Frink: Why it's the AT-5000 Auto-Dialer. My very first patent.
Aw, would you listen to the gibberish they've got you
saying, it's sad and alarming. You were designed to alert
schoolchildren about snow days and such. Well, let's get
you home to Frinky. Hope your wheels still work, bw-hey.
I agree with parent poster, but on another issue. Have you stopped to think that the people that is using the computers are not the ones who stole it?
Usually thieves steal computers just to sell them. I know becuase I have seen people around my University which approach to you to sell you *very* cheap used computers.
If you go ahead and attempt to destroy the life of the person who is using the computer, you very well may be getting into trouble.
I think the most reasonable thing to do is, as other people has posted, to get the ISP which they are accessing and proceed (with the police) to get the ID information. After you know who they are, you can then push for charges if you want.
I know your post is a blatant advertisement of your page (and a bad one at, as it is difficult to read without line breaks).
But I have been looking for a page where I can follow the different sub-notebooks released to the market. Your page kind of gets the idea, but the blog style is really terrible (not counting the horrible number of ads you've got there... i see them now because I am using Opera, but usually I'd use Firefox).
The blog style does not really helps looking for the different 'available' machines. You should at least have some categories there. Grouping by brand or something. And maybe just show the new ones in the blog. And what does Firefox has to do with your main focus?
Well, if any slashdotter knows of a good website where I can follow the current and future offers of sub-notebooks (reviews, impressions, etc). I would be really glad to head to such a place (and do not care if it is an self-ad)
People who go for this will view MSO as a bill, not as an investment or as part of the 'computer' (that includes all hardware and software purchased at the same time, believe it or not many people don't understand the difference).
That is good news for open source. That is exactly the reason why I have convinced several people to remove shitware such as McAfee and Norton. Given that they have to pay a monthly fee to maintain their antivirus up to date. I instead directed them to AVG Free, and they could not be happier. I kid you not, after uninstalling the Norton crap people have told me that their ne antivirus really should work because it made their computer better (in their naive words).
So, when they come to me asking me why their "trial" version of MS Office is telling them to use their credit card, I can happily refer them to OpenOffice.
We will get to the day when each small processor will be controlled by a software agent and will use messaging systems to communicate with other processes.
Multi-Agent Systems researchers are already "solving" the communication issues (via speech acts, blackboard paradigm, etc see FIPA agents for more).
As an Agent Based Modelling expert I can not wait for that!.
Academics often contribute to textbooks without being paid. I wrote a chapter for a textbook recently and am currently working on another, and I won't get any financial return for either
You might not get any financial return, but you will get popularity. Academic success is rated by the number of published papers, and referenced papers. Remember, 'publish or perish'.
BTW, if the site admin from the textbook torrents is reading, I found the following info interesting:
First, I swear to you that I will do everything in my power to prevent the server's logs from falling into the hands of those that might use them against you.
What he should do is remove the logs. Remove every log you have, and do not log absolutely anything! that way you wont have to provide information you do not have.
UUuu I do not know if i agree with you. Several of my friends who studied Software Engineering with me ended up being "sysadmins". And the reason was because they could not really making it on programming (where not really good, didn't really like it), and the only other option (for a job) as a Software Engineer graduate was as a sysadmin. It could be very frustrating
I find it a little difficult how you made it through a CS degree without working on code. Then again, "programming" is not experience in one language or expertise in using pre-built functions.
Maybe it is because you are mistaking Computer Science with Software Engineering?
I know several Computer Scientists, working as R.A.s and Lecturers in a C.S. department, who do not really know how to program.
And if you pass through a C.S. degree and *believe* you know how to program, you will only be a mediocre programmer. There are tons of things to learn (software testing, q.a., software developing process, auditing, standards, etc...) which makes a person a real (TM) good programmer. Or maybe, it would be better to call him a Softare Developer, instead of code monkey.
Agreed, one of the most typical problems (at least the ones I heard more about) going on programming teams is that the "management" just does not get what the programming is about.
As an example, there was a post in a previous slashdot story where someone said something among the lines: "why can't you do X to the program, it is just a database, it must be easy"... and another slashdot accurately replied "you deffinitely are not a database programmer".
That is the typical situation in Management - Programmer scenarios. Therefore, if you *know* what programming is about, and you "understand" geeks (or at least, you kind of get our way of thinking), then, you may be suitable for a dev. team management possition. However, as I stated on another post, I strongly suggest to get a Masters related to management.
Effective human resource management cannot be learnt just like that, you really need to get some of the basics, I believe that a Masters would help you on that.
Computer science has to do with research into computing, algorithms, etc. Programming, for the most part, is related to software engineering (though some programming also involves computer science). Most of the other jobs you mentioned have nothing to do with either one though.
I want to second that. A lot of research in Computer Science have very little to do with programming.
As an example, take logics (as applied to software reasoning mechanisms), argumentation, and even multi-agent systems.
I just finished my PhD in the last one and although I focused a lot on programming (being my backgroudn software engineering more than Comp.Sci.) A *lot* of the PhDs and proffesors in my department (Computer Science) do theoretical research which has little to do with programming.
Now, that is if you want to dedicate to Academia. If you prefer Industry, I would also be inclined to think about Management. But for that, I would highly recommend you going for a Masters degree in I.T. Management or something similar.
Ah, but if you plugged the keyboards into two different USB ports, they would look like different devices to the host.
I find that interesting, and somewhat problematic in Windows XP (and even maybe vista may suffer from this problem).
I have a Logitech webcam, which of course, needs the logitech drivers to use. The problem is that, after I connect this camera to say, USB port A and install the drivers, I *must* always connect it to the same USB port because if I connect it to the other (a laptop with 2 usbs), Windows XP SP2 will ask for the drivers *again* and won't recognize it if they are not installed.
Such behaviour is idiotic, I am sure it is a specific Windows problem. Fortunately, as most recent Linux distros have the drivers "preinstalled", it does not matter where you connect the camera, Linux installs and uses the drivers transparently.
I use Windows, and get pissed about Linux because my laptop just does not work right on it (it is always something, the graphics or the wireless or the modem or whatnot...). However, the mentioned behavior of windows is plain BAD design.
So, coming more or less on-topic. Is that related to the way USB must be handled??
It is just one of thousands of businesses in this country that operates the same way.
Agreed, how different is Apple strategy to, say, BOSE products? anyone care to add other products with similar marketing tactics? maybe like cosmetics? (LUSH comes to my mind)
Re:Existing legacy support. Wait, what?
on
Fresh Air For Windows?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Funn, my dad is partially computer illiterate and he just acquired a Dell machine.
It came with vista home, and his first impression is that the new windows does not let him do a lot of things (either because it blocks them or because they are hidden in places different of where they were on XP).
I was very surprised that he asked me to help him install Linux instead. That is quite funny because the last time he tried Linux was IIRC with Mandrake 7. And it was a complete disgrace. What I did is to tell him where to download Ubuntu.
If "normal" people (i.e., not geeks) are complaining about vista, for some perceptible issues, I think it is not as good as it should be...
The majority of people who THINK about what browser they use, use something other than IE. Firefox 3 is obviously a great leap forward for the Mozilla brand, and...well, there you go.
Yup, and you can see that when people who bought the Eee PC ask you how to go to the Internet... of course Xandros has an icon properly named "The Internet" which is Firefox.
Everything is fine until they want to copy some text from the web page and paste it to a document (simliarly to what you can do with IE6 and Word) without losing the format... Eso no se puede my dear. And the deal is broken:P
"Microsoft still has three out of ten people running an old version of its browser more than 18 months after Internet Explorer 7 launched, while Firefox has converted more than half of its users to the latest version in just over a week. That should set a few alarm bells ringing in Redmond."
Nah.. it is just that the previous versions of Firefox sucked a lot [of memory].
Slashdot Mirror
hey kid, you I think you clicked the wrong link, this is not digg.
Frink: Why it's the AT-5000 Auto-Dialer. My very first patent.
Aw, would you listen to the gibberish they've got you
saying, it's sad and alarming. You were designed to alert
schoolchildren about snow days and such. Well, let's get
you home to Frinky. Hope your wheels still work, bw-hey.
what about
$>finger grandpa
I agree with parent poster, but on another issue. Have you stopped to think that the people that is using the computers are not the ones who stole it?
Usually thieves steal computers just to sell them. I know becuase I have seen people around my University which approach to you to sell you *very* cheap used computers.
If you go ahead and attempt to destroy the life of the person who is using the computer, you very well may be getting into trouble.
I think the most reasonable thing to do is, as other people has posted, to get the ISP which they are accessing and proceed (with the police) to get the ID information. After you know who they are, you can then push for charges if you want.
MacOSX and Linux called and want their UI back from Vista ....
Oh yeah??
Xerox called, they want their Windowed GUI paradigm back from OSX, X-Window, MS Windows, et all.
the typo was just an S that got dropped from "as"
Hey,
I know your post is a blatant advertisement of your page (and a bad one at, as it is difficult to read without line breaks).
But I have been looking for a page where I can follow the different sub-notebooks released to the market. Your page kind of gets the idea, but the blog style is really terrible (not counting the horrible number of ads you've got there... i see them now because I am using Opera, but usually I'd use Firefox).
The blog style does not really helps looking for the different 'available' machines. You should at least have some categories there. Grouping by brand or something. And maybe just show the new ones in the blog. And what does Firefox has to do with your main focus?
Well, if any slashdotter knows of a good website where I can follow the current and future offers of sub-notebooks (reviews, impressions, etc). I would be really glad to head to such a place (and do not care if it is an self-ad)
AAAAhhh!! so the energy farms shown in the matrix were really obtaining the energy from pumping that kind of compressed energy...
Why did Neo had to be unplug from the head then??
Aaahh thanks for the memories...
mov ax,3100h
int 21h
ftw!
People who go for this will view MSO as a bill, not as an investment or as part of the 'computer' (that includes all hardware and software purchased at the same time, believe it or not many people don't understand the difference).
That is good news for open source. That is exactly the reason why I have convinced several people to remove shitware such as McAfee and Norton. Given that they have to pay a monthly fee to maintain their antivirus up to date. I instead directed them to AVG Free, and they could not be happier.
I kid you not, after uninstalling the Norton crap people have told me that their ne antivirus really should work because it made their computer better (in their naive words).
So, when they come to me asking me why their "trial" version of MS Office is telling them to use their credit card, I can happily refer them to OpenOffice.
I've got three words for you.
Agent Based Programming.
We will get to the day when each small processor will be controlled by a software agent and will use messaging systems to communicate with other processes.
Multi-Agent Systems researchers are already "solving" the communication issues (via speech acts, blackboard paradigm, etc see FIPA agents for more).
As an Agent Based Modelling expert I can not wait for that!.
And lived happily ever after. =)
There is nothing happy in looking like a camping tent 24 hours a day... :( and no, I am not happy to see you.
Academics often contribute to textbooks without being paid. I wrote a chapter for a textbook recently and am currently working on another, and I won't get any financial return for either
You might not get any financial return, but you will get popularity. Academic success is rated by the number of published papers, and referenced papers. Remember, 'publish or perish'.
BTW, if the site admin from the textbook torrents is reading, I found the following info interesting:
First, I swear to you that I will do everything in my power to prevent the server's logs from falling into the hands of those that might use them against you.
What he should do is remove the logs. Remove every log you have, and do not log absolutely anything! that way you wont have to provide information you do not have.
UUuu I do not know if i agree with you. Several of my friends who studied Software Engineering with me ended up being "sysadmins". And the reason was because they could not really making it on programming (where not really good, didn't really like it), and the only other option (for a job) as a Software Engineer graduate was as a sysadmin. It could be very frustrating
I find it a little difficult how you made it through a CS degree without working on code. Then again, "programming" is not experience in one language or expertise in using pre-built functions.
Maybe it is because you are mistaking Computer Science with Software Engineering?
I know several Computer Scientists, working as R.A.s and Lecturers in a C.S. department, who do not really know how to program.
And if you pass through a C.S. degree and *believe* you know how to program, you will only be a mediocre programmer. There are tons of things to learn (software testing, q.a., software developing process, auditing, standards, etc...) which makes a person a real (TM) good programmer. Or maybe, it would be better to call him a Softare Developer, instead of code monkey.
Agreed, one of the most typical problems (at least the ones I heard more about) going on programming teams is that the "management" just does not get what the programming is about.
As an example, there was a post in a previous slashdot story where someone said something among the lines: "why can't you do X to the program, it is just a database, it must be easy"... and another slashdot accurately replied "you deffinitely are not a database programmer".
That is the typical situation in Management - Programmer scenarios. Therefore, if you *know* what programming is about, and you "understand" geeks (or at least, you kind of get our way of thinking), then, you may be suitable for a dev. team management possition. However, as I stated on another post, I strongly suggest to get a Masters related to management.
Effective human resource management cannot be learnt just like that, you really need to get some of the basics, I believe that a Masters would help you on that.
Computer science has to do with research into computing, algorithms, etc. Programming, for the most part, is related to software engineering (though some programming also involves computer science). Most of the other jobs you mentioned have nothing to do with either one though.
I want to second that. A lot of research in Computer Science have very little to do with programming.
As an example, take logics (as applied to software reasoning mechanisms), argumentation, and even multi-agent systems.
I just finished my PhD in the last one and although I focused a lot on programming (being my backgroudn software engineering more than Comp.Sci.) A *lot* of the PhDs and proffesors in my department (Computer Science) do theoretical research which has little to do with programming.
Now, that is if you want to dedicate to Academia. If you prefer Industry, I would also be inclined to think about Management. But for that, I would highly recommend you going for a Masters degree in I.T. Management or something similar.
You are off by one na
bah, n00bs these days with their crooked keyboards and redundant unusable keys...
real hax0rs use real keyboards and we like it.
Ah, but if you plugged the keyboards into two different USB ports, they would look like different devices to the host.
I find that interesting, and somewhat problematic in Windows XP (and even maybe vista may suffer from this problem).
I have a Logitech webcam, which of course, needs the logitech drivers to use. The problem is that, after I connect this camera to say, USB port A and install the drivers, I *must* always connect it to the same USB port because if I connect it to the other (a laptop with 2 usbs), Windows XP SP2 will ask for the drivers *again* and won't recognize it if they are not installed.
Such behaviour is idiotic, I am sure it is a specific Windows problem. Fortunately, as most recent Linux distros have the drivers "preinstalled", it does not matter where you connect the camera, Linux installs and uses the drivers transparently.
I use Windows, and get pissed about Linux because my laptop just does not work right on it (it is always something, the graphics or the wireless or the modem or whatnot...). However, the mentioned behavior of windows is plain BAD design.
So, coming more or less on-topic. Is that related to the way USB must be handled??
It is just one of thousands of businesses in this country that operates the same way.
Agreed, how different is Apple strategy to, say, BOSE products? anyone care to add other products with similar marketing tactics? maybe like cosmetics? (LUSH comes to my mind)
Funn, my dad is partially computer illiterate and he just acquired a Dell machine.
It came with vista home, and his first impression is that the new windows does not let him do a lot of things (either because it blocks them or because they are hidden in places different of where they were on XP).
I was very surprised that he asked me to help him install Linux instead. That is quite funny because the last time he tried Linux was IIRC with Mandrake 7. And it was a complete disgrace. What I did is to tell him where to download Ubuntu.
If "normal" people (i.e., not geeks) are complaining about vista, for some perceptible issues, I think it is not as good as it should be...
The majority of people who THINK about what browser they use, use something other than IE. Firefox 3 is obviously a great leap forward for the Mozilla brand, and...well, there you go.
Yup, and you can see that when people who bought the Eee PC ask you how to go to the Internet... of course Xandros has an icon properly named "The Internet" which is Firefox.
Everything is fine until they want to copy some text from the web page and paste it to a document (simliarly to what you can do with IE6 and Word) without losing the format... Eso no se puede my dear. And the deal is broken :P
"Microsoft still has three out of ten people running an old version of its browser more than 18 months after Internet Explorer 7 launched, while Firefox has converted more than half of its users to the latest version in just over a week. That should set a few alarm bells ringing in Redmond."
Nah.. it is just that the previous versions of Firefox sucked a lot [of memory].
I've got karma to burn, sooooo bring it girls!
Here, Knock yourself out
The specific exhibit (7199) is found near here
And if you doubt me (after all, who is this xtracto guy), the page is linked from groklaw. Maybe they are more thrustworthy than myself?