>Maybe a self-backing up filesystem would be nice, though. I understand that OS-X and Windows 7 filesystems do have that feature.
No, that's not what he's asking for and that's not what OSX and Win7 do.
He's asking for a versioning filesystem, like what happens in VMS.
Files-11 (RSX-11 and OpenVMS) Main article: Files-11
A powerful example of a file versioning system is built into the RSX-11 and OpenVMS operating system from Digital Equipment Corporation. In essence, whenever an application opens a file for writing, the file system automatically creates a new instance of the file, with a version number appended to the name. Version numbers start at 1 and count upward as new instances of a file are created. When an application opens a file for reading, it can either specify the exact file name including version number, or just the file name without the version number, in which case the most recent instance of the file is opened. The "purge" DCL/CCL command can be used at any time to manage the number of versions in a specific directory. By default, all but the highest numbered versions of all files in the current directory will be deleted; this behavior can be overridden with the/keep=n switch and/or by specifying directory path(s) and/or filename patterns. VMS systems are often scripted to purge user directories on a regular schedule; this is sometimes misconstrued by end-users as a property of the versioning system.
I am still waiting for this to appear on desktop machines, after first encountering it 25 years ago on a VAX.
>Methinks the porn blocker was probably overzealous*, and blocked way to much.
This is the problem with filters. They don't block enough of the "bad" material and they block too much of the "legitimate" material.
For instance, I am currently in the library down the road from my house, and the filter blocks scribd of all things. But getting around the filter is as simple as going to a proxy. Access to porn is as simple as just finding something that isn't in the filter, which is surprisingly easy, like simply going to reddit's "gonewild" section.
Another example is the filter from OpenDNS. For shits and giggles I used to meta-moderate classifications. I have to say unequivocally that the most "prolific" members who classify websites are the most wildly error-prone.
>Yes, I was being hyperbolic to make a point and get attention....:D
And furthermore, if you like ROWE so much, why don't you go fill in the ROWE article on Wikipedia with some actual facts or state some actual facts here instead of shouting complete utter nonsense?
1. How does it keep managers from being abusive? 2. How does "no paid time off" not translate into no time off? 3. How is management expected to come up with metrics to measure productivity when every way of measuring productivity I've seen come down the pike consist of 1 part actual measurement and 99 parts BS? 4. If informal metrics (like you say you use) are used, how are YOY comparisons made? How does that combat favoritism and backstabbing? 5. Like other people have asked, how does this not mean unrealistic expectations over time? You can only pile on geometric rates of improvement for so long.
Best Buy has a long standing reputation of being abusive towards its employees including firing their most knowledgeable people, because they cost too much.
I am not being merely snarky. I am saying that if Best Buy is a shining example of ROWE, you'd have to be nuts to like ROWE as an employee. Obviously since you are an employer, you love ROWE if it means you get to squeeze that last drop of blood out of your employees.
Funny, I had been using mice since the early 80s without using any kind of pad with a wrist rest.
But by your terse message it's my fault that after decades of not using a mouse pad with a wrist rest, I somehow should have known that I needed one? That i needed a mouse pad with tits? Like the ridiculous one as the first result?
Get fucking real.
The MX1000 resides in the trash and I have given up on mice altogether, especially the high-backed ones. My cursor devices consist of a touchpad, trackball, and drawing tablet.
The MX1000 was badly designed on top of being expensive. All these high backed mice that require built-in boobs on the mouse pad are ridiculously bad designs.
I didn't believe RSI existed until I actually got it myself, with pain going from my hand, around my elbow up to my shoulder. Previously I had thought that RSI was no big deal and I thought it was psychosomatic.
I found out that RSI can be some serious friggin' pain. The hard way.
The culprit was the Logitech MX1000 that I bought. One of the early laser mice. It's a pile of shit shaped into a huge lump that makes you cock your wrist back if you let your wrist lay on the desk.
It didn't take long, actually, to get the RSI. A couple of weeks with that mouse and I was done for.
I solved the issue by going to a trackball and elevating my forearm to straighten out my wrist. With this, the pain went away - I was no longer bending my wrist back and I could keep my forearm in one place so as to keep the wrist at the same angle.
So you, OP, do not deserve the 5. You deserve a -1 because you are a dumbass troll.
People say "RIAA" or "MPAA" because the studios are members of these organizations and it's just easier especially when there are multiple studios as the plaintiffs, which happens pretty often. However, it is not RIAA vs. Lindor, it's UMG vs. Lindor as the actual lawsuit. Every single media lawsuit is this way, because the RIAA and MPAA are trade associations that do not own the actual copyrights. The suits/must/ be filed under the copyright owners themselves.
The distinction is lost on you, because you refuse to consider how things actually work. Instead you go ahead with your assumptions because of what you read in the news instead of looking at the details.
But whatever. I guess you are one of those people who cannot use Google correctly either.
I mean, come the fuck on, there's a reason why third party lawsuits concerning copyright infringement for GPLed programs have no standing. The copyright owner must file himself, that is why the EFF asks you to transfer copyright to them so they have power to sue on your behalf.
1. Write virus code 2. Load up a machine with the top 10 virus scanners. 3. Load your virus code 4. Let them scan. 5. If they detect it, modify code and go to 3 else 6 6. Release the hounds.
I don't know why I got modded down for this, but it's entirely true. Anyone who has paid attention to the SCOX vs World+Dog lawsuits should know that eventually SCOX was found to own a bunch of old manuals and none of the actual SysV code, in spite of whatever Kevin McBride or his other brother Darl said.
Once that it was found that SCOX owned bupkis, they promptly filed bankruptcy to protect themselves from irate investors and the pizza guy who they failed to pay and that was that.
What was infuriating was that it too 7 friggin' years to get to that conclusion when the question of standing should have been answered in 2003 by the plain language of the APA.
Then there was another case, the Astrologers vs the TZDATA guy. They actually filed a brief saying "we don't actually don't own the copyrights but grant us this injunction anyway." Fortunately saner heads prevailed and ICANN took over TZDATA and said "Ok, punks, go ahead. Try us."
If you look at the actual lawsuits, it's the studios that own the copyrights that sue.
It's never MPAA vs John Doe
It's always Universal Pictures vs. whoever or Interscope Records vs. whoever. These are members of the RIAA and MPAA, but the MPAA and RIAA, as themselves, do not sue on behalf of the studios. They can't. They don't own the copyrights.
The MPAA and RIAA, however, submit briefs as amicus and supply witnesses for expert testimony.
Thanks for that link. I remember the first one, and predicted the second, but I never followed up on it.
I wonder whoever answered the phone at Google said "Yeah, we'll list you, maybe next month or maybe next year. We'll list earlier if you promise not to pull this shit again."
1. In order to sue, you must have standing. Righthaven did not have this, because in the US, at least, you/must/ own the copyrights in order to sue. Unless the AP and others are going to sign all their content over to this new organization, I doubt they will have standing because it is unlikely that the AP and others will willy-nilly sign over copyright on a bet.
2. In order to not be tossed out of court on your ear for barratry, your case must be prima facie valid. Righthaven did not even have this because of fair use. This new company is going to run afoul of the same fair use problems.
Unless copyright law is changed to allow third parties to sue, like in Germany, this is unlikely to change.
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It is so much more than System Restore.
It totally changes the way you deal with files.
The closest thing I can think of is if you put your home directory in a version control system.
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>Maybe a self-backing up filesystem would be nice, though. I understand that OS-X and Windows 7 filesystems do have that feature.
No, that's not what he's asking for and that's not what OSX and Win7 do.
He's asking for a versioning filesystem, like what happens in VMS.
Files-11 (RSX-11 and OpenVMS)
Main article: Files-11
A powerful example of a file versioning system is built into the RSX-11 and OpenVMS operating system from Digital Equipment Corporation. In essence, whenever an application opens a file for writing, the file system automatically creates a new instance of the file, with a version number appended to the name. Version numbers start at 1 and count upward as new instances of a file are created. When an application opens a file for reading, it can either specify the exact file name including version number, or just the file name without the version number, in which case the most recent instance of the file is opened. The "purge" DCL/CCL command can be used at any time to manage the number of versions in a specific directory. By default, all but the highest numbered versions of all files in the current directory will be deleted; this behavior can be overridden with the /keep=n switch and/or by specifying directory path(s) and/or filename patterns. VMS systems are often scripted to purge user directories on a regular schedule; this is sometimes misconstrued by end-users as a property of the versioning system.
I am still waiting for this to appear on desktop machines, after first encountering it 25 years ago on a VAX.
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I'm fucked, aren't I?
Oh well.
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>Methinks the porn blocker was probably overzealous*, and blocked way to much.
This is the problem with filters. They don't block enough of the "bad" material and they block too much of the "legitimate" material.
For instance, I am currently in the library down the road from my house, and the filter blocks scribd of all things. But getting around the filter is as simple as going to a proxy. Access to porn is as simple as just finding something that isn't in the filter, which is surprisingly easy, like simply going to reddit's "gonewild" section.
Another example is the filter from OpenDNS. For shits and giggles I used to meta-moderate classifications. I have to say unequivocally that the most "prolific" members who classify websites are the most wildly error-prone.
As a result, filters seem so much like snake oil.
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Windows is a legacy OS and Microsoft's refusal to adopt advancing standards just shows everyone just how non-innovative and moribund it actually is.
Transfer the files over the network. Bam, done.
Why should I have to physically be in the same place as my home server in order to transfer files from my portable device to it. Why?
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>Yes, I was being hyperbolic to make a point and get attention.... :D
And furthermore, if you like ROWE so much, why don't you go fill in the ROWE article on Wikipedia with some actual facts or state some actual facts here instead of shouting complete utter nonsense?
1. How does it keep managers from being abusive?
2. How does "no paid time off" not translate into no time off?
3. How is management expected to come up with metrics to measure productivity when every way of measuring productivity I've seen come down the pike consist of 1 part actual measurement and 99 parts BS?
4. If informal metrics (like you say you use) are used, how are YOY comparisons made? How does that combat favoritism and backstabbing?
5. Like other people have asked, how does this not mean unrealistic expectations over time? You can only pile on geometric rates of improvement for so long.
But I suspect that you will answer none of these.
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Best Buy has a long standing reputation of being abusive towards its employees including firing their most knowledgeable people, because they cost too much.
I am not being merely snarky. I am saying that if Best Buy is a shining example of ROWE, you'd have to be nuts to like ROWE as an employee. Obviously since you are an employer, you love ROWE if it means you get to squeeze that last drop of blood out of your employees.
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Apparently Best Buy is a ROWE company. The ROWE website gorowe.com features them as a shining example of ROWE.
And that's all anyone really needs to know.
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Oh no, this work environment is not open to abuse or doesn't foster abuse, no, not at all.
I'll be sure to ask a prospective employer if they employ ROWE.
And avoid them.
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You're a cunt.
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Funny, I had been using mice since the early 80s without using any kind of pad with a wrist rest.
But by your terse message it's my fault that after decades of not using a mouse pad with a wrist rest, I somehow should have known that I needed one? That i needed a mouse pad with tits? Like the ridiculous one as the first result?
Get fucking real.
The MX1000 resides in the trash and I have given up on mice altogether, especially the high-backed ones. My cursor devices consist of a touchpad, trackball, and drawing tablet.
The MX1000 was badly designed on top of being expensive. All these high backed mice that require built-in boobs on the mouse pad are ridiculously bad designs.
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This gets a 5? Really?
I didn't believe RSI existed until I actually got it myself, with pain going from my hand, around my elbow up to my shoulder. Previously I had thought that RSI was no big deal and I thought it was psychosomatic.
I found out that RSI can be some serious friggin' pain. The hard way.
The culprit was the Logitech MX1000 that I bought. One of the early laser mice. It's a pile of shit shaped into a huge lump that makes you cock your wrist back if you let your wrist lay on the desk.
It didn't take long, actually, to get the RSI. A couple of weeks with that mouse and I was done for.
I solved the issue by going to a trackball and elevating my forearm to straighten out my wrist. With this, the pain went away - I was no longer bending my wrist back and I could keep my forearm in one place so as to keep the wrist at the same angle.
So you, OP, do not deserve the 5. You deserve a -1 because you are a dumbass troll.
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Oh look, it's an off-topic flame of Ubuntu with nothing to justify it.
It's like I'm really on /g/
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Go up to the TSA team...
"Hey guys, I saw some guy read the sign, turn around and head toward Downtown Crossing"
"Nah, I didn't get a good look at him, but he had a beard and a backpack"
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Mod parent up insightful.
If you don't get it, I suggest you learn to read at a depth other than "oh god, he cursed."
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Unlike SCO vs World+Dog, the RIAA and MPAA and the studios happen to have competent lawyers and what the studios are suing over is pretty much valid.
Nobody is honestly saying that putting up a torrent does not violate copyright.
The question is how much. The studios and the trade associations seem to think that this is 1000x actual damages. Sane people dispute this.
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Those are news stories. That's what they are.
Again, look at the actual titles of the lawsuits.
People say "RIAA" or "MPAA" because the studios are members of these organizations and it's just easier especially when there are multiple studios as the plaintiffs, which happens pretty often. However, it is not RIAA vs. Lindor, it's UMG vs. Lindor as the actual lawsuit. Every single media lawsuit is this way, because the RIAA and MPAA are trade associations that do not own the actual copyrights. The suits /must/ be filed under the copyright owners themselves.
The distinction is lost on you, because you refuse to consider how things actually work. Instead you go ahead with your assumptions because of what you read in the news instead of looking at the details.
But whatever. I guess you are one of those people who cannot use Google correctly either.
I mean, come the fuck on, there's a reason why third party lawsuits concerning copyright infringement for GPLed programs have no standing. The copyright owner must file himself, that is why the EFF asks you to transfer copyright to them so they have power to sue on your behalf.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html
What part of "The copyright holder is the one who is legally authorized to take action to enforce the license." do you not understand?
Now get out.
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There is no house of cards.
The studios own the copyrights.
Their names are on the lawsuits.
That's all that matters, really, when it comes to standing.
I suggest you read Ray Beckerman's page on all this.
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They don't.
1. Write virus code
2. Load up a machine with the top 10 virus scanners.
3. Load your virus code
4. Let them scan.
5. If they detect it, modify code and go to 3 else 6
6. Release the hounds.
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I don't know why I got modded down for this, but it's entirely true. Anyone who has paid attention to the SCOX vs World+Dog lawsuits should know that eventually SCOX was found to own a bunch of old manuals and none of the actual SysV code, in spite of whatever Kevin McBride or his other brother Darl said.
Once that it was found that SCOX owned bupkis, they promptly filed bankruptcy to protect themselves from irate investors and the pizza guy who they failed to pay and that was that.
What was infuriating was that it too 7 friggin' years to get to that conclusion when the question of standing should have been answered in 2003 by the plain language of the APA.
Then there was another case, the Astrologers vs the TZDATA guy. They actually filed a brief saying "we don't actually don't own the copyrights but grant us this injunction anyway." Fortunately saner heads prevailed and ICANN took over TZDATA and said "Ok, punks, go ahead. Try us."
Surprise, they didn't.
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They don't.
If you look at the actual lawsuits, it's the studios that own the copyrights that sue.
It's never MPAA vs John Doe
It's always Universal Pictures vs. whoever or Interscope Records vs. whoever. These are members of the RIAA and MPAA, but the MPAA and RIAA, as themselves, do not sue on behalf of the studios. They can't. They don't own the copyrights.
The MPAA and RIAA, however, submit briefs as amicus and supply witnesses for expert testimony.
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Thanks for that link. I remember the first one, and predicted the second, but I never followed up on it.
I wonder whoever answered the phone at Google said "Yeah, we'll list you, maybe next month or maybe next year. We'll list earlier if you promise not to pull this shit again."
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It is.
And it's why Righthaven is bankrupt now.
1. In order to sue, you must have standing. Righthaven did not have this, because in the US, at least, you /must/ own the copyrights in order to sue. Unless the AP and others are going to sign all their content over to this new organization, I doubt they will have standing because it is unlikely that the AP and others will willy-nilly sign over copyright on a bet.
2. In order to not be tossed out of court on your ear for barratry, your case must be prima facie valid. Righthaven did not even have this because of fair use. This new company is going to run afoul of the same fair use problems.
Unless copyright law is changed to allow third parties to sue, like in Germany, this is unlikely to change.
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I thought they already "bought" Nokia by having their cuckoo-CEO Stephen Elop installed as chief ramrod and bottle washer.
Could this mean that Microsoft isn't sure that Elop is going to stick around and that the board might get rid of him? Oh that would be fun to watch.
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I suggest you watch the movie Koyaanisqatsi, or at least watch the section on youtube labeled "The Grid" and "Microchip"
People are less than AI agents. They are merely corpuscles in the machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sps6C9u7ras&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1
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