The idea of an ultra-sophisticated system able to enslave the human race that can only be defeated by virtual-reality karate fighting was what did it for me.
And with that one sentence you've forever ruined The Matrix for me.
This is merely one writer's take on the book, 'The Comingled Code'. I would recommend instead to read the book before we get all uppity. It's true they received funding from Microsoft, but I would like to know who else funded them. From the book's homepage, it seems quite a few people are happy with their work, including this guy from Google:
“Unlike much of the writing on open source versus proprietary software, this book offers factual evidence, careful analysis, and evenhanded discussion, while avoiding unsupported opinions, hyperbole, and exaggeration. Everyone who is concerned with open source will want to read this book.” —Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google
The writer at the Economist seems to have a bone to pick with Open Source, regardless:
"Yet the finding that open-source advocates will like least is that free programs are not always cheaper. To be sure, the upfront cost of proprietary software is higher (although open-source programs are not always free). But companies that use such programs spend more on such things as learning to use them and making them work with other software."
Anyone experienced an implementation of new software, Open Source or not, where there was no cost associated with the learning curve and the integration?
Have to disagree. Have you seen how Disney releases DVDs? Pinocchio is out in the 70th anniversary edition. Try to find another edition that's current and you'll be disappointed. They do this all the time. Tron will probably be available for purchase again after Tron Legacy comes out.
Hey cool - Comcast has blocked wikileaks.org in my area. At least, their DNS name doesn't resolve to an IP address. I've never cared much to go there, but it IS interesting. Nice to know I don't get the whole Internets around here.
The passengers and crew will now prevent a hijacking just as a Marine would.
The marine could carry weaponry onto the plane, the civilians can't. We'll get a nice police state once we all start asking for it. Military police roaming around our civilian lives sure is better than the gropings, right?
Love the radius thing. If ever some example tech becomes available, we should test the blocking range and follow close enough to LaHood to block all his calls whenever he's on the road. That would be hilarious!
Target Practice hears some shuffling
Huh. Who stapled this GPS transmitter to my backside?
Love this part under Non-Domestic Domains, Required Actions... (i) a service provider... or other operator of a domain name system server shall take reasonable steps that will prevent a domain name from resolving to that domain name’s Internet protocol address;
So, we'll just refuse to resolve any domains that are outside the jurisdiction of the US, but that are deemed to offend the standards listed here? This, to me, sounds a bit like that whole filtering of information thing that Secretary Clinton said was a Bad Thing in China.
The article (more of a quick summary) doesn't really say specifically what wavelength of UV is needed for the stuff to glow, but if the wavelength needed is what makes it to the Earth's surface from the Sun, that could explain their excitement.
Also, it seems some of the interest comes from the luminescent leaves absorbing their own light back in for photosynthesis. I wish that article were more in depth, since it seems we're getting half the story.
This sounds like something companies already have happen, but pay some poor part-timer minimum wage to do. The part-timer has a slower parsing rate, but it's about the same.
In other words: what you put out on social websites is pretty much like what you put on any other website: open to bot scrutiny. I would expect nothing less from a completely free service. If you want privacy, pay someone money to provide you and yours with a contracted service for such.
Never heard of Security Week beyond a CIO/CEO's reading table, but that's probably just me showing my ignorance. I guess I still get offended by people messing with the word "hacker", but it especially hits home with something as greasy and vile as this. Here's an alternative Hacker Business Model:
0) Grow up infatuated with all things mechanical and electronic 1) Spend countless hours playing with Linux and Perl while the other kids smash heads together on the football field 2) Convert that time into "years of experience with Linux and Perl" on a resume 3) Get a job where they actually pay you to do what you like, albeit with some weird social obligations 4) Back to the basement, ad nauseum.
I don't necessarily see money as the direct result, though the money from your job certainly helps to buy more gadgets that run Linux, or even a mini trebuchet for your desk. Your personal Hacker Business Model may vary, but this one worked for me and many of my coworkers.
Oddly enough, when held to candlelight at night on the open ocean, a maddening text is cast from the glass onto the cabin's walls: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Just what exactly are these so-called scientists awakening? What powers do the far seeing crystals truly hold?
"We are arresting you." "Why?" "You destroyed our tracking device, ergo you knew what it was, and if you weren't up to something, you wouldn't need to hide it."
So, freedom of speech means I can say this type of thing without getting spooks at my door/under my car, right?
... and that said intelligent life didn't want to eat us crunchy humans for breakfast. I'm all for blaring out "Hey, we're here!" after we determine what they like with their toast.
They need SuSe and the clout they have to make sure that they have a suitable place to run all of their other software.
Seriously, VMWare is only interested in SuSE. They want a complete stack to compete with Microsoft's and Red Hat's VM product lines. I believe they recently picked up another company to fill another role in that stack, but I'm far too lazy to look it up right now. They do offer a version of Linux called Just Enough OS, but I've heard nothing spectacular about it.
Novell's other software is being slavered over by a rumoured 20 companies or so. Granted, one of them wants it for legacy compatibility, but I don't think we can call their other products dead yet. And, oh, I WISH we could...:)
This is following Novell's earlier buyout offer that they rejected on the condition that they would procure other suitors to appease the shareholders. I thought they were off their rocker when they rejected that offer, so I'm glad they've made good on their promise.
... but if you go around assuming you've been rooted by everyone your company has let go, pretty soon your cycles will be consumed by constant self-evaluation. The result would likely be catastrophic money and time loss, akin to the South Park episode where San Francisco disappeared entirely up its own asshole.
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Wow, this place has come a long way from a simple news for nerds site. Now, the authors are placing disclaimers specifically addressed to us :)
had there not been a helicopter overhead filming police beating the shit out of Rodney King?
Could've sworn the guy filming was on foot, at a distance...
The idea of an ultra-sophisticated system able to enslave the human race that can only be defeated by virtual-reality karate fighting was what did it for me.
And with that one sentence you've forever ruined The Matrix for me.
Also, DVDs via mail take longer to get to your house.
This is merely one writer's take on the book, 'The Comingled Code'. I would recommend instead to read the book before we get all uppity. It's true they received funding from Microsoft, but I would like to know who else funded them. From the book's homepage, it seems quite a few people are happy with their work, including this guy from Google:
“Unlike much of the writing on open source versus proprietary software, this book offers factual evidence, careful analysis, and evenhanded discussion, while avoiding unsupported opinions, hyperbole, and exaggeration. Everyone who is concerned with open source will want to read this book.”
—Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google
The writer at the Economist seems to have a bone to pick with Open Source, regardless:
"Yet the finding that open-source advocates will like least is that free programs are not always cheaper. To be sure, the upfront cost of proprietary software is higher (although open-source programs are not always free). But companies that use such programs spend more on such things as learning to use them and making them work with other software."
Anyone experienced an implementation of new software, Open Source or not, where there was no cost associated with the learning curve and the integration?
Have to disagree. Have you seen how Disney releases DVDs? Pinocchio is out in the 70th anniversary edition. Try to find another edition that's current and you'll be disappointed. They do this all the time. Tron will probably be available for purchase again after Tron Legacy comes out.
Hey cool - Comcast has blocked wikileaks.org in my area. At least, their DNS name doesn't resolve to an IP address. I've never cared much to go there, but it IS interesting. Nice to know I don't get the whole Internets around here.
Spaces work on some nicer systems, too. That, and a willingness to broadcast your ineptitude at FPS games.
The passengers and crew will now prevent a hijacking just as a Marine would.
The marine could carry weaponry onto the plane, the civilians can't. We'll get a nice police state once we all start asking for it. Military police roaming around our civilian lives sure is better than the gropings, right?
Man, after reading some of that thread, those folks in kernel development make Slashdot users seem downright well-mannered.
Love the radius thing. If ever some example tech becomes available, we should test the blocking range and follow close enough to LaHood to block all his calls whenever he's on the road. That would be hilarious!
Target Practice hears some shuffling
Huh. Who stapled this GPS transmitter to my backside?
Love this part under Non-Domestic Domains, Required Actions... ... or other operator of a domain name system server shall take reasonable steps that will prevent a domain name from resolving to that domain name’s Internet protocol address;
(i) a service provider
So, we'll just refuse to resolve any domains that are outside the jurisdiction of the US, but that are deemed to offend the standards listed here? This, to me, sounds a bit like that whole filtering of information thing that Secretary Clinton said was a Bad Thing in China.
Well, now it just depends on what you drop from that height. Think international Lawn Darts.
The article (more of a quick summary) doesn't really say specifically what wavelength of UV is needed for the stuff to glow, but if the wavelength needed is what makes it to the Earth's surface from the Sun, that could explain their excitement.
Also, it seems some of the interest comes from the luminescent leaves absorbing their own light back in for photosynthesis. I wish that article were more in depth, since it seems we're getting half the story.
This sounds like something companies already have happen, but pay some poor part-timer minimum wage to do. The part-timer has a slower parsing rate, but it's about the same.
In other words: what you put out on social websites is pretty much like what you put on any other website: open to bot scrutiny. I would expect nothing less from a completely free service. If you want privacy, pay someone money to provide you and yours with a contracted service for such.
Never heard of Security Week beyond a CIO/CEO's reading table, but that's probably just me showing my ignorance. I guess I still get offended by people messing with the word "hacker", but it especially hits home with something as greasy and vile as this. Here's an alternative Hacker Business Model:
0) Grow up infatuated with all things mechanical and electronic
1) Spend countless hours playing with Linux and Perl while the other kids smash heads together on the football field
2) Convert that time into "years of experience with Linux and Perl" on a resume
3) Get a job where they actually pay you to do what you like, albeit with some weird social obligations
4) Back to the basement, ad nauseum.
I don't necessarily see money as the direct result, though the money from your job certainly helps to buy more gadgets that run Linux, or even a mini trebuchet for your desk. Your personal Hacker Business Model may vary, but this one worked for me and many of my coworkers.
Oddly enough, when held to candlelight at night on the open ocean, a maddening text is cast from the glass onto the cabin's walls: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Just what exactly are these so-called scientists awakening? What powers do the far seeing crystals truly hold?
Zuckerberg and genius in the same thought? Clearly the author and I have differing views on what is considered "genius".
"We are arresting you."
"Why?"
"You destroyed our tracking device, ergo you knew what it was, and if you weren't up to something, you wouldn't need to hide it."
So, freedom of speech means I can say this type of thing without getting spooks at my door/under my car, right?
... and that said intelligent life didn't want to eat us crunchy humans for breakfast. I'm all for blaring out "Hey, we're here!" after we determine what they like with their toast.
They need SuSe and the clout they have to make sure that they have a suitable place to run all of their other software.
Seriously, VMWare is only interested in SuSE. They want a complete stack to compete with Microsoft's and Red Hat's VM product lines. I believe they recently picked up another company to fill another role in that stack, but I'm far too lazy to look it up right now. They do offer a version of Linux called Just Enough OS, but I've heard nothing spectacular about it.
Novell's other software is being slavered over by a rumoured 20 companies or so. Granted, one of them wants it for legacy compatibility, but I don't think we can call their other products dead yet. And, oh, I WISH we could... :)
This is following Novell's earlier buyout offer that they rejected on the condition that they would procure other suitors to appease the shareholders. I thought they were off their rocker when they rejected that offer, so I'm glad they've made good on their promise.
Sounds great. Where's the pot so I can contribute a few dollars? Would the FSF be the ones to do this, or who?
And here I thought social media was used to fake a life...
I drew pictures like that way back in third grade. This is very old news, and I'm sad it's taken military officials so long to catch up.
... but if you go around assuming you've been rooted by everyone your company has let go, pretty soon your cycles will be consumed by constant self-evaluation. The result would likely be catastrophic money and time loss, akin to the South Park episode where San Francisco disappeared entirely up its own asshole.