I have used OpenSSL to set up Certificate Authorities for military testbeds prior to, and coinciding with, their own PKI rollout. There is no cost associated with its use and once you learn how to use it, it is very easy to use. OpenSSL creates and signs standard X.509 certificates that work with any browser, webserver, or email program that utilize such certificates. You can set up CRLs and such easily as well.
OpenSSL is very powerful and useful. I have used it for many of its encryption routines (such as locking up my pr0n collection while I am in the Middle East!).
no no no. you have it wrong. microsoft was never in trouble for bundling their own stuff and not bundling opera, winamp, etc. they were in trouble for bundling their own stuff and PREVENTING resellers from adding whatever other bundles the resellers wanted to add.
Being a member of the LDS church, I have my own beliefs about what should be done to properly understand the Bible, but that opinion is even less popular than even believing in God in the first place (which in these parts can be a dangerous viewpoint).
the problem is not that people believe in god. the problem is that many of the people who believe in god think that they should be telling others how to live their lives.
Keep in mind that MSfts team must ensure compatibility with hundreds of programs before implementing patches. An independent developer who comes up with a patch doesn't. My 2 cents.
Um, shouldn't they (MS) be offering a patch similar to this unofficial patch with the caveat that some programs might be broken? Sure, they could take their sweet time doing multiple regression tests on multiple versions of their operating systems and offer a 100% safe patch in three months.
I am in Iraq and I have no way of protecting my kids' computers. I have to rely on Windows Update and there is no patch available. I suspect my son's computer is already "0wn3d". It will continue to be owned for 2 and half more months until I can fix it while I am on vacation.
It pleases me to know that the patch that comes out in a few months will work with lots of software that I do not even use. In the meantime...
Moreover, I'm not sure I'm comfortable making the pay (I'd say salary, but we only have two salaried staff members) of each employee public information, when I've had "day jobs" I have rarely wanted my personal income to be a matter of public record.
I concur wholeheartedly with your point here. It does not seem unreasonable to publish the total amount spent on salaries though.
Personally, I stopped donating to the Red Cross when I found that the San Diego Director was pulling in a $200k+ salary. Wow! How many people had to donate just to pay her salary? It is obviously not an organization that poor or middle class people should be donating too.
We have got to stop writing this stuff with the geek brain in mind, but others as well.
What is with this "we" shit? You write your stuff and I will write my stuff. You can control my stuff when you pay me enough to allow you to do so.
Why would you expect me to write for anyone's pleasure but my own? If you think my stuff is insufficient, then you have the source, make it sufficient yourself.
Second, you can not have commercial reliance on a system that could possibly be taken away at any point in time (unreliable). New business opportunities will arise because of the guaranteed reliability.
but why should it lose it's heat? isn't epmty space a good insulator, like in thermos containers?
heat can be lost through radiation and convection. in space, you will not lose heat to convection but you will still lose heat through radiation. note how a Thermos (TM) has shiny sides in addition to the vacuum.
I am in shock over how sweeping this legislation is. I am almost speechless over it. No analog video to digital video conversion devices can be sold... This is going to wipe out entire industries and put many companies, such as Hauppage, out of business.
How will we record home movies? How will we record a trip to Yosemite? This simply can not be true as it was written up in the linked article!
If it is not as wide ranging as the article suggests, it will be ineffective since camcorders will still be able to record movies in movie theaters and such.
Seriously, stop for a moment (before you go to the interview) and think about what kinds of things would make you not want to work somewhere:
Are there "death marches"? Frequently?
If you have issues with your immediate supervisor, is there someone higher up in the chain who is specifically set aside to mediate?
Ask to meet your prospective teammates (cow-orkers?).
Do you get a fluffy bunny when you do something outstanding (rewards)?
Just think about what is important to you. Some things will stress you out, but won't stress me out so you will need to decide for yourself what are the most appropriate questions to ask. I recall being younger and just being thankful that they were even considering me. Now, I will reject any company that does not fit my criteria (which is as it should have been even when I was first starting out!).
I am all for this chip as long as I can turn it off whenever I want. Unfortunately, I am thinking that once the chip is widely available, no government website will allow you to connect to it without it being enabled. Shortly thereafter, I am sure there will be legislation requiring that the chip always be enabled for our "protection".
To offer a counterpoint, ClearChannel has improved the radio stations in the middle of nowhere. Have you ever driven across the country? I remember before ClearChannel owned everything that people in Podunk Kansas would never have any rock stations. When Clear Channel came in, they offered a MUCH stronger/harder lineup of rock than was previously offered (read none). Sure, the rock lineup is not that great, but it is/was orders of magnitude better than whatever was being played before. Small town radio stations were waaaaay to conservative.
Ultimately, I would say they mediocritized (is that a real word?) the radio station market, but in places that were way below mediocrity, it was a serious improvement.
six light years is about (really 4 light years) the distance to the star (Proxima Centauri) nearest to our sun. of course, interstellar distances are very hard to get a good grasp of... so i am not certain that this is giving you any perspective. try this http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/starlog /strclos.html for some insight into how far away it is.
Erm, I think you misunderstood what he was saying. He was not saying to impose fines on Vonage, rather, he was saying that the companies who are preventing Vonage from complying should be fined.
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I find it absolutely incredible that you were modded funny. How very sad.
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I have used OpenSSL to set up Certificate Authorities for military testbeds prior to, and coinciding with, their own PKI rollout. There is no cost associated with its use and once you learn how to use it, it is very easy to use. OpenSSL creates and signs standard X.509 certificates that work with any browser, webserver, or email program that utilize such certificates. You can set up CRLs and such easily as well.
OpenSSL is very powerful and useful. I have used it for many of its encryption routines (such as locking up my pr0n collection while I am in the Middle East!).
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no no no. you have it wrong. microsoft was never in trouble for bundling their own stuff and not bundling opera, winamp, etc. they were in trouble for bundling their own stuff and PREVENTING resellers from adding whatever other bundles the resellers wanted to add.
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Being a member of the LDS church, I have my own beliefs about what should be done to properly understand the Bible, but that opinion is even less popular than even believing in God in the first place (which in these parts can be a dangerous viewpoint).
the problem is not that people believe in god. the problem is that many of the people who believe in god think that they should be telling others how to live their lives.
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let's not forget gcc. it is the foundation for many (majority?!) open source projects.
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it is tuesday here now. you have to wait for 8 more hours.
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Honestly, is caching a video stream worthy of a patent? Truly, the concept is not innovative.
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egad! you should have patented the idea and made a fortune.
*sigh*
some people will never learn.
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at least these folks are providing ways to falsify their claims. :)
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Keep in mind that MSfts team must ensure compatibility with hundreds of programs before implementing patches. An independent developer who comes up with a patch doesn't. My 2 cents.
Um, shouldn't they (MS) be offering a patch similar to this unofficial patch with the caveat that some programs might be broken? Sure, they could take their sweet time doing multiple regression tests on multiple versions of their operating systems and offer a 100% safe patch in three months.
I am in Iraq and I have no way of protecting my kids' computers. I have to rely on Windows Update and there is no patch available. I suspect my son's computer is already "0wn3d". It will continue to be owned for 2 and half more months until I can fix it while I am on vacation.
It pleases me to know that the patch that comes out in a few months will work with lots of software that I do not even use. In the meantime...
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Moreover, I'm not sure I'm comfortable making the pay (I'd say salary, but we only have two salaried staff members) of each employee public information, when I've had "day jobs" I have rarely wanted my personal income to be a matter of public record.
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I concur wholeheartedly with your point here. It does not seem unreasonable to publish the total amount spent on salaries though.
Personally, I stopped donating to the Red Cross when I found that the San Diego Director was pulling in a $200k+ salary. Wow! How many people had to donate just to pay her salary? It is obviously not an organization that poor or middle class people should be donating too.
An interesting (but seemingly biased) link is here: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/cgi-bin/mt-commen
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We have got to stop writing this stuff with the geek brain in mind, but others as well.
What is with this "we" shit? You write your stuff and I will write my stuff. You can control my stuff when you pay me enough to allow you to do so.
Why would you expect me to write for anyone's pleasure but my own? If you think my stuff is insufficient, then you have the source, make it sufficient yourself.
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two things:
First, learn to ues paragraphs.
Second, you can not have commercial reliance on a system that could possibly be taken away at any point in time (unreliable). New business opportunities will arise because of the guaranteed reliability.
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but why should it lose it's heat? isn't epmty space a good insulator, like in thermos containers?
heat can be lost through radiation and convection. in space, you will not lose heat to convection but you will still lose heat through radiation. note how a Thermos (TM) has shiny sides in addition to the vacuum.
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I am in shock over how sweeping this legislation is. I am almost speechless over it. No analog video to digital video conversion devices can be sold... This is going to wipe out entire industries and put many companies, such as Hauppage, out of business.
How will we record home movies? How will we record a trip to Yosemite? This simply can not be true as it was written up in the linked article!
If it is not as wide ranging as the article suggests, it will be ineffective since camcorders will still be able to record movies in movie theaters and such.
Wow. un-fucking-believable.
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Seriously, stop for a moment (before you go to the interview) and think about what kinds of things would make you not want to work somewhere:
Are there "death marches"? Frequently?
If you have issues with your immediate supervisor, is there someone higher up in the chain who is specifically set aside to mediate?
Ask to meet your prospective teammates (cow-orkers?).
Do you get a fluffy bunny when you do something outstanding (rewards)?
Just think about what is important to you. Some things will stress you out, but won't stress me out so you will need to decide for yourself what are the most appropriate questions to ask. I recall being younger and just being thankful that they were even considering me. Now, I will reject any company that does not fit my criteria (which is as it should have been even when I was first starting out!).
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erm... if Bush were impeached, we would have Cheney as President. Which would you rather have as President?
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I am all for this chip as long as I can turn it off whenever I want. Unfortunately, I am thinking that once the chip is widely available, no government website will allow you to connect to it without it being enabled. Shortly thereafter, I am sure there will be legislation requiring that the chip always be enabled for our "protection".
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this is not a USB hard drive... but if you want weird, try this:
http://www.divine-interventions.com/baby.php
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The article submitter did a straight copy&paste from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4514678.stm
Is it really that hard to summarise in your own words?
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To offer a counterpoint, ClearChannel has improved the radio stations in the middle of nowhere. Have you ever driven across the country? I remember before ClearChannel owned everything that people in Podunk Kansas would never have any rock stations. When Clear Channel came in, they offered a MUCH stronger/harder lineup of rock than was previously offered (read none). Sure, the rock lineup is not that great, but it is/was orders of magnitude better than whatever was being played before. Small town radio stations were waaaaay to conservative.
Ultimately, I would say they mediocritized (is that a real word?) the radio station market, but in places that were way below mediocrity, it was a serious improvement.
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The last song of all human culture to survive intact and playable in the universe? ...except it will still be under copyright.
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six light years is about (really 4 light years) the distance to the star (Proxima Centauri) nearest to our sun. of course, interstellar distances are very hard to get a good grasp of... so i am not certain that this is giving you any perspective. try this http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/starlog /strclos.html for some insight into how far away it is.
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Erm, I think you misunderstood what he was saying. He was not saying to impose fines on Vonage, rather, he was saying that the companies who are preventing Vonage from complying should be fined.
HTH
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CiscoWorks and Spectrum beg to disagree with your cavalier dismissal of "Java is slow".
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