I have a feeling that the slowness of the move to IPv6 is not the fault of ICANN, but rather it's the fault of content providers.
Tons of training, equipment, server, ifrastructure upgrades, etc.
It all comes down to the bottom line of businesses, and businesses have the right to make a profit. That's how capitalism and the open market work.
But I do believe that it will come back and bite them in the ass in a few short years. The FCC should do much the same thing that they did to make the long-distance telephone network come into being - ease it into existance through tax breaks and incentives for ISPs that move to IPv6 (to help cover costs), and maybe even setting goal to have it done.
Forcing an industry to make rapid changes, especially something as tenuous (not sure that's the right word, but it'll do) as the internet, would cause large problems, like instability, and maybe even/cause/ the fracturing that ICANN and the rest of use are afraid of.
Kind of a "slow and steady wins the race" model of conversion, or something.
I say the US has done a fine job in managing whatever it is managing.
The 'net has become a wonderful, open forum where anyone can express their ideas an opinions.
The UN tends to screw up everything it touches. I really don't want the internet to become another great cockup of the least organized, least effective polital body that has ever existed.
I started programming in qbasic (i think that's the right name) and basica when I was about 6. Moved up to bigger and better things as I went along, and I enjoy it a lot!
But do I want to do this as a profession? Hell no.
The demand for generic programmers is practically nonexistant nowadays. I'd much rather give my work away for free. I had the fun of creating it, and that's the only reason I program, because I enjoy the challenge.
Maybe this guy just made the virus to show a vulnerability in the Bluetooth spec, then released the code so that developers could fix the hole, and have something that shows them exactly where the hole is.
I have always wanted to go to a tech trade show.
But they never have any near where I live.
I've read a lot of stuff from this one, and it looks like it's been fun!
It's too bad that this guy isn't trying to convince software people that their stuff would be perfectly safe under copyright law and fighting to get rid of patents on software.
He would have several million geeks and slashdotters behind him if he did.
full-size cd - Definately Knoppix 3.6 (www.knoppix.org)
- Best hardware detection out there, KDE (3.3 i think) and Gnome, as well as practicly every other wm out there, lots of office apps, browsers (even Firefox, now i think), and pretty much everything you could want in an OS on 1 cd.
180mb - 200mb Range - SLAX (http://slax.linux-live.org/)
- I don't think it has KDE, and i know it doesnt have Gnome, but XFCE is pretty, functional, and well, nice enough for most people. No huge app suites here, but still a nice collection. Only bad thing is, you have to boot "slax gui" to get into the gui.
Business Card Size (50mb or >) - Damn Small Linux (www.damnsmalllinux.org)
- DSL uses the Fluxbox WM, which is easy enough to use, after you get used to right-clicking to get into the menu (and everything else feels wierd once you do get used to it). It has several decent browsers (Links-hacked, gLinks-hacked, Dillo), the Siag Office suite (small, but effective), a paint app (a la MS paint), naim (aol IM, ICQ, IRC client), great hardware detection (based on Knoppix 3.4), the myDSL system (one-click download and installation of apps like Firefox and GIMP). And well, just a lot of really nice stuff crammed in.
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I have a feeling that the slowness of the move to IPv6 is not the fault of ICANN, but rather it's the fault of content providers.
/cause/ the fracturing that ICANN and the rest of use are afraid of.
Tons of training, equipment, server, ifrastructure upgrades, etc.
It all comes down to the bottom line of businesses, and businesses have the right to make a profit. That's how capitalism and the open market work.
But I do believe that it will come back and bite them in the ass in a few short years. The FCC should do much the same thing that they did to make the long-distance telephone network come into being - ease it into existance through tax breaks and incentives for ISPs that move to IPv6 (to help cover costs), and maybe even setting goal to have it done.
Forcing an industry to make rapid changes, especially something as tenuous (not sure that's the right word, but it'll do) as the internet, would cause large problems, like instability, and maybe even
Kind of a "slow and steady wins the race" model of conversion, or something.
FEMA is not a political body. It's a grouping of volunteers and volunteer organizations.
There are only about 1,200 actual FEMA employees in the whole US, and they're mostly administrative staff.
...don't fix it.
I say the US has done a fine job in managing whatever it is managing.
The 'net has become a wonderful, open forum where anyone can express their ideas an opinions.
The UN tends to screw up everything it touches. I really don't want the internet to become another great cockup of the least organized, least effective polital body that has ever existed.
Windows Update is (C) 1996-2005 Microsoft corporation.
No Windows Update for you!
Linux is (C) Linus Torvalds (don't remember the year), so no Linux for Sweeden either!
Begone fool Sweden! Back to the Dark Ages with you!
Holy crap!
I can major in Counter-Strike?!
XD
I have a feeling it won't really matter.
Next Windows Update will make it incompatible with Corel's software, I bet.
Just watch. ^_^
>>The second law of new software is...
Don't expect it to work right on the first release, or the second, and maybe the third..?
^_^
Aww! You guessed it!
Can you guess what the password for root on the linux server is?
Here's a clue. 5 letters, and it's not admin. ^_^
Well, maybe not really.
:p
Don't wanna go to jail.
But it would have been handy in several classes last semester.
But I did recently discover the admin password for the network, by looking at the only 5 worn keys on the server's keyboard ^_^
I completely agree.
:p
I started programming in qbasic (i think that's the right name) and basica when I was about 6. Moved up to bigger and better things as I went along, and I enjoy it a lot!
But do I want to do this as a profession? Hell no.
The demand for generic programmers is practically nonexistant nowadays. I'd much rather give my work away for free. I had the fun of creating it, and that's the only reason I program, because I enjoy the challenge.
Next up, an irc client in Lua-FLTK http://lua-fltk.sourceforge.net/
But for a careen, I'm gonna be a firefighter. Much more stable job. Buildings burn no matter how the economy goes.
Netcard detection means exactly what it sounds like.
Freesbie doesn't detect some newer integrated NICs, like nforce1,2,3,4, Intel's new chipset (can't remember the nubmber), or gigabit ethernet cards.
Also, my 3.4ghz P4 is detected as running at 2.4ghz.
That's improper clock speed detection.
Sorry I was unclear.
Because it /is/ a live CD, and it's actually pretty nice, if your hardware is supported.
...but not a very flattering review of our distro.
But it barfs on new and cutting edge hardware.
i.e. no netcard detection, improper clock speed detection, etc. It still works, just not as well as it could.
on a personal note- woo! DSL!
It's really not that confusing. Most people get the hang of it quickly.
I know I have bought many DVDs because I got the fansubs, and they were good.
I'd be rather apprehencive about buying a $70 set of some show I would have never heard of if it weren't for fansubs.
Besides, once the series' get liscensed, the torrent is removed and the file is taken off the tracker listing.
And most people go buy the DVD.
Like the OP said, fansubbing makes for incredible market research.
Maybe this guy just made the virus to show a vulnerability in the Bluetooth spec, then released the code so that developers could fix the hole, and have something that shows them exactly where the hole is.
Just my random thought.
In Soviet Russia, spam sends you?
Meh, not really.
It was one of the early apm controlled lappys, and Windows 3.11 has issues about it going into a bios induced sleep mode.
It didn't have that problem with Win95 (a fine OS, by the way)
I wonder if there will be "programs" for your cells in the future. Press 1 for orgasm?
That reminds me of an old laptop I used to have...
:p
It would die every time it went do the screensaver.
I hope we aren't going back to those "good old days.
I have always wanted to go to a tech trade show. But they never have any near where I live. I've read a lot of stuff from this one, and it looks like it's been fun!
It's too bad that this guy isn't trying to convince software people that their stuff would be perfectly safe under copyright law and fighting to get rid of patents on software.
He would have several million geeks and slashdotters behind him if he did.
caught myself in a mistake a second too late.
SLAX does use KDE in the base version, but uses XFCE in the "specialized" versions such as popcorn and professional.
full-size cd - Definately Knoppix 3.6 (www.knoppix.org)
- Best hardware detection out there, KDE (3.3 i think) and Gnome, as well as practicly every other wm out there, lots of office apps, browsers (even Firefox, now i think), and pretty much everything you could want in an OS on 1 cd.
180mb - 200mb Range - SLAX (http://slax.linux-live.org/)
- I don't think it has KDE, and i know it doesnt have Gnome, but XFCE is pretty, functional, and well, nice enough for most people. No huge app suites here, but still a nice collection. Only bad thing is, you have to boot "slax gui" to get into the gui.
Business Card Size (50mb or >) - Damn Small Linux (www.damnsmalllinux.org)
- DSL uses the Fluxbox WM, which is easy enough to use, after you get used to right-clicking to get into the menu (and everything else feels wierd once you do get used to it). It has several decent browsers (Links-hacked, gLinks-hacked, Dillo), the Siag Office suite (small, but effective), a paint app (a la MS paint), naim (aol IM, ICQ, IRC client), great hardware detection (based on Knoppix 3.4), the myDSL system (one-click download and installation of apps like Firefox and GIMP). And well, just a lot of really nice stuff crammed in.
Hope this is helpful!
-SU
I predict that the only OSes left in 10 years will be MacOS an Linux!
Holy Crap, tht is fast. When can i get speeds like that without the LN2?!?!