I use cygwin in a few different places. One our file server is running NT, put cygwin on there and it like a real server
Why not put Linux with Samba? Even if the PHBs don't like it, I bet you could boot with Knoppix and run it as a Samba server and they'd never know the difference.
That's great and all, but what if you don't know anyone with Skype or an IP phone? You'll still need to interface with POTS to order a pizza and call your parents (assuming you don't live in their basement). That's worth $20/month to me.
I was in the same boat. Luckily, I made sure to get experience in PHP before I left college.
Try getting into some sourceforge projects and put them on your resume. That looks good. And write little programs in your spare time and show them to prospective employers. That's how I got a great job.
When I was in high school my friends and I made movies for projects, and it was really fun and we learned a lot about the stuff we wrote for.
With digital video cams dropping in price, as well as good video editing software available for every platform (including those Macs the school is trying to get rid of), kids could make their own movies about stuff they're learning about in school.
But be sure to encourage them to be as creative as possible. A couple people tried to copy us and it usually ended up as a bunch of people trying not to laugh as they read from index cards while standing against a white background.
You overestimate the significance of titles in government.
The fact that a government worker found Slashdot and was able to post a coherent message that doesn't seem to have been passed through four or five "supervisors" is much, much more interesting.
Definitely check out Gallery. And if you're using iPhoto, there's a plugin to upload pictures. I haven't tried it *adds to list*, but I hear it's pretty good.
The more they advertise, the later I can be to a movie, and the more money they have to hire better writers.
Seriously, though. I predict that the old adage "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers" will hold true. The more restrictions on copyrighted movies are created, the less people will want to see them, and the more chance for smaller copylefted films will be created.
If I get sued for downloading certain songs, I'm going to find a way to cloak myself and/or find songs that people actually want me to download. Like Furthur. The same will go for movies. Look at the cultural phenomenons that have been created around flash animations created by Regular Joes. As broadband and broadcast-quality digital video cameras and editing software get more widespread, we'll see home movie sites popping up all over the place, outside of the control of big studios.
The problems: Cable and telecom companies given government-mandated monopolies and laws like this one.
If we're going into a brand new "information" economy, whoever controls the medium over which the information flows controls the economy. That's why, until recently, electricity and telephone were publicly controlled, as well as the roads. If *everyone* is dependent on the Internet, why should we pay private corporations to provide the service? Shouldn't the "Information Superhighway" be like the real superhighways; owned by everyone?
Okay, maybe an embargo is too harsh, but a free trade zone working that way would be great. You could still trade with China and Saudi Arabia, but with very, very high tariffs. To gain entry, you'll have to have free and fair elections, no human rights abuses, freedom to unionize, a minimum wage, and minimum environmental standards. Then you'll be able to trade without tariffs. The tariffs would be set high enough that trading with those countries wouldn't be profitable. (An oppressed populace is very good for the bottom line. When workers who try to unionize are helpfully thrown in prison, Wal*Mart is a happy camper.)
I read the law, all 98 pages, and the only requirement for "broadband" is 1.544Mbps downstream, 129kbps upstream. If VZ can provide that service, then the community can't provide better service.
Thanks for trying to answer my questions and getting me to read the law. It's a really great example of why we shouldn't let rich old white men write technology laws. People who think 80% rollout of 1544/128kbps broadband by 2010 is "good" shouldn't be allowed to make decisions.
I'll see communities organizing to provide the service themselves (outside of government) around a wireless mesh network model for much less than Verizon or Comcast want to charge.
Community based FTTH programs have traditionally been run as non-profit entities, partially funded with taxpayer dollars. Verizon didn't like the fact that these utilities didn't pay taxes and didn't have to profit. This meant they could provide much better service at a much lower price, especially for rural users.
Here in PA, the telephone and cable companies are a monopoly, regulated by the public utilities comission. We can install whatever we want in our homes, so long as all cable comes from a specific company or two, and telephone is from a specific company or two, though your carrier is your choice (long distance and local service). Wireless mesh networks are a different story, which is why I want to start one once I settle down.
But at what speeds? And at what cost? If a community wants to roll out 10Mb symmetric fiber with static IP to every home for $15/month, asks Verizon for permission, and they say "Oh yeah, we'll give them 512/128kbps ADSL with a dynamic IP and bandwidth caps and harsh user agreement for $50/month" how is that fair?
And what determines "provide service" does that mean "start installing the service" does it mean "have one paying customer"??? This whole thing is disgusting.
Just like the WTO. Imagine if we could, as a global economy, say "You don't honor human rights, you don't honor worker's rights to unionize, and you don't meet environmental standards. Therefore we won't trade with you."
You bet your bippy China, Saudi Arabia, et al would clean up their act if we could do that.
Instead, the WTO is letting people like Monsanto prevent poor farmers from saving a portion of their crop or trading it with others (like they've done for thousands of years) because they've patented corn.
The top 2% of the population controls 80% of the wealth. If wealth was more fairly distributed, I'd agree with you.
Bill Gates' net worth is ~$29.5 billion. Let's assume he'll use half of that to ensure that Microsoft keeps its software dominance, because that means a jump in stock price and more money for him in the long run. That's about $15 billion or $11.3 billion euro. To match that kind of lobbying money, every man, woman and child in the EU (That's all 306.9 million of them) would have to contribute 36.49 EUR.
But how many people in the EU honestly care about software patents? 1%? Maybe? So that means that 1% (3.069 million) would have to contribute 3,649.87 EUR or $4,843.03 USD. That's 1/6 of what I make in a year.
This estimate doesn't include other software companies that stand to gain from patents, like Apple, Real, PeopleSoft, Adobe, and Macromedia, not to mention thousands of other vendors that are going to throw their considerable weight behind this.
In a democracy, or even a republic, all people are created equal, and have equal say in government. Our voice is our vote. But once you start bringing lobbyists into this, you remove equality. People with more money have more access and influence. They're "more equal" than others.
Recently my governor signed a bill that lets Verizon and Comcast decide what communities are worthy of broadband by eliminating the ability for those communities to roll their own solution.
I wrote my governor, signed a petition, and alerted as many other people as I could of this horrible bill. And you know what happened? Our illustrious governor SIGNED THE FUCKING BILL INTO LAW.
Now, if any community wants to roll its own FTTH or wireless mesh network to provide cheap broadband, they have to have paying customers before 2006/1/1 or a letter from Comcast or Verizon saying they aren't planning to provide service. That's right, all these corporations have to do is write a letter saying they're planning on providing service (with no timeframe) and a community can't get broadband themselves. Then they watch their kids move away, their businesses dry up, and their hometown become a ghost town.
So writing a letter or even organizing a protest won't work against lobbyists. Politicians are businessmen, and businessmen speak one language: Money. And when the top 2% of people have 80% of the wealth and own or run most of the corporations, there won't be change without a violent revolution.
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If only we could block voice traffic and not text traffic on planes. Text messaging is a quiet, discrete, polite way to communicate when crammed like sardines into a metal tube hurtling through the sky at 800kph.
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Why not put Linux with Samba? Even if the PHBs don't like it, I bet you could boot with Knoppix and run it as a Samba server and they'd never know the difference.
Well, then the browser authors have their heads up their asses. If they conformed to W3C specs, they wouldn't have a problem, would they?
That's great and all, but what if you don't know anyone with Skype or an IP phone? You'll still need to interface with POTS to order a pizza and call your parents (assuming you don't live in their basement). That's worth $20/month to me.
Try getting into some sourceforge projects and put them on your resume. That looks good. And write little programs in your spare time and show them to prospective employers. That's how I got a great job.
With digital video cams dropping in price, as well as good video editing software available for every platform (including those Macs the school is trying to get rid of), kids could make their own movies about stuff they're learning about in school.
But be sure to encourage them to be as creative as possible. A couple people tried to copy us and it usually ended up as a bunch of people trying not to laugh as they read from index cards while standing against a white background.
You overestimate the significance of titles in government.
The fact that a government worker found Slashdot and was able to post a coherent message that doesn't seem to have been passed through four or five "supervisors" is much, much more interesting.
Definitely check out Gallery. And if you're using iPhoto, there's a plugin to upload pictures. I haven't tried it *adds to list*, but I hear it's pretty good.
Seriously, though. I predict that the old adage "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers" will hold true. The more restrictions on copyrighted movies are created, the less people will want to see them, and the more chance for smaller copylefted films will be created.
If I get sued for downloading certain songs, I'm going to find a way to cloak myself and/or find songs that people actually want me to download. Like Furthur. The same will go for movies. Look at the cultural phenomenons that have been created around flash animations created by Regular Joes. As broadband and broadcast-quality digital video cameras and editing software get more widespread, we'll see home movie sites popping up all over the place, outside of the control of big studios.
The only thing that doesn't validate on that page are the ampersands, which should be encoded with &. Maybe the problems in KHTML?
And I have a Gallery so my family from all over the country can see photos any day or night.
If we're going into a brand new "information" economy, whoever controls the medium over which the information flows controls the economy. That's why, until recently, electricity and telephone were publicly controlled, as well as the roads. If *everyone* is dependent on the Internet, why should we pay private corporations to provide the service? Shouldn't the "Information Superhighway" be like the real superhighways; owned by everyone?
I thought the point of a digicam was that you didn't need to get prints, and that you can share them with everyone over the Internet.
Okay, maybe an embargo is too harsh, but a free trade zone working that way would be great. You could still trade with China and Saudi Arabia, but with very, very high tariffs. To gain entry, you'll have to have free and fair elections, no human rights abuses, freedom to unionize, a minimum wage, and minimum environmental standards. Then you'll be able to trade without tariffs. The tariffs would be set high enough that trading with those countries wouldn't be profitable. (An oppressed populace is very good for the bottom line. When workers who try to unionize are helpfully thrown in prison, Wal*Mart is a happy camper.)
Thanks for trying to answer my questions and getting me to read the law. It's a really great example of why we shouldn't let rich old white men write technology laws. People who think 80% rollout of 1544/128kbps broadband by 2010 is "good" shouldn't be allowed to make decisions.
I'll see communities organizing to provide the service themselves (outside of government) around a wireless mesh network model for much less than Verizon or Comcast want to charge.
Here in PA, the telephone and cable companies are a monopoly, regulated by the public utilities comission. We can install whatever we want in our homes, so long as all cable comes from a specific company or two, and telephone is from a specific company or two, though your carrier is your choice (long distance and local service). Wireless mesh networks are a different story, which is why I want to start one once I settle down.
But at what speeds? And at what cost? If a community wants to roll out 10Mb symmetric fiber with static IP to every home for $15/month, asks Verizon for permission, and they say "Oh yeah, we'll give them 512/128kbps ADSL with a dynamic IP and bandwidth caps and harsh user agreement for $50/month" how is that fair?
And what determines "provide service" does that mean "start installing the service" does it mean "have one paying customer"??? This whole thing is disgusting.
Still doesn't change the fact that it's in X11 and not Aqua.
You bet your bippy China, Saudi Arabia, et al would clean up their act if we could do that.
Instead, the WTO is letting people like Monsanto prevent poor farmers from saving a portion of their crop or trading it with others (like they've done for thousands of years) because they've patented corn.
Bill Gates' net worth is ~$29.5 billion. Let's assume he'll use half of that to ensure that Microsoft keeps its software dominance, because that means a jump in stock price and more money for him in the long run. That's about $15 billion or $11.3 billion euro. To match that kind of lobbying money, every man, woman and child in the EU (That's all 306.9 million of them) would have to contribute 36.49 EUR.
But how many people in the EU honestly care about software patents? 1%? Maybe? So that means that 1% (3.069 million) would have to contribute 3,649.87 EUR or $4,843.03 USD. That's 1/6 of what I make in a year.
This estimate doesn't include other software companies that stand to gain from patents, like Apple, Real, PeopleSoft, Adobe, and Macromedia, not to mention thousands of other vendors that are going to throw their considerable weight behind this.
In a democracy, or even a republic, all people are created equal, and have equal say in government. Our voice is our vote. But once you start bringing lobbyists into this, you remove equality. People with more money have more access and influence. They're "more equal" than others.
I wrote my governor, signed a petition, and alerted as many other people as I could of this horrible bill. And you know what happened? Our illustrious governor SIGNED THE FUCKING BILL INTO LAW.
Now, if any community wants to roll its own FTTH or wireless mesh network to provide cheap broadband, they have to have paying customers before 2006/1/1 or a letter from Comcast or Verizon saying they aren't planning to provide service. That's right, all these corporations have to do is write a letter saying they're planning on providing service (with no timeframe) and a community can't get broadband themselves. Then they watch their kids move away, their businesses dry up, and their hometown become a ghost town.
So writing a letter or even organizing a protest won't work against lobbyists. Politicians are businessmen, and businessmen speak one language: Money. And when the top 2% of people have 80% of the wealth and own or run most of the corporations, there won't be change without a violent revolution.
If only we could block voice traffic and not text traffic on planes. Text messaging is a quiet, discrete, polite way to communicate when crammed like sardines into a metal tube hurtling through the sky at 800kph.
Because that's what NASA's been doing for the last, oh, thirty years?
<a href="http://www.linky.com">Linky</a>
Here's the link in clickable form: Study PDF
Think of it as open-source space flight: With enough people working on the problem, you'll get it done fast and find more creative ways of doing it.