Are several major natural disasters all it takes to quell a couple weeks worth of spam? Experts at anti-spam advocacy groups doubt it. "[Spammers] tend to exist all over the place. Florida represents such a small quantity of the total worldwide, I can't imagine it would have a major impact." says Michael Osterman of Osterman Research Group, which looks at spam trends.
It's be great if it'd work, but it's hard to beat the money of the big corporations....The more I read the news, the more I see the big boys on the hill getting in on this....
But isn't that what we (as a/.) society want to do? I mean, the only way to move people to Linux is to make it relatively easy to use and setup. A project like this is a step in the right direction.
Hell, there are times when I wish I could configure devices "painlessly." I don't mind running to a command line every now and then, but there have been times where I've wanted to just plug the damned thing in and not run through pages of Readmes or forum posts.......
"there was no immediate indication that Thursday's reported explosion was linked to Pyongyang's efforts to develop nuclear weapons."
What was it then? Car crash? Natural gas explosion? Hmm..."no immediate indication." Bah!
I'm actually kind of surprised it took this long to hit the wires though....I mean, shouldn't we have picked it up and there been at least, a news report? Or some sort of acknowledgement of the situation by those in power........
I bet most of the Pacific Rim's probably up in arms over this-Especially the Chinese, TFA states it hit somewhere close to the China-North Korean border..... You'd think with something like that, either the Chinese would strike or raise hell along the diplomatic channels.....
Reminds me of those WWII era Civil Defense movies I saw once in a history class...You know, the one with the turtle...
Guess it goes to show what determination and perservance can bring....Weber was incredibly obessive about the counterfeits, and as a result, plenty of people were fooled....
Are we talking ER situations? Homeland Defense/Emergency offices? I mean, the article leaves little mention, just stating that they are to be used in "tactical deployments"?
A performance part to me.....Hell, the website is devoted to such parts
$2800 MSRP (according to the FAQ) seems like a hell of a lot to me, considering the fact that it is not a true hybrid conversion, but rather, a bolt-on part.
But really, how many people will spend that much for what seems to be a little gain in performance? Maybe the tax break helps?
"Regulators put Microsoft and partner Time Warner on notice that it intends to investigate their plans to jointly acquire Bethesda (Md.)-based ContentGuard, which makes digital-rights-management (DRM) software to prevent music and movie piracy.
Call me crazy, but wouldn't each content company want their own DRM software? I mean, if you've got one lock, and a whole hell of a lot of people trying to open it, once it is open, you're screwed. Furthermore, content companies wouldn't want to pay a MS tax on each piece of content that is protected with MS-DRM. They'd be better off with their own DRM scheme......A monopoly in the DRM arena seems stupid at best - but am I wrong?
Music labels fear that the convenience of MacLean's software will lead millions more to copy and distribute songs over file-sharing networks such as KaZaA, a music industry source said.
"Millions more"? Aren't there a hell of a lot of people sharing music as it is? Something like 60 million people?
Even if all 2.1 million subscribers jump on the bandwagon, 2 million subcribers (Q2 - 2004, XM website) seems like a drop in the bucket.....TFA states that only something like 2400 subscribers have gotten a copy. 400 have paid.....The RIAA's got plenty more people to sue, and an archaic business model to sustain......
A thought though - if they aren't sharing, but only recording copies to listen to, doesn't that fall under fair use somewhere? Time shifting != illegal, right?
" the Recording Industry Association of America said his organization had not reviewed the software, but said that in principle it was disturbed by the idea."
Sorry to offend...But I stated clearly that I was NOT EUROPEAN. I don't what it is like on the other side of the pond. If I knew how it was, I wouldn't have posted what I did. I asked for some insight.
Furthermore, I won a local geography bee, I'll have you know!:)
IANAE (European), but I have a question (Don't jump on my case, please)....
Why do most European countries insist on covering up any history of Hitler? Yes he was evil, yes he did bad things, but history is history, and not changeable......We in the US do not hide the Civil War, slavery, or even racism. Any insight would be appreciated...
these idiots have nothing better to do other than cause havoc for other people....Yes, MS software is some of the most vunerable out there, but what good does it do to contribute to the downfall of the (computing) society.......
Burn them at stake! Lynch'em! Make them watch Liza Minelli!
This has been going on for quite some time now....And no university/coporation has ever been hunted down by the RIAA/MPAA/AAA....
The universities (so far) have been more than willing to turn in a few students...The lawsuits serve only to scare people from downloading..Most are settled, and I can't think of a suit that has actually gone to court over it.
When you think about it, there really isn't a case...The U is like an ISP, and no ISP has been seriously targeted over downloading (only for not willing to turn over info to the courts)
Let's think this over a bit.....The downloads are "tethered", as TFA states...
But let's consider something different.....
Can't find the population of NIU...But we'll use my school's numbers....Assuming a yearlong (12-month) contract....
$5 * ~40,000 students * 12 mos. = $2.4 million
Why would I want my tuition money (which, at this campus, only pays for more construction, adminstrative wages, yet can't cover enough for class TAs) to be wasted on RIAA/MPAA/AAA-approved media? The schools are always bitching about lack of funds, yet they can somehow afford this? Bullshit...If they (students), would like to pay out of pocket, be my guest. But don't waste my tution money on it.
I'm not knocking the fact that there are new discoveries that arrive in many different areas of academia....What I don't understand is the need to update books so often....Update them, fine, but why is there a need to reprint every so often?
It is wrong to copy textbooks....I'm not going to condone it...
But here's where I call bullshit...Why does there need to be a new edition every two-plus years on subjects that do not change at all? What new discoveries come in math? Do derivatives change at all? How bout sine and cosine? Hmm?
Doesn't matter if you can make your own client....
Two important things to IM
-Ease of use
When I say ease of use, it's relatively easy to IM someone else you know, (ie - SN). Joe Sixpack doesn't want an ICQ id #, he wants a funny name like joesixpack900000 to talk to people with, maybe send pictures, and he doesn't want to write his own client or deal with inane settings....AIM and MSN cover this pretty well
-User base
More users = more popular...You're not going to use something no one else uses, open source or not
Payback's gonna be a (mutli-million) dollar bitch, eh Best Buy?
Gives the people at http://www.bestbuysux.org/ some hope....Maybe other states will look into doing the same....Read some of the stories-it's pretty shocking.....
Last time I went in there, they treated me like a total crook, and had the blue shirts follow me wherever I went....Bastards!
There are a hell of a lot of tv episode torrents out there for download with the torrent-downloader of your choice....Hell, I've got a few full seasons of shows like Las Vegas and Futurama....
As Auger recently wrote in an article for Library Journal: "Our two Linux luminaries, Michael Ricksecker (network specialist) and Luis Salazar (network engineer), created a kernel and resulting user desktop that closely mimic not only the look and feel of a Windows desktop and browser but lack the unnecessary bells and whistles that come with a standard Windows installation."
Using LFS as a starting point, Luis and Mike were able to build a minimal Linux kernel that included only the functionality required by the "kiosk style" machines. They added the Gnome desktop environment, the Mozilla browser, and OpenOffice.org to complete the picture. They call the new distribution "Lumix."
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Are several major natural disasters all it takes to quell a couple weeks worth of spam? Experts at anti-spam advocacy groups doubt it. "[Spammers] tend to exist all over the place. Florida represents such a small quantity of the total worldwide, I can't imagine it would have a major impact." says Michael Osterman of Osterman Research Group, which looks at spam trends.
'Nuff said.....
-thewldisntenuff
800,000 geeks vs $800,000 (campaign donations?)
It's be great if it'd work, but it's hard to beat the money of the big corporations....The more I read the news, the more I see the big boys on the hill getting in on this....
Scary stuff it is...
But isn't that what we (as a /.) society want to do? I mean, the only way to move people to Linux is to make it relatively easy to use and setup. A project like this is a step in the right direction.
Hell, there are times when I wish I could configure devices "painlessly." I don't mind running to a command line every now and then, but there have been times where I've wanted to just plug the damned thing in and not run through pages of Readmes or forum posts.......
It will be interesting to see what will happen
"there was no immediate indication that Thursday's reported explosion was linked to Pyongyang's efforts to develop nuclear weapons."
What was it then? Car crash? Natural gas explosion? Hmm..."no immediate indication." Bah!
I'm actually kind of surprised it took this long to hit the wires though....I mean, shouldn't we have picked it up and there been at least, a news report? Or some sort of acknowledgement of the situation by those in power........
I bet most of the Pacific Rim's probably up in arms over this-Especially the Chinese, TFA states it hit somewhere close to the China-North Korean border..... You'd think with something like that, either the Chinese would strike or raise hell along the diplomatic channels.....
Reminds me of those WWII era Civil Defense movies I saw once in a history class...You
know, the one with the turtle...
"Ok kids, what do we do when the bomb hits?"
"DUCK! AND COVER!"
-thewldisntenuff
I mean, who's going to use digital when a Bic and a Sticky....How does one transfer digital notes to your mother/spouse/friend?
:)
This will become about as widespread as MS BOB
-thewldisntenuff
Do You Thrive on Crack?
-thewldisntenuff
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/features/article.j sp?content=20040830_61496_61496&page=2#
A full page, printable link for all!
Guess it goes to show what determination and perservance can bring....Weber was incredibly obessive about the counterfeits, and as a result, plenty of people were fooled....
Than strapping an jet engine to a wheelchair and taking off, eh? :)
-thewldisntenuff
How does one define "tactical deployments"?
Are we talking ER situations? Homeland Defense/Emergency offices? I mean, the article leaves little mention, just stating that they are to be used in "tactical deployments"?
Any docs out there who can explain?
-thewldisntenuff
A performance part to me.....Hell, the website is devoted to such parts
$2800 MSRP (according to the FAQ) seems like a hell of a lot to me, considering the fact that it is not a true hybrid conversion, but rather, a bolt-on part.
But really, how many people will spend that much for what seems to be a little gain in performance? Maybe the tax break helps?
-thewldisntenuff
Article 2 is interesting....Here's a quote -
"Regulators put Microsoft and partner Time Warner on notice that it intends to investigate their plans to jointly acquire Bethesda (Md.)-based ContentGuard, which makes digital-rights-management (DRM) software to prevent music and movie piracy.
Call me crazy, but wouldn't each content company want their own DRM software? I mean, if you've got one lock, and a whole hell of a lot of people trying to open it, once it is open, you're screwed. Furthermore, content companies wouldn't want to pay a MS tax on each piece of content that is protected with MS-DRM. They'd be better off with their own DRM scheme......A monopoly in the DRM arena seems stupid at best - but am I wrong?
-thewldisntenuff
From TFA-
Music labels fear that the convenience of MacLean's software will lead millions more to copy and distribute songs over file-sharing networks such as KaZaA, a music industry source said.
"Millions more"? Aren't there a hell of a lot of people sharing music as it is? Something like 60 million people?
Even if all 2.1 million subscribers jump on the bandwagon, 2 million subcribers (Q2 - 2004, XM website) seems like a drop in the bucket.....TFA states that only something like 2400 subscribers have gotten a copy. 400 have paid.....The RIAA's got plenty more people to sue, and an archaic business model to sustain......
A thought though - if they aren't sharing, but only recording copies to listen to, doesn't that fall under fair use somewhere? Time shifting != illegal, right?
"
the Recording Industry Association of America said his organization had not reviewed the software, but said that in principle it was disturbed by the idea."
Tell us something we don't already know......
-thewldisntenuff
if it had wifi....Could update it 24/7
But an interesting project nonetheless....
-thewldisntenuff
Sorry to offend...But I stated clearly that I was NOT EUROPEAN. I don't what it is like on the other side of the pond. If I knew how it was, I wouldn't have posted what I did. I asked for some insight.
:)
Furthermore, I won a local geography bee, I'll have you know!
If you RTFA, there's not much background info....Here's a link....
2 ,353264,00.html/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,651
IANAE (European), but I have a question (Don't jump on my case, please)....
Why do most European countries insist on covering up any history of Hitler? Yes he was evil, yes he did bad things, but history is history, and not changeable......We in the US do not hide the Civil War, slavery, or even racism. Any insight would be appreciated...
-thewldisntenuff
Slashdot reports a 68.9% drop in server traffic in the hours of 9-5.....
-thewldisntenuff
these idiots have nothing better to do other than cause havoc for other people....Yes, MS software is some of the most vunerable out there, but what good does it do to contribute to the downfall of the (computing) society.......
Burn them at stake! Lynch'em! Make them watch Liza Minelli!
-thewldisntenuff
This has been going on for quite some time now....And no university/coporation has ever been hunted down by the RIAA/MPAA/AAA....
The universities (so far) have been more than willing to turn in a few students...The lawsuits serve only to scare people from downloading..Most are settled, and I can't think of a suit that has actually gone to court over it.
When you think about it, there really isn't a case...The U is like an ISP, and no ISP has been seriously targeted over downloading (only for not willing to turn over info to the courts)
Let's think this over a bit.....The downloads are "tethered", as TFA states...
But let's consider something different.....
Can't find the population of NIU...But we'll use my school's numbers....Assuming a yearlong (12-month) contract....
$5 * ~40,000 students * 12 mos. = $2.4 million
Why would I want my tuition money (which, at this campus, only pays for more construction, adminstrative wages, yet can't cover enough for class TAs) to be wasted on RIAA/MPAA/AAA-approved media? The schools are always bitching about lack of funds, yet they can somehow afford this? Bullshit...If they (students), would like to pay out of pocket, be my guest. But don't waste my tution money on it.
I'm not knocking the fact that there are new discoveries that arrive in many different areas of academia....What I don't understand is the need to update books so often....Update them, fine, but why is there a need to reprint every so often?
It is wrong to copy textbooks....I'm not going to condone it...
But here's where I call bullshit...Why does there need to be a new edition every two-plus years on subjects that do not change at all? What new discoveries come in math? Do derivatives change at all? How bout sine and cosine? Hmm?
Anybody have an answer?
Doesn't matter if you can make your own client....
Two important things to IM
-Ease of use
When I say ease of use, it's relatively easy to IM someone else you know, (ie - SN). Joe Sixpack doesn't want an ICQ id #, he wants a funny name like joesixpack900000 to talk to people with, maybe send pictures, and he doesn't want to write his own client or deal with inane settings....AIM and MSN cover this pretty well
-User base
More users = more popular...You're not going to use something no one else uses, open source or not
Payback's gonna be a (mutli-million) dollar bitch, eh Best Buy?
Gives the people at http://www.bestbuysux.org/
some hope....Maybe other states will look into doing the same....Read some of the stories-it's pretty shocking.....
Last time I went in there, they treated me like a total crook, and had the blue shirts follow me wherever I went....Bastards!
-thewldisntenuff
If you've got Bittorrent?
There are a hell of a lot of tv episode torrents out there for download with the torrent-downloader of your choice....Hell, I've got a few full seasons of shows like Las Vegas and Futurama....
Link - http://www.suprnova.org/
As Auger recently wrote in an article for Library Journal: "Our two Linux luminaries, Michael Ricksecker (network specialist) and Luis Salazar (network engineer), created a kernel and resulting user desktop that closely mimic not only the look and feel of a Windows desktop and browser but lack the unnecessary bells and whistles that come with a standard Windows installation."
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Using LFS as a starting point, Luis and Mike were able to build a minimal Linux kernel that included only the functionality required by the "kiosk style" machines. They added the Gnome desktop environment, the Mozilla browser, and OpenOffice.org to complete the picture. They call the new distribution "Lumix."
Anywho, give that a try --
Article From Newsforge-
http://www.newsforge.com/os/04/05/03/1520209.shtm
LumixTech (link from article doesn't work...give this a try or google it)
http://www.lumixtech.com/
Good luck with your new library!
-thewldisntenuff