deal. So, even when they made "amends" with a Linux port for UT, it was too late. Yes, it may be silly, but I can and will hold a grudge. Plus, it's not as if they are the only game in town. I still manage to spend too much time playing their competitors games. If they don't choose to look at the potential future of Linux, it's their own foot they're shooting....my money will just go to their compititon.
Maybe someone should point out to these people who are pointing fingers at McAfee etc that under UCITA, there's no way they can do anything about it, even *if* McAfee was to blame, and even *if* McAfee knew the potential for this was there. They're just screwed. McAfee can just say, "Tough shit. Read the shrinkwrap license next time." Maybe then these idiot politicians would realize what UCITA is all about, and realize they are voting in legislation that can come back and bite them on the ass.
In a large corporate environment, time is money. Example: for every hour the problem persists, it costs the company $10,000. If $200 worth of tech support can get the problem fixed one hour quicker than without tech support, it was a very good $200 investment. As a sysadmin, I will use tech support even when I think I could figure it out myself because of this. Outside of work on my own system? My personal time is usually spent learning anyway, so I can well afford to take the time to fix it myself using whatever resources are available on the internet. But tech support is a lifesaver when something mission-critical goes down. (Not that I have much problem with my *NIX systems....99% of problems where I work are directly M$ problems)
More support for any "alternative" OS is a Real Good Thing, especially with the possibility of an impending breakup of Micro$oft. It can only be hoped that a breakup will cause more individuals and companies to seriously consider alternatives. The more stable the Open Source Community as a whole appears, the greater the chance of more people/companies turning to Open Source for their needs. Good support is a big factor in the outward appearance. Outward appearance will draw people in. Quality support will keep them.
actually, it's the amperage that kills you, but you are definately on the right track
Here is why you need not worry. We are talking about two completely different types of equipment. A microwave oven has a special device in it called a magnetron that produces microwave radiation. It is usually powered by a step-up transformer that puts out around 3000 volts. It was expressly designed to transmit radiation in the form of microwaves (a radio waveform). A CPU has no emitter, i.e it has no parts in it designed to emit radiation. It was designed to push electrons through predetermined paths. There is a big diference between something operating at 1Ghz, and something emitting a waveform at 1Ghz. The infrared (also known as heat) produced by a CPU is not directly a product of it's speed, it is a byproduct of resistance (basically the friction of electrons moving through an imperfect conductor). Chip manufacturers are reducing heat and increasing speed *at the same time* by switching to copper-based chips because copper is a superior conductor. They are also lowering the voltage needed by the chips to the sub-2 volt range, a long ways from the 3000 volts a microwave uses.
I used up all the "Seven Dwarves", and now I'm working my way through Tolkiens 4(5) book series...Bilbo, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Balrog, Bombadil, Smaug, Strider, Sauron, Gimli, Legolas, Elrond, Galadriel, the list goes on and on.
This post is not to support any one window manager. On the contrary, it is intended to promote good sense. I can't see why you would limit your "clientele" by catering to any one or two window managers. Why not write your app so it can be used by anyone, whether they use Gnome, KDE, FVWM, Blackbox, WindowMaker, ICEwm, or whatever other window manager a person chooses to use? A well designed program should trancend the petty squabbles over which manager is the best. If you really want your program to reach the most users, remember the old KISS rule. If, for example, you write your program for X, and Joe happens to run M and it doesn't work under M, do you think he's going to switch away from his beloved M that he's been running for years just for your program? I doubt it. If it's a decent program, try to make it available to our whole community, at least to start. Then the community can help you make manager-specific ports. That's what this whole Open Source thing is about!
Think about how this could be (ab)used to corporate advantage. All of the companies involved are the "big dogs" of their corporate area. Advertising and news about their competitors may very well vanish. Sega and Nintendo games get filtered out while M$ games don't. Postings from non-"family" online services: filtered out. Bad press? No problem! No reason anyone needs to see that! Quake? Eww, that's violent! Quake packets no longer travel the backbones. Linux? M$ and Aol would like to see that gone. Sorry Linus, your hobby is history. Let them get one foot in the door, and they'll remodel your "virtual home" to *their* liking, not your's. They'll take away your Playboys, take control of your remote, lock you out of your fridge, and monitor every word you type or speak. It won't happen overnite. They'll take plenty of time, only taking away a little of your Internet at a time. Then one day you'll be surfing and think, "Geez, the internet is really lame. What ever happened to the old, fun, interesting Internet?". By that time it will be too damn late to do anything about it.
the poor bastard's been down since you hit him with the slashdot effect last week