They handle so much data that to me it doesnt matter too much about their privacy policy. It is impossible for them to be reading my email or anything else I wouldnt like.
Google Maps is made by Aussies you know.;) Its far better than WhereIs for most things although it doesnt function as a phone book. I hate WhereIs's UI.
Hmm ok you've got me on the first point. Most maps show the second cable coming from around Brisbane so it doesn't look crowded I think.
I said 90 million because thats a rough figure of how many people are affected by the Mediterranean cable cuts. Not Australia. Re-read my post. I quickly added up the numbers at the bottom of that image in TFA.
The cable cut I was refering to was many years ago. It might have been 2000 or 2002.
I have never used Ubuntu so please correct me if I'm wrong.
Is the wifi problem in Ubuntu driver related or UI related?
Its a well known fact that wifi manufacturers really hate giving away any clues so making wifi drivers is always a struggle. A *lot* of them are currently supported though and more are on the way.
If its UI related then there arent too many excuses. However its probably best if they did it right the first time so if they need more time, I say give it to them.
There must be very very few things that you need ndiswrapper for these days.
To be honest, I've never needed to touch it at all. I've been pretty lucky with wifi support (every wifi device I've bought has Linux drivers even though I didnt check before hand) but other hardware also works fine.
I consider ndiswrapper a really dirty hack which is required in certain circumstances. I would never tell anyone to use it.
You havent read the Hitchhiker's guide to the universe have you? Think its the third book which is relevant.
"The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it."
Look at Australia for the moment. We have one line going from Brisbane to Hawaii and another from Sydney to New Zealand. They are both part of the same network.
A few years back one of the cables got cut while the other was under maintenance. All our internet was routed through the two western cables.
Do you realize how slow it was? Dialup was severely affected and if you got 1kbps you were very lucky. Thats just for a small 20million person country back in the day when everyone didn't have net.
Fast forward to today with high speed broadband and about 90 million people affected. Yes data will be re-routed but it will probably be faster to snail mail Google asking for your search query.
Yeah but once marketing execs get on to it, they will tell you that the Mars rovers use it exclusively and that God himself coded some of the cooler animals in it.;)
Blocking every port under 1024 and having a touch tone phone interface to unblock them would be ideal. That way there is no way for a bot to automate it (ok maybe if they still have a analog modem but unlikely) and its pretty easy to unblock yourself while keeping the ISP's workload low.
That would cut out a lot of the net's problems overnight and make it extremely difficult to bypass.
Always err on the side of caution yes but if it has a decent chance of improving your life then go for it.
'decent' varies on the person and the disability.
Outright forbidding any brain tinkering is stupid as the benefits can be incredible. You just need to understand the risk fully before having the operation.
Yeah making a captcha without edges while keeping it readable is incredibly difficult.
I made one once which was absolutely beautiful. There was no way that it would be cracked because there were no edges to detect. Readability wasnt great but everyone I tested it on did eventually get it.
It doesnt matter what OS or software they use. Typing up a document or surfing the net is nearly identical no matter what you choose.
Also hopefully some of these kids will go on to management and instead of being tied to Windows they will lean towards Linux instead.
I really want to shoot the managers who think "Windows works well on my desktop. Lets make all our company servers run it too!" Thats a effect of Microsoft being in all the schools. In Australia, Microsoft actually gives away all their software to schools in a effort to make sure everyone is brought up with their software.
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But then its not really infringing on my privacy at all.
I become a statistic in their models and anonymous.
It happens everywhere.
I'd rather it be Google than another company.
They handle so much data that to me it doesnt matter too much about their privacy policy.
;)
It is impossible for them to be reading my email or anything else I wouldnt like.
Google Maps is made by Aussies you know.
Its far better than WhereIs for most things although it doesnt function as a phone book.
I hate WhereIs's UI.
Uhh isnt geothermal a good alternative in those places?
Wasnt it designed for midgets?
So it was reasonably portable.
Hmm ok you've got me on the first point.
Most maps show the second cable coming from around Brisbane so it doesn't look crowded I think.
I said 90 million because thats a rough figure of how many people are affected by the Mediterranean cable cuts.
Not Australia. Re-read my post.
I quickly added up the numbers at the bottom of that image in TFA.
The cable cut I was refering to was many years ago.
It might have been 2000 or 2002.
I have never used Ubuntu so please correct me if I'm wrong.
Is the wifi problem in Ubuntu driver related or UI related?
Its a well known fact that wifi manufacturers really hate giving away any clues so making wifi drivers is always a struggle.
A *lot* of them are currently supported though and more are on the way.
If its UI related then there arent too many excuses.
However its probably best if they did it right the first time so if they need more time, I say give it to them.
There must be very very few things that you need ndiswrapper for these days.
To be honest, I've never needed to touch it at all.
I've been pretty lucky with wifi support (every wifi device I've bought has Linux drivers even though I didnt check before hand) but other hardware also works fine.
I consider ndiswrapper a really dirty hack which is required in certain circumstances.
I would never tell anyone to use it.
You havent read the Hitchhiker's guide to the universe have you? Think its the third book which is relevant.
"The President is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it."
Look at Australia for the moment.
We have one line going from Brisbane to Hawaii and another from Sydney to New Zealand.
They are both part of the same network.
A few years back one of the cables got cut while the other was under maintenance.
All our internet was routed through the two western cables.
Do you realize how slow it was?
Dialup was severely affected and if you got 1kbps you were very lucky.
Thats just for a small 20million person country back in the day when everyone didn't have net.
Fast forward to today with high speed broadband and about 90 million people affected.
Yes data will be re-routed but it will probably be faster to snail mail Google asking for your search query.
We (the rest of the world) would be very content with you guys just sticking to your continent and minding your own business. :)
Its the libraries which are mostly finished.
;)
The actual bits of the UI are actively being developed.
I like being on the bleeding edge and its stable enough for me.
Few graphic glitches and stuff like that but nothing really bad.
Okular makes it all worth while.
Hey I type with two fingers. :)
Always have, always will.
Its surprising how fast you can do it with a lot of practice.
At my uni they give away Vista, XP, Office, Server 2003, etc... and still no one uses it.
Yeah but once marketing execs get on to it, they will tell you that the Mars rovers use it exclusively and that God himself coded some of the cooler animals in it. ;)
Perl and Python are both open source so no marketing executives are involved. :)
I understand the differences completely.
It is however possible to capture the 'warmer' sound on CD.
Its got nothing to do with data rates.
Its the physical medium and the processing it goes through.
I've always wondered: Why dont they just play a record and record that on to a CD? :)
You then get the Vinyl sound from a CD.
The Domain Registry of America never fails to send me a letter telling me to renew with them.
Even though I'm in Australia.
Blocking every port under 1024 and having a touch tone phone interface to unblock them would be ideal.
That way there is no way for a bot to automate it (ok maybe if they still have a analog modem but unlikely) and its pretty easy to unblock yourself while keeping the ISP's workload low.
That would cut out a lot of the net's problems overnight and make it extremely difficult to bypass.
He also has a taste for earwax. :)
Always err on the side of caution yes but if it has a decent chance of improving your life then go for it.
'decent' varies on the person and the disability.
Outright forbidding any brain tinkering is stupid as the benefits can be incredible.
You just need to understand the risk fully before having the operation.
Yeah making a captcha without edges while keeping it readable is incredibly difficult.
I made one once which was absolutely beautiful.
There was no way that it would be cracked because there were no edges to detect.
Readability wasnt great but everyone I tested it on did eventually get it.
Screwed in that they would never be able to hold back the tidal wave of people, companies and governments switching to Linux.
Of course they would still be twitching for awhile but their cash reserves cannot hold out forever.
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
The little guys count more than you imagine.
If every insignificant country switched to Linux overnight, Microsoft would be screwed within months.
I am also a Gentoo guy.
It doesnt matter what OS or software they use.
Typing up a document or surfing the net is nearly identical no matter what you choose.
Also hopefully some of these kids will go on to management and instead of being tied to Windows they will lean towards Linux instead.
I really want to shoot the managers who think "Windows works well on my desktop. Lets make all our company servers run it too!"
Thats a effect of Microsoft being in all the schools.
In Australia, Microsoft actually gives away all their software to schools in a effort to make sure everyone is brought up with their software.