I went to a talk last year given by legal counsel for the EFF about the DMCA, efforts to remove it, and very limited success, and I realized that even the lawyer made one fundamental mistake: they refused to acknowledge that people really do steal significant quantities of music/movies simply because they don't want to pay.
Until the anti-DMCA crowd accepts and acknowledges that, even though they produce crappy music, people are actively stealing significant quantities of music/movies, they will NEVER gain traction against the well organized lobbying groups.
The DMCA contains WAY TOO MANY horrible provisions, but the fact that it's defended so harshly by the RIAA/MPAA is indicative of the fact that they are quite desperate. Yes, the recent music sucks, but no, that's still no excuse to steal it. Until the anti-DMCA side is willing to accept a law that reinforces the standard copyright laws in a REASONABLE manner, there's very little chance that the DMCA is going away.
BBY is making money, but remember that it really does cost a LOT of money to hire employees (usually 2-2.5 times their salary when you factor in training, management, health insurance, SS, taxes, etc).
Interesting that it's becoming SO big. Writing spyware for the right clients could make a lot of people a lot of money...
I think there comes a time when a society or civilization must stand up and ask "What is important to us?"
As there's no current signs of anything we consider 'meaningful' life, it appears that the nearest planet shall be our manifest destiny. If, however, there was ANY reasonably meaningful life detected (or evidence of past life), I think this would be a much more significant debate.
MS 'interns' make more money and are still very highly respected in the real world.
Of course, many MS interns go back after college and get full time jobs... where they still make decent money.
Remember: just because you don't like their business practices doesn't mean there aren't talented people at the MS campus. Those of you in freshmen/sophomore years studying CS or math should DEFINITELY consider MS for summer work.
To make a LOT of money, DivX needs to start moving in the direction of a 'real' corporate video provider - DVD menus, subtitles are good, DRM will get more attention.
DRM is good, and it's bad (OK, mostly bad), but given its roots, DivX should be able to do DRM without pissing off the millions of existing users.
DivX encoded DRM'ed video for websites would be very, very nice from a provider's point of view.
[quote] To test [b]lagre[/b] files, I used a 4.8 MB text file. I opened the program and Notepad, copied the [b]tect[/b], saved it, closed the program, and opened the saved file and resaved it. [/quote]
Nice spelling, and way to mention that MSOffice will always assume the paste in Enhanced mode, which will take longer, as it's looking for formatting.
They're also completely free from fact checking and any sort of responisbility...
Don't get me wrong, I've got a blog and I make it a point to read many every day, but I while they may be a tool for freedom, they're also damn easy to abuse.
Combine that with something like Virtuozzo from SW-Soft or (the now dying) ServerXchange from Ensim (webhosting virtualization software packages) and you could cluster VPSes together and have the added virtuazliation over hardware that would let you move OS images around between machines.
You could move the systems in and out of the cluster, but you could also move the OS install around on different hardware. Reliability through virtualization, it's a great thing.
While the standard DOS shell is nearly useless, WMI is still pretty damn powerful. It has problems (most people in production lock it down, which will break a lot of the truly useful uses for it), but it makes this statement:
Microsoft Watch reports that Exchange 12 administration functions will be built atop Monad, which would enable users to do everything from the command line that can be done from the graphical interface.
Almost redundant. You can already write scripts with WMI that will let you do MOST of the things in Exchange that you would want to do from the command line, and once it's in the script, it's at least semi-permanent.
Even in UNIX, I tend to write scripts when there's more than 5 commands (even if the commands are all piped together into a single command) - I may know it well enough not to see it later, but my assistant tends to find the scripts very useful for his learning and library.
Bit Torrent's strength has always been that it's a content neutral utility that is great for efficient P2P. The fact that it's been picked up by some large corporations for distributing large files helps. An official search tool will damage that position.
Don't get me wrong - I'm sure it will be incredibly useful. I'm also sure, that it will be filled with porn, illegal software, and illegal copies of music (whether you agree with the law or not, it's still illegal). That hurts bit torrent's reputation as content neutral, and will make some larger backers step away.
Apparently, though, the makers find it more useful to be widely used than widely respected. Fair enough, it's their toy. Unfortunate, though, that it can't be used as a shining, piracy free star in an otherwise ugly niche of the internet.
Based on how quickly the code was put together, some experts, including Weaver himself, have theorized that an insider -- either someone who works for or has contacts within ISS or the company that found the vulnerability used by the worm, eEye Digital Security -- is the most likely creator of the worm. Moreover, an attacker not connected with the companies would not have known to create a hit list for a relatively uncommon flaw that could be exploited through UDP, Weaver said.
This part is both very interesting and very scary. There has been speculation recently that many of the 'security' firms are sitting on vulnerabilities for unusually long periods of time. In my experience, eEye and ISS seemed relatively reputable (eEye in particular), so this statement is somewhat shocking.
I suppose it just takes one jackass employee to start speculation. Hopefully, if it really was an inside matter, the companies find and report the person responsible.
Just leave 587 open. The 'geek' users should be smart enough to figure that out anyway.
Home users SHOULD be blocked or disconnected, one or the other. I don't actually care which, but as someone who watches mail queues for busy hosting servers, home users infected with viruses become a huge annoyance.
About every 2-3 days... Mine's showing 2 bars left, hasn't been charged since Sunday morning, though weekends are slow, so maybe that's not indicative of normal usage..
I've never had a battery problem. I use it extensively (2000+ minutes per month of talk time, plus 20-30 emails per day and semi-regular IM use), and don't have any battery complaints.
I've had both a Sidekick and Sidekick II, and I agree. The Sidekick II is very nice, and the SSH and AIM clients are also very useful for people who enjoy being 'connected'.
The web browser isn't great, but it's also relatively useful.
I question these types of programs. What do you want an applicant to have? Familiarity with a specific distribution and a specific skill set, or the ability to learn?
I got passed over for a job or two because I didn't know application 'X'. Sure, I know the theory - I've written a TCP stack from scratch, I understand the core components of operating systems, and I've acted as a sysadmin on 6 UNIX variants for over 10 years, but I didn't know some specific keyword used in a Postgres config, so apparently I'm "not qualified"
Everytime I see something like this - the same type of programs where Microsoft sends out techs to teach people how to pass an MCSE so they can be 'network specialists' without ever explaining what a SYN packet is - I wonder what the goal of the program is. Are they trying to teach people a specific platform, or are they trying to teach people concepts and theory.
From experience, I'm afraid that they're going to train people to be the ReHhat equivalents of an MCSE - and we all know how respected they are in the 'real world.'
Speaking of 'slow', the IE version was so painfully slow that I uninstalled it after 2 days.
I'm not sure if the load was because it was 'new' and popular, or if they didn't anticipate the number of downloads, but having the toolbar active would cause a 2-3 second delay in loading EVERY site. Very annoying.
Hopefully they've found a way to fix that problem, either by fixing the code or adding hardware.
What happens to the frequently accessed parts of the drives? The standard flash drives/cards stop working after a few thousand writes per sector... in an MP3 player, this isn't such a big deal. In a laptop, that failure could get ugly.
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I went to a talk last year given by legal counsel for the EFF about the DMCA, efforts to remove it, and very limited success, and I realized that even the lawyer made one fundamental mistake: they refused to acknowledge that people really do steal significant quantities of music/movies simply because they don't want to pay.
Until the anti-DMCA crowd accepts and acknowledges that, even though they produce crappy music, people are actively stealing significant quantities of music/movies, they will NEVER gain traction against the well organized lobbying groups.
The DMCA contains WAY TOO MANY horrible provisions, but the fact that it's defended so harshly by the RIAA/MPAA is indicative of the fact that they are quite desperate. Yes, the recent music sucks, but no, that's still no excuse to steal it. Until the anti-DMCA side is willing to accept a law that reinforces the standard copyright laws in a REASONABLE manner, there's very little chance that the DMCA is going away.
BBY is making money, but remember that it really does cost a LOT of money to hire employees (usually 2-2.5 times their salary when you factor in training, management, health insurance, SS, taxes, etc).
Interesting that it's becoming SO big. Writing spyware for the right clients could make a lot of people a lot of money...
It involves promoting a company that isn't MS. Therefore, it belongs on the front page of /.
HTH.
I think there comes a time when a society or civilization must stand up and ask "What is important to us?"
As there's no current signs of anything we consider 'meaningful' life, it appears that the nearest planet shall be our manifest destiny. If, however, there was ANY reasonably meaningful life detected (or evidence of past life), I think this would be a much more significant debate.
I think Google has the top spot there...
MS 'interns' make more money and are still very highly respected in the real world.
... where they still make decent money.
Of course, many MS interns go back after college and get full time jobs
Remember: just because you don't like their business practices doesn't mean there aren't talented people at the MS campus. Those of you in freshmen/sophomore years studying CS or math should DEFINITELY consider MS for summer work.
ServINT went down this afternoon, and AT&T was down this morning.
Bad day for large network providers.
(Obviously those three don't represent the world, but three relatively major outages in one day is slightly unusual).
To make a LOT of money, DivX needs to start moving in the direction of a 'real' corporate video provider - DVD menus, subtitles are good, DRM will get more attention.
DRM is good, and it's bad (OK, mostly bad), but given its roots, DivX should be able to do DRM without pissing off the millions of existing users.
DivX encoded DRM'ed video for websites would be very, very nice from a provider's point of view.
Note the launch of Vobbo (live video blogs) as an example.
Bandwidth is cheap. Disk space is cheap. Video is going to be very big, very soon.
You mean it's not a professional study?
[quote]
To test [b]lagre[/b] files, I used a 4.8 MB text file. I opened the program and Notepad, copied the [b]tect[/b], saved it, closed the program, and opened the saved file and resaved it.
[/quote]
Nice spelling, and way to mention that MSOffice will always assume the paste in Enhanced mode, which will take longer, as it's looking for formatting.
They're also completely free from fact checking and any sort of responisbility...
Don't get me wrong, I've got a blog and I make it a point to read many every day, but I while they may be a tool for freedom, they're also damn easy to abuse.
Combine that with something like Virtuozzo from SW-Soft or (the now dying) ServerXchange from Ensim (webhosting virtualization software packages) and you could cluster VPSes together and have the added virtuazliation over hardware that would let you move OS images around between machines.
You could move the systems in and out of the cluster, but you could also move the OS install around on different hardware. Reliability through virtualization, it's a great thing.
Almost redundant. You can already write scripts with WMI that will let you do MOST of the things in Exchange that you would want to do from the command line, and once it's in the script, it's at least semi-permanent.
Even in UNIX, I tend to write scripts when there's more than 5 commands (even if the commands are all piped together into a single command) - I may know it well enough not to see it later, but my assistant tends to find the scripts very useful for his learning and library.
Bit Torrent's strength has always been that it's a content neutral utility that is great for efficient P2P. The fact that it's been picked up by some large corporations for distributing large files helps. An official search tool will damage that position.
Don't get me wrong - I'm sure it will be incredibly useful. I'm also sure, that it will be filled with porn, illegal software, and illegal copies of music (whether you agree with the law or not, it's still illegal). That hurts bit torrent's reputation as content neutral, and will make some larger backers step away.
Apparently, though, the makers find it more useful to be widely used than widely respected. Fair enough, it's their toy. Unfortunate, though, that it can't be used as a shining, piracy free star in an otherwise ugly niche of the internet.
Based on how quickly the code was put together, some experts, including Weaver himself, have theorized that an insider -- either someone who works for or has contacts within ISS or the company that found the vulnerability used by the worm, eEye Digital Security -- is the most likely creator of the worm. Moreover, an attacker not connected with the companies would not have known to create a hit list for a relatively uncommon flaw that could be exploited through UDP, Weaver said.
This part is both very interesting and very scary. There has been speculation recently that many of the 'security' firms are sitting on vulnerabilities for unusually long periods of time. In my experience, eEye and ISS seemed relatively reputable (eEye in particular), so this statement is somewhat shocking.
I suppose it just takes one jackass employee to start speculation. Hopefully, if it really was an inside matter, the companies find and report the person responsible.
587 requires authentication, which gets logged, and becomes MUCH easier to track from the sender side.
Just leave 587 open. The 'geek' users should be smart enough to figure that out anyway.
Home users SHOULD be blocked or disconnected, one or the other. I don't actually care which, but as someone who watches mail queues for busy hosting servers, home users infected with viruses become a huge annoyance.
About every 2-3 days ... Mine's showing 2 bars left, hasn't been charged since Sunday morning, though weekends are slow, so maybe that's not indicative of normal usage..
I've never had a battery problem. I use it extensively (2000+ minutes per month of talk time, plus 20-30 emails per day and semi-regular IM use), and don't have any battery complaints.
I've had both a Sidekick and Sidekick II, and I agree. The Sidekick II is very nice, and the SSH and AIM clients are also very useful for people who enjoy being 'connected'.
The web browser isn't great, but it's also relatively useful.
I question these types of programs. What do you want an applicant to have? Familiarity with a specific distribution and a specific skill set, or the ability to learn?
I got passed over for a job or two because I didn't know application 'X'. Sure, I know the theory - I've written a TCP stack from scratch, I understand the core components of operating systems, and I've acted as a sysadmin on 6 UNIX variants for over 10 years, but I didn't know some specific keyword used in a Postgres config, so apparently I'm "not qualified"
Everytime I see something like this - the same type of programs where Microsoft sends out techs to teach people how to pass an MCSE so they can be 'network specialists' without ever explaining what a SYN packet is - I wonder what the goal of the program is. Are they trying to teach people a specific platform, or are they trying to teach people concepts and theory.
From experience, I'm afraid that they're going to train people to be the ReHhat equivalents of an MCSE - and we all know how respected they are in the 'real world.'
Speaking of 'slow', the IE version was so painfully slow that I uninstalled it after 2 days.
I'm not sure if the load was because it was 'new' and popular, or if they didn't anticipate the number of downloads, but having the toolbar active would cause a 2-3 second delay in loading EVERY site. Very annoying.
Hopefully they've found a way to fix that problem, either by fixing the code or adding hardware.
What happens to the frequently accessed parts of the drives? The standard flash drives/cards stop working after a few thousand writes per sector ... in an MP3 player, this isn't such a big deal. In a laptop, that failure could get ugly.
It's available on the shelf next to the belt-mounted gay-dar.
From the first link: The study did not say why this phenomenon occurred
From the second: They're very cautious about interpreting the cause of their results, and what conclusions could be drawn.
Read past the first line teaser. The meat of the article isn't nearly as bad as one would like to pretend.