A guy comes in, cleans a bit of gunk out of your photocopier... maybe 20 minutes of fiddling. Then drops you an enourmous bill, which gets paid without complaint (out loud).
They man was wearing a suit and looked businessy, so of course he was a highly skilled professional. Not just a guy who dusted a bit of gunk out of the machine.
Most Australian ISPs do offer antispam protection. Some want payment for it (which I consider pennypinching), some do it for free, using different methods and policies.
It makes sense for them to do so. It cuts down on traffic, and it makes their customers happier.
Alot of ISPs are doing some port blocking to protect their customers too, often with options to opt out if you have a need.
All good things, IMHO.
ISPS do have a responsibility to protect their customers if they have to tools to do so, despite the rhetoric that always goes around about how it's not up to them. Giving the lazy ISPs a push to provide some of this stuff is a Good Thing.
Okay... pre Web...
- Ethernet Coaxial Terminators.
A user at the end of the line innocently removing one of those things could bring an entire buildings networking to it's knees.
How do you convert the Internet to IPv6? At the moment, all the major OS's have an IP6 stack built in, just never used (and if never used, just how debugged are they?)
Obviously you can't have a "Convert to Six" day, when everyone and everything changes their addressing.
So it has to be gradual. Who would do it first? Would it be a matter of dual addresses for a while?
How tough would it be for an ISP to click on IP6 routing for it's customers?
I'd love a more dynamic api for GoogleEarth.
At the moment it's fairly static. You can place things on the Earth, but you can't make them move.
Too be able to have ICBMs flying between the US and the USSR, with little mushroom clouds....
Why does Microsoft have to beat Google? Why must MS dominate the Search Engine market? Why not say "Well done Google! And the best Operating System to view Google on is Windows XP (tm)" etc etc ?
This whole "They have a good product, so we must destroy them", thing is getting to be a rather unhealthy obsession. It's parasitic.
After reading the article and the replies here....
To me it sounds like Good Intentions, badly implemented. It's not a matter of censorship or religion or anything like that.
Posting personal details on the Web is a bad, stupid, dangerous thing to do, especially for kids. I've drilled that into my kids, who are much younger than these.
What is needed, and perhaps should be part of whatever computing studies kids do nowdays (already is?) is basic Internet Awareness. Safe Sex for the Net.
The school needs someone to come in and instruct both the kids and the teachers, to cut down on the bad actions by the kids, and dumb reactions by the teachers.
Sounds a bit "You only need One Button"-ish to me.
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A bit of "Apple doesn't offer it, so I don't want it."
Why's a radio so tough?
Flip a music/radio switch, the Next Song button become Next Station. Not a difficult interface.
And why would *I* want iTunes to be the Gatekeeper of all my entertainment?
As for video... well, yeah, I'd love to watch Lord of the Rings on a 1 inch square screen.:)
Okay then. HP is losing the values that made it a reputable name among scientists and engineers.
I remember when a HP calculator was the ultimate possession of an student or engineer. Serious quality, and you were happy to pay the extra money for it.
I'm also in the same boat. It's simple. If they've been hooked on computers or the DVDs for too long, simply say "Okay, that's enough" and turn off the gadget. I've found that, despite the grumbling, they then go off and enjoy themselves more. Like us adult Internet addicts, they can find themselves hooked and going through the motions, actually bored but unable to drag themeselves away.
Recently browsing through the local Sci-Fi bookshop (Minotaur, Melbourne) I noticed just how much "Fantasy" is on the shelves, and how little Hard Sci-Fi.
I think that compared to the Azimov and Clarke days, hard Sci-Fi is just too tough to write. You can't just fill a book with robots, spaceships and aliens, and be convincing and scientific as easily anymore.
Real technology has moved to a point were a convincing book that is supposed to represent 100 years in the future has to involve some serious intelligent thought and research.
And so alot of writers would just prefer to write about dragons and Star Trek.
Microsoft would obviously cut off the cheap OS contracts to them.
Dell offers a rival OS for the desktop. MS claims they have breached the "Thou shalt have no other God but Me" clause, and withdraws supply. Or insists on getting paid for a copy of Windows on every PC, whether it actually has Windows on it or not.
Dell is buggered, and surrenders.
Of course putting MacOS on generic Intel boxes would be waving a red flag in MS's face. It's always been a touchy love-hate relationship between the two companies.
As long as Apple has been a fringe market that MS could sell a few copies of Office to, then all is well.
If Apple starts seriously eating into it's Windows sales.... getting preinstalled on Dells or something. Then things would get nasty.
If I was looking to buy a house in Texas, I'm a reasonably well off guy, and I'm deciding where to settle... I'd be looking at what schools are available, public transport, parks and all that kind of stuff. And then there's wireless Internet available in the area. That would be a little tick in the area's favour.
A good marketing strategy to get me to settle in the area.
That you, the reader, are mildly autistic or aspergers...
A Techie? Into computers, science, engineering?
An Internet Junkie? More comfortable on Forums like this than face to face with other people?
Then yeah, you probably have a bit of it in you.
Don't take it as an insult. It's just part of your makeup. Heck, wear it with pride.
Sheesh. That interaction with the rest of the Human Race is just too much for some people. Much better to sit at home in front of a computer. No germs, no inconvenience.
Seriously. This is one reason the Internet can be a Bad Thing.
If the software is "Spying" on me or not. To be honest that's never been much of an issue to me. I dont do much worth spying on.
What does matter is that there is this program that's hacked into my networking, using my bandwidth and CPU, potentially messing up the networking on my PC. That's the biggest hassle.
I see plenty of PCs that have their TCP/IP scrambled, or brought to a crawl by things like New.net
Carbon was an important part of getting OSX accepted. It was also a reason for delaying its release.
Carbon is a compatibility layer that made it easy to port old Mac programs to the new OS. Considering MacOS 9 is utterly nothing like MacOS X, it was the difference between many App developers updating their programs or just abandoning Apple and going Windows.
It was a transitional thing. Important for the early stages, but now the OS is mature it matters alot less. Like PS2's being able to play PSOne games.
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A guy comes in, cleans a bit of gunk out of your photocopier... maybe 20 minutes of fiddling.
Then drops you an enourmous bill, which gets paid without complaint (out loud).
They man was wearing a suit and looked businessy, so of course he was a highly skilled professional. Not just a guy who dusted a bit of gunk out of the machine.
... which is of course a deliberate misreading of what is intended.
Most Australian ISPs do offer antispam protection.
Some want payment for it (which I consider pennypinching), some do it for free, using different methods and policies.
It makes sense for them to do so. It cuts down on traffic, and it makes their customers happier.
Alot of ISPs are doing some port blocking to protect their customers too, often with options to opt out if you have a need.
All good things, IMHO.
ISPS do have a responsibility to protect their customers if they have to tools to do so, despite the rhetoric that always goes around about how it's not up to them. Giving the lazy ISPs a push to provide some of this stuff is a Good Thing.
That was my exact thought!
He needs a gadget to help him write believable dialog.
Okay... pre Web... - Ethernet Coaxial Terminators. A user at the end of the line innocently removing one of those things could bring an entire buildings networking to it's knees.
More Windows vs Linux stuff.
Can't get enough.
Honestly.
The MS Malware Removal software also works quietly under the hood of your computer. You don't quite know what it is doing either.
It's actually a bit scarey that major corporations are playing political games with dlls on my PC without me even seeing them.
How do you convert the Internet to IPv6?
At the moment, all the major OS's have an IP6 stack built in, just never used (and if never used, just how debugged are they?)
Obviously you can't have a "Convert to Six" day, when everyone and everything changes their addressing.
So it has to be gradual. Who would do it first? Would it be a matter of dual addresses for a while?
How tough would it be for an ISP to click on IP6 routing for it's customers?
(Yes, I am ignorant, but wanting to learn.)
I'd love a more dynamic api for GoogleEarth. At the moment it's fairly static. You can place things on the Earth, but you can't make them move. Too be able to have ICBMs flying between the US and the USSR, with little mushroom clouds....
Be Happy You Miserable Bastards!
I would have said the same thing about Netscape 8 years ago
Why does Microsoft have to beat Google?
Why must MS dominate the Search Engine market?
Why not say "Well done Google! And the best Operating System to view Google on is Windows XP (tm)" etc etc ?
This whole "They have a good product, so we must destroy them", thing is getting to be a rather unhealthy obsession. It's parasitic.
After reading the article and the replies here....
To me it sounds like Good Intentions, badly implemented. It's not a matter of censorship or religion or anything like that.
Posting personal details on the Web is a bad, stupid, dangerous thing to do, especially for kids.
I've drilled that into my kids, who are much younger than these.
What is needed, and perhaps should be part of whatever computing studies kids do nowdays (already is?) is basic Internet Awareness.
Safe Sex for the Net.
The school needs someone to come in and instruct both the kids and the teachers, to cut down on the bad actions by the kids, and dumb reactions by the teachers.
... this kind of thing ruined Counterstrike.
A bit of "Apple doesn't offer it, so I don't want it." Why's a radio so tough? Flip a music/radio switch, the Next Song button become Next Station. Not a difficult interface. And why would *I* want iTunes to be the Gatekeeper of all my entertainment? As for video... well, yeah, I'd love to watch Lord of the Rings on a 1 inch square screen. :)
Okay then. HP is losing the values that made it a reputable name among scientists and engineers.
I remember when a HP calculator was the ultimate possession of an student or engineer. Serious quality, and you were happy to pay the extra money for it.
I'm also in the same boat.
It's simple. If they've been hooked on computers or the DVDs for too long, simply say "Okay, that's enough" and turn off the gadget.
I've found that, despite the grumbling, they then go off and enjoy themselves more. Like us adult Internet addicts, they can find themselves hooked and going through the motions, actually bored but unable to drag themeselves away.
Just be a mean dad, and turn the machine off.
Recently browsing through the local Sci-Fi bookshop (Minotaur, Melbourne) I noticed just how much "Fantasy" is on the shelves, and how little Hard Sci-Fi. I think that compared to the Azimov and Clarke days, hard Sci-Fi is just too tough to write. You can't just fill a book with robots, spaceships and aliens, and be convincing and scientific as easily anymore. Real technology has moved to a point were a convincing book that is supposed to represent 100 years in the future has to involve some serious intelligent thought and research. And so alot of writers would just prefer to write about dragons and Star Trek.
Microsoft would obviously cut off the cheap OS contracts to them. Dell offers a rival OS for the desktop. MS claims they have breached the "Thou shalt have no other God but Me" clause, and withdraws supply. Or insists on getting paid for a copy of Windows on every PC, whether it actually has Windows on it or not. Dell is buggered, and surrenders.
Of course putting MacOS on generic Intel boxes would be waving a red flag in MS's face. It's always been a touchy love-hate relationship between the two companies.
As long as Apple has been a fringe market that MS could sell a few copies of Office to, then all is well.
If Apple starts seriously eating into it's Windows sales.... getting preinstalled on Dells or something. Then things would get nasty.
If I was looking to buy a house in Texas, I'm a reasonably well off guy, and I'm deciding where to settle... I'd be looking at what schools are available, public transport, parks and all that kind of stuff.
And then there's wireless Internet available in the area. That would be a little tick in the area's favour.
A good marketing strategy to get me to settle in the area.
That you, the reader, are mildly autistic or aspergers... A Techie? Into computers, science, engineering? An Internet Junkie? More comfortable on Forums like this than face to face with other people? Then yeah, you probably have a bit of it in you. Don't take it as an insult. It's just part of your makeup. Heck, wear it with pride.
Sheesh.
That interaction with the rest of the Human Race is just too much for some people.
Much better to sit at home in front of a computer. No germs, no inconvenience.
Seriously. This is one reason the Internet can be a Bad Thing.
If the software is "Spying" on me or not.
To be honest that's never been much of an issue to me. I dont do much worth spying on.
What does matter is that there is this program that's hacked into my networking, using my bandwidth and CPU, potentially messing up the networking on my PC. That's the biggest hassle.
I see plenty of PCs that have their TCP/IP scrambled, or brought to a crawl by things like New.net
The "Spying" is the least of the troubles.
Carbon was an important part of getting OSX accepted. It was also a reason for delaying its release.
Carbon is a compatibility layer that made it easy to port old Mac programs to the new OS. Considering MacOS 9 is utterly nothing like MacOS X, it was the difference between many App developers updating their programs or just abandoning Apple and going Windows.
It was a transitional thing. Important for the early stages, but now the OS is mature it matters alot less. Like PS2's being able to play PSOne games.