Did you just say "largely irrelevant" in regards to IBM and Nintendo?
IBM makes the chips that powers all of these new consoles and is still a big name in computing.
Nintendo has created a frenzy around another handheld machine and the Wii, which is killing Sony thus far, and has really revolutionized the way people play video games.
Internet service provider AOL's sales may shrink for the next two years as it gives away services to win more users and attract advertising, its chief executive said in an interview published on Saturday.
"Maybe another two years, you are right there," Jonathan Miller said when asked by German newspaper Die Welt whether sales would continue to fall. "But it's about profitability for us in this phase."...
In recent weeks, AOL has sold its Internet access units in Germany, France and Britain for a total of almost US$2 billion as it reshapes itself into a free Web portal where popular email and entertainment services are supported by advertising.
The only, ONLY thing holding AOL still together are people who are less internet savvy and those who cling to AOL email addresses for their lives (certain professionals, businesspeople, et al). Creating a successful and large advertising group sounds like it'd be tricky in such a large market. Most people think of AOL the ISP or the portal than the advertising giant.
If you think it's bad now, it's only the tip of the iceberg...
A few states have already begun tracking pedophiles via GPS - see this Fox News story about it.
FTFA -
"Many states are initiating programs that track registered sex offenders using Global Positioning Satellites, or GPS, sometimes for life. GPS can track the exact location of the offenders at all times, making it easier for law enforcement to ensure that they're abiding with the terms of their release.
It sounds like an efficient system: Authorities can keep track of dangerous sex offenders without having to keep them in prison at taxpayers' expense."
While I'm not defeding pedophiles (surely it's painted that way - "If you don't want GPS on pedos, then you're with them!"), where do we go next? GPS tracking for drug offenses? DUI? And what happens when people can track these GPS recievers? Scary stuff - what ever happened to paying your debt to society once you got out of jail?
Screw honesty or even decent reporting - to hell with all that! It's too "costly". What happened to the day when it was more important to be right and honest than to sell tons of books/magazines/newspapers?
But what does that mean for Google? Wasn't the point of keeping it in beta to insulate it from lawsuits from a lot of the bigger newsgroups (Reuters, AP, et al)?
What about ndiswrapper? Have you tried that yet? Some distros have ndiswrapper built/shipped with them. (SUSE does, IIRC) You'll have particular issues with wireless cards that use Broadcom chipsets - Broadcom won't release info about the chipset to any open-source groups. However, if you can get your hands on and can compile ndiswrapper for your machine, it should work well. Ndiswrapper has come a long way since I first tried it, and it's the only way I can use the Broadcom AirFoce 54g on my Acer laptop.
I've used the Linuxant software in the past when ndiswrapper failed me. The support was excellent and they support almost any wireless device you can think of. $20 isn't bad either, for a lifetime license....
As far as the "state of WLAN support", blame the people who build the chipsets (Broadcom, et al) and market forces. If they were willing to either open up the necessary information to linux developers or have their own coders write drivers for linux we'd not have this problem. Of course, if Linux had greater marketshare, we'd probably see more linux drivers as well. This argument goes for most hardware and linux in general, though....
Good point, but note that you said the if employer wishes to make that decision. This is some alumni group who's got money to throw around....If this were the faculty senate or something like that, it'd make sense, but this is merely a group of people who used to attend. That makes it worse for me
Not quite what I mean - I mean, you can agree to disagree with someone, right? And you can express that opinion if you wish - but what good does it do to get that person fired over a disagreement? If you've made your point known, then you're done, right? Is there a need to be that vindicative?
a way to balance classrooms as much as it's a witchhunt for "undesirables" and those who aren't quite right-of-center (Academia is considered to be more liberal than conservative, or at least it's presented as such). It shouldn't be allowed - What ever happened to the time when you could disagree with someone, but still respect their opinion? It's gotten disgusting in America - to the point now that you're either with us or just some asshole...
But this kind of crap shouldn't be allowed. So you disagree with your professor? Big deal - take it like an adult and agree to disagree.
I await the flood of comments about how "Google is evil, they're becoming a super-mega corp, OMG!". I don't understand the sudden animosity towards Google. One day Google was the coolest thing since sliced bread, and now they're evil incarnate. Like Apple, it's cool to hate Google around here. Why? They've innovated a lot, and they're growing as a company - why is this suddenly a bad thing? Is it because of their cross over from a couple of grad students to big company?
MS should have been all over this once the news hit. Why did it take them so long to get a patch out the door for this vulnerability? I suppose I could understand that it was the holiday, but even then, with 90%+ marketshare, you have an obligation to get that patched up ASAP. This could have been a lot worse than it is/was, but I think the pressure from outside and the release of the "unofficial" patch is ultimately what got MS off it's collective ass and back to work.
I find it odd that Case complains about Gmail. He goes on about how hard it is to add attachments - it's really not that hard.
And why does he bitch about it still being in Beta? Hell, most of the stuff on Google STILL is in Beta. Besides, invites are like a dime a dozen now (as I type this, I have 100 invites). But GMail being a "failed tech trend?". Hmph.
TFA doesn't say how many shares - I wouldn't worry too much (Note I said "too" much). The shareholders will realize who he is and either ignore him totally or try to buy up his shares.
He probably doesn't own more than a few shares - just enough to be a "shareholder" and raise holy hell at the shareholders meeting. Maybe a publicity stunt? We haven't heard much from Jack in awhile now. Besides, isn't the Florida Bar Assoc. looking into his conduct at this time?
This isn't a partisan issue - this is an AMERICAN issue. The USA Patriot Act was passed right after 9/11 - who in their right mind wasn't going to vote against it (Whomever did, I forget whom, said that we were rushing into things). People wanted a response, and this is what they got. You do realize that the act was thrown together in 3 weeks and was about 400 pages long, don't you? Do you think anyone had time to read through all of it.
The point of the matter is - some provisions violate the 4th and 5th Amendments of the Constitution, which, among other things, are supposed to protect the right to unreasonable searches and seizures and the rights of the accused. I did a long report on this my first year in college, and there's a lot to be worried over.
Quit blowing partisan smoke out your ass AND WAKE UP! America as we know it is falling apart, and idiots like you that spout off talking points aren't helping matters any.
his website - he founded it....He sets the rules and the policy - Why is this such a big deal? We don't complain (too loudly:) ) when dupes happen here, or things are changed. It IS Taco's site, much like Wikipedia is his own...
Video games make an excellent scapegoat - they are a modern-day babysitter these days, and someone's gotta be the fall guy for the goals of a bunch of random beaurcrats.
The key is - you have to know more than whether or not someone plays a violent video game to know if they go whacko and shoot up a classroom. There are a TON of other variables - whether or not they were bullied, their home situations, mental and psychological history - these and many others all play a big factor into whether or not violence results.
But it's a lot easier to attack video games and censor them "for the children" then it is to explore other reasons why the violence occurs
In a physics course I took at Univ of Arizona, we had these in class. They were supposed to be used as a daily quiz to see if we had actually read. Instead, the system was never properly setup, and there was a fight between the department (which, IMHO, has problems of its own) and the company who made the clickers. The damned things (which cost like $30, IIRC) didn't work til sometime around November, when the course was about to end anyway. And when they "worked", they never recorded student answers properly NOR did they actually record student input. A big waste of time and money - we may as well have used paper and pen. Besides - you run into issues with people bringing two or three clickers for friends.
I ask this question because I have browsed through the Mindawn service. This might be a loss for the university. Before we get into this debate about what music is good/bad, or the usual "Indie Music is the only real music" posts, let's say something about Joe College Student. Your average college student isn't like us. The average college student listens to RIAA artists like Metallica, Britney Spears, etc. None of those artists (nor any newer music) is available on this catalog. Word will get around campus, and as a result, I have a feeling the service will not be used by the masses.
First off, there was discussion about how OsX on x86 might affect Linux - here
Linux should be less worried. MS should be quaking in its' proverbial boots. Linux will remain because of its' use as a sever OS and the geek's premier OS. There might be a few people who make the switch from Linux to OSX, but I don't believe there will be a large shift. There will be a lot more people leaving Windows for the stability and look of OSX. The price point will be on par with any other Intel machine, and Apple could see a large increase in marketshare.
And finally, a bit of a rant - WTF was the point of having the article spread across two pages? Keep it all on one - I don't want to have to click next for a 5+ paragraph article. The author makes this huge deal about the rumored Apple shift to Linux, and then at the end decides to say that it won't make any real affect anyway. Make up your mind!
The ZDNet blog states the biggest problem posed to RedHat would be IBM settling with SCO and developing an OS for the new Cell processor. Why would IBM settle now? After http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/224209 &tid=136&tid=88&tid=123">they just delivered their evidence to SCO, what would the point be in settling. The blog continues to state that most other distros (Linspire, Debian, SuSE) are largely irrelevant now, and goes on about how IBM would sell Linux/Cell-based workstations and servers. How close are we to cell processors? I thought we were still some distance from seeing as widespread use as the blog seems to state.........
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Did you just say "largely irrelevant" in regards to IBM and Nintendo?
IBM makes the chips that powers all of these new consoles and is still a big name in computing.
Nintendo has created a frenzy around another handheld machine and the Wii, which is killing Sony thus far, and has really revolutionized the way people play video games.
"...largely irrelevant"? Not a chance.
AOL just cut 1400 jobs in Arizona and New Mexico. Not only that, but in another interesting story -
...
Internet service provider AOL's sales may shrink for the next two years as it gives away services to win more users and attract advertising, its chief executive said in an interview published on Saturday.
"Maybe another two years, you are right there," Jonathan Miller said when asked by German newspaper Die Welt whether sales would continue to fall. "But it's about profitability for us in this phase."
In recent weeks, AOL has sold its Internet access units in Germany, France and Britain for a total of almost US$2 billion as it reshapes itself into a free Web portal where popular email and entertainment services are supported by advertising.
The only, ONLY thing holding AOL still together are people who are less internet savvy and those who cling to AOL email addresses for their lives (certain professionals, businesspeople, et al). Creating a successful and large advertising group sounds like it'd be tricky in such a large market. Most people think of AOL the ISP or the portal than the advertising giant.
Finally, it should be noted that AOL spokesman John Buckley said "Time Warner ``is not considering a sale or demerger,'"
You can read the original thread here
And if you don't like clicking through 40 pages, there's a print view here
A few states have already begun tracking pedophiles via GPS - see this Fox News story about it.
FTFA -
"Many states are initiating programs that track registered sex offenders using Global Positioning Satellites, or GPS, sometimes for life. GPS can track the exact location of the offenders at all times, making it easier for law enforcement to ensure that they're abiding with the terms of their release.
It sounds like an efficient system: Authorities can keep track of dangerous sex offenders without having to keep them in prison at taxpayers' expense."
While I'm not defeding pedophiles (surely it's painted that way - "If you don't want GPS on pedos, then you're with them!"), where do we go next? GPS tracking for drug offenses? DUI? And what happens when people can track these GPS recievers? Scary stuff - what ever happened to paying your debt to society once you got out of jail?
to put the WHOLE DAMNED REVIEW on ONE FUCKING PAGE?!? I'm still digging because there are 40 pages to this stupid article!
Screw honesty or even decent reporting - to hell with all that! It's too "costly". What happened to the day when it was more important to be right and honest than to sell tons of books/magazines/newspapers?
Disgusting...
But what does that mean for Google? Wasn't the point of keeping it in beta to insulate it from lawsuits from a lot of the bigger newsgroups (Reuters, AP, et al)?
What about ndiswrapper? Have you tried that yet? Some distros have ndiswrapper built/shipped with them. (SUSE does, IIRC) You'll have particular issues with wireless cards that use Broadcom chipsets - Broadcom won't release info about the chipset to any open-source groups. However, if you can get your hands on and can compile ndiswrapper for your machine, it should work well. Ndiswrapper has come a long way since I first tried it, and it's the only way I can use the Broadcom AirFoce 54g on my Acer laptop.
I've used the Linuxant software in the past when ndiswrapper failed me. The support was excellent and they support almost any wireless device you can think of. $20 isn't bad either, for a lifetime license....
As far as the "state of WLAN support", blame the people who build the chipsets (Broadcom, et al) and market forces. If they were willing to either open up the necessary information to linux developers or have their own coders write drivers for linux we'd not have this problem. Of course, if Linux had greater marketshare, we'd probably see more linux drivers as well. This argument goes for most hardware and linux in general, though....
Good point, but note that you said the if employer wishes to make that decision. This is some alumni group who's got money to throw around....If this were the faculty senate or something like that, it'd make sense, but this is merely a group of people who used to attend. That makes it worse for me
Not quite what I mean - I mean, you can agree to disagree with someone, right? And you can express that opinion if you wish - but what good does it do to get that person fired over a disagreement? If you've made your point known, then you're done, right? Is there a need to be that vindicative?
a way to balance classrooms as much as it's a witchhunt for "undesirables" and those who aren't quite right-of-center (Academia is considered to be more liberal than conservative, or at least it's presented as such). It shouldn't be allowed - What ever happened to the time when you could disagree with someone, but still respect their opinion? It's gotten disgusting in America - to the point now that you're either with us or just some asshole...
But this kind of crap shouldn't be allowed. So you disagree with your professor? Big deal - take it like an adult and agree to disagree.
-thewldisntenuff
I await the flood of comments about how "Google is evil, they're becoming a super-mega corp, OMG!". I don't understand the sudden animosity towards Google. One day Google was the coolest thing since sliced bread, and now they're evil incarnate. Like Apple, it's cool to hate Google around here. Why? They've innovated a lot, and they're growing as a company - why is this suddenly a bad thing? Is it because of their cross over from a couple of grad students to big company?
Please enlighten me....
-thewldisntenuff
"...real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it " :)
MS should have been all over this once the news hit. Why did it take them so long to get a patch out the door for this vulnerability? I suppose I could understand that it was the holiday, but even then, with 90%+ marketshare, you have an obligation to get that patched up ASAP. This could have been a lot worse than it is/was, but I think the pressure from outside and the release of the "unofficial" patch is ultimately what got MS off it's collective ass and back to work.
I find it odd that Case complains about Gmail. He goes on about how hard
it is to add attachments - it's really not that hard.
And why does he bitch about it still being in Beta? Hell,
most of the stuff on Google STILL is in Beta. Besides,
invites are like a dime a dozen now (as I type this, I have
100 invites). But GMail being a "failed tech trend?". Hmph.
BTW, the article layout is disgusting - 11 pages!
TFA doesn't say how many shares - I wouldn't worry too much (Note I said "too" much). The shareholders will realize who he is and either ignore him totally or try to buy up his shares.
8 .html
He probably doesn't own more than a few shares - just enough to be a "shareholder" and raise holy hell at the shareholders meeting. Maybe a publicity stunt? We haven't heard much from Jack in awhile now. Besides, isn't the Florida Bar Assoc. looking into his conduct at this time?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051019-545
This isn't a partisan issue - this is an AMERICAN issue. The USA Patriot Act was passed right after 9/11 - who in their right mind wasn't going to vote against it (Whomever did, I forget whom, said that we were rushing into things). People wanted a response, and this is what they got. You do realize that the act was thrown together in 3 weeks and was about 400 pages long, don't you? Do you think anyone had time to read through all of it.
The point of the matter is - some provisions violate the 4th and 5th Amendments of the Constitution, which, among other things, are supposed to protect the right to unreasonable searches and seizures and the rights of the accused. I did a long report on this my first year in college, and there's a lot to be worried over.
Quit blowing partisan smoke out your ass AND WAKE UP! America as we know it is falling apart, and idiots like you that spout off talking points aren't helping matters any.
his website - he founded it....He sets the rules and the policy - Why is this such a big deal? We don't complain (too loudly :) ) when dupes happen here, or things are changed. It IS Taco's site, much like Wikipedia is his own...
before they even existed?
Video games make an excellent scapegoat - they are a modern-day babysitter these days, and someone's gotta be the fall guy for the goals of a bunch of random beaurcrats.
The key is - you have to know more than whether or not someone plays a violent video game to know if they go whacko and shoot up a classroom. There are a TON of other variables - whether or not they were bullied, their home situations, mental and psychological history - these and many others all play a big factor into whether or not violence results.
But it's a lot easier to attack video games and censor them "for the children" then it is to explore other reasons why the violence occurs
I wonder what'll happen if they try that? Is that what they're trained in the military? Isn't it shoot first, ask questions later?
In a physics course I took at Univ of Arizona, we had these in class. They were supposed to be used as a daily quiz to see if we had actually read. Instead, the system was never properly setup, and there was a fight between the department (which, IMHO, has problems of its own) and the company who made the clickers. The damned things (which cost like $30, IIRC) didn't work til sometime around November, when the course was about to end anyway. And when they "worked", they never recorded student answers properly NOR did they actually record student input. A big waste of time and money - we may as well have used paper and pen. Besides - you run into issues with people bringing two or three clickers for friends.
-thewldisntenuff
I ask this question because I have browsed through the Mindawn service. This might be a loss for the university. Before we get into this debate about what music is good/bad, or the usual "Indie Music is the only real music" posts, let's say something about Joe College Student. Your average college student isn't like us. The average college student listens to RIAA artists like Metallica, Britney Spears, etc. None of those artists (nor any newer music) is available on this catalog. Word will get around campus, and as a result, I have a feeling the service will not be used by the masses.
-thewldisntenuff
First off, there was discussion about how OsX on x86 might affect Linux - here
Linux should be less worried. MS should be quaking in its' proverbial boots. Linux will remain because of its' use as a sever OS and the geek's premier OS. There might be a few people who make the switch from Linux to
OSX, but I don't believe there will be a large shift. There will be a lot more people leaving Windows for the stability and look of OSX. The price point will be on par with any other Intel machine, and Apple could see a large increase in marketshare.
And finally, a bit of a rant - WTF was the point of having the article spread across two pages? Keep it all on one - I don't want to have to click next for a 5+ paragraph article.
The author makes this huge deal about the rumored Apple shift to Linux, and then at the end decides to say that it won't make any real affect anyway. Make up your mind!
We'll see Mac OS X - x86 anytime soon?
First off - the link goes to someone's security blog - Here are the links to the Zdnet/News.com stories -
5 ">ZDnet story
r end/2100-7344_3-5701700.html?tag=nefd.top">News.co m story
9 &tid=136&tid=88&tid=123">they just delivered their evidence to SCO, what would the point be in settling. The blog continues to state that most other distros (Linspire, Debian, SuSE) are largely irrelevant now, and goes on about how IBM would sell Linux/Cell-based workstations and servers. How close are we to cell processors? I thought we were still some distance from seeing as widespread use as the blog seems to state.........
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=27
http://news.com.com/A+Microsoft-Red+Hat+warming+t
The ZDNet blog states the biggest problem posed to RedHat would be IBM settling with SCO and developing an OS for the new Cell processor. Why would IBM settle now? After http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/05/22420