I agree completely. If Jimmy Wales wants to give wikipedia to the developing world he shouldn't just be printing out what those with broadband have created. Much ink is often spilt on the subject of the digital divide and this latest plan will only go to widen the gulf. Wales wants an internet using, western centric view of the world to be bound and shipped off to Africa. He'll be creating second class citizens of the information world; Africa will will be disseminating the information we throw away.
If Jimmy Wales cared at all and had any faith in Wikipedia, he'd create a way for everyone around the globe to use it. He wouldn't, as he has planned to do, create Wikipedia imperialism and ship western, geek, ideas to developing nations. And that was all said without even questioning the quality of the resource....
Tesco has been caught invading privacy before with RFID tags in razor blades. A loyalty database is just one way that consumers are being milked. Here's the details from a previous/. article:
As many here will know, there are people out there who have ditched XP as a workstation OS in favour of Server 2003. Perhaps future Microsoft users will go down the same route.
I know the weekends are always slow here, but, who turned this one into "link to IBM" day? For those that havn't realised, this 'news' article and the one before both come from our friends at IBM. Maybe they need their own/. icon?..
Saying that this virus exploits Bluetooth is similar to saying that a windows virus exploits CAT5. The software running on the phone is vulnerable, not the transmission medium.
I emailed David this morning about this issue and received an almost instant reply. Sure, he copy and pasted it, but, it was nice that he even went to those efforts. Here goes:
Radio controlled tank: $60
2.4 Ghz wireless camera: $15
Lighting: $30
Being under your house, filming a tank driving into you and posting it to the front page of Slashdot: Priceless.
The plugin is the easy bit to install. It's the MINGW32 GPG code that's a hassle to set up; then you have the joys of creating keys with the command line. This will be too much for the average user, even if they find the enigmail plugin easy to install.
This is a classic tactic. He wants to meet the Firefox standard, so, he plays the standard down. Now "meeting the standard" has become considerably easier. Not only that, but, by limiting the hype over firefox, there may be room left for his own ideas.
No way. A stick of 512 costs you about £25. Apple will upgrade for £30. So, if you do the upgrade yourself, it costs £5 less and you get the 256 stick that you can sell on ebay. It just works out cheaper to do it yourself.
The same is probably true with replacing the drive. It is, after all, just a slim line laptop affair.
I guess if *someone* wanted it reported earlier, then *someone* should have submmitted it earlier. If you were there, on the front line of mac-con, why not tell us at the time?
I'm much prefer exaptation over evolution. I'm not religious, but, I think Darwin had it all wrong.
A kernal supporting exaptation would be the start of a new form of AI. Possibly the really bad stuff we see in films. At any rate, it'll be more powerful than this.
As a side note, I would have tried to use Bayesian statistics in this genetic algorithim. I imagine, however, that the strain on resources would be too high.
Slashdot Mirror
Too bad they wont follow EU law. I wonder how much China were going to fine Microsoft a day.
Create Digital Music want you to celebrate this second. Here's the URL, looks like a good project:
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http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?option=co
I've been looking forward to this release for a while now:
I agree completely. If Jimmy Wales wants to give wikipedia to the developing world he shouldn't just be printing out what those with broadband have created. Much ink is often spilt on the subject of the digital divide and this latest plan will only go to widen the gulf. Wales wants an internet using, western centric view of the world to be bound and shipped off to Africa. He'll be creating second class citizens of the information world; Africa will will be disseminating the information we throw away. If Jimmy Wales cared at all and had any faith in Wikipedia, he'd create a way for everyone around the globe to use it. He wouldn't, as he has planned to do, create Wikipedia imperialism and ship western, geek, ideas to developing nations. And that was all said without even questioning the quality of the resource....
Tesco has been caught invading privacy before with RFID tags in razor blades. A loyalty database is just one way that consumers are being milked. Here's the details from a previous /. article:
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/0
As many here will know, there are people out there who have ditched XP as a workstation OS in favour of Server 2003. Perhaps future Microsoft users will go down the same route.
UK mirror: http://www.gonzo-wireless.co.uk/lynn-cisco.pdf
I know the weekends are always slow here, but, who turned this one into "link to IBM" day? For those that havn't realised, this 'news' article and the one before both come from our friends at IBM. Maybe they need their own /. icon?..
Saying that this virus exploits Bluetooth is similar to saying that a windows virus exploits CAT5. The software running on the phone is vulnerable, not the transmission medium.
Here's a guy that, unlike them above, owns a computer and no home. For this poor kid, his desktop is the closest to a house he has. http://www.chrisdiclerico.com/mt/archives/001763.p hp
When two mother boards fall in love and get married, a new board is produced. It's a good example of single sex parenting.
"While this service certainly has some value to me as a last resort, I wonder how many non /.'ers are aware of the free internet around them."
/.'ers know it's illegal to connect to an access point you don't have permission to.
I wonder how many
I emailed David this morning about this issue and received an almost instant reply. Sure, he copy and pasted it, but, it was nice that he even went to those efforts. Here goes:
http://www.gonzo-wireless.co.uk/foley.txt
Radio controlled tank: $60
2.4 Ghz wireless camera: $15
Lighting: $30
Being under your house, filming a tank driving into you and posting it to the front page of Slashdot: Priceless.
Also, the "ask alshdot" was conducted without a qestion mark. What type of questioning is that?
The plugin is the easy bit to install. It's the MINGW32 GPG code that's a hassle to set up; then you have the joys of creating keys with the command line. This will be too much for the average user, even if they find the enigmail plugin easy to install.
you're controlling a family, telling them when to go to the kitchen and when to go to the bedroom
I know people who have been playing this games for years, they didn't have a tele either.
It's perfect for the 100 mhz pentium I'm about to order: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/14/intel_pent ium_death_delay/
This is a classic tactic. He wants to meet the Firefox standard, so, he plays the standard down. Now "meeting the standard" has become considerably easier. Not only that, but, by limiting the hype over firefox, there may be room left for his own ideas.
Genius tactics.
No way. A stick of 512 costs you about £25. Apple will upgrade for £30. So, if you do the upgrade yourself, it costs £5 less and you get the 256 stick that you can sell on ebay. It just works out cheaper to do it yourself.
The same is probably true with replacing the drive. It is, after all, just a slim line laptop affair.
I guess if *someone* wanted it reported earlier, then *someone* should have submmitted it earlier. If you were there, on the front line of mac-con, why not tell us at the time?
I'm much prefer exaptation over evolution. I'm not religious, but, I think Darwin had it all wrong.
A kernal supporting exaptation would be the start of a new form of AI. Possibly the really bad stuff we see in films. At any rate, it'll be more powerful than this.
As a side note, I would have tried to use Bayesian statistics in this genetic algorithim. I imagine, however, that the strain on resources would be too high.
It's this sort of voter apathy that got GWB into power in the first place.
/I try and think of a siliCON joke...
Nope, it's just not happening. Why did you have to be so cruel?
'Once you have silicon as an optical material, then you can take advantage of this enormous (silicon) infrastructure that exists around the world,'
Pamella Anderson should be very pleased. As am I; I often think of her enormous silicon infrastructure...