It shows nothing that isnt equally applicable to Linux.
And that's the whole point! The MS advertisement makes it look like Linux is the only OS with this problem, but it's a problem that also all versions of Windows have.
No one has ever claimed that Linux doesn't have this problem. But it's equally false to say that Windows doesn't have it either. --
There is a book my Gregory Benford called "Cosm". It's about a physicist who, while using a partical accelerator, creates a small sphere which contains a whole universe. Time passes exponetially, and so the physicist can observe the progress of her universe. In the end, the sphere disappears, but she comes to the conclusion that universes are created by evolution. A given universe is successful if it can create another universe.
So the book "explains" where our universe comes from, but it doesn't explain where it the first universe came from. --
I believe in the Almighty God / Jesus model of creation. Why? Because believing in eternal life sure beats the alternative. Becoming worm manure is not my ideal final resting place.
So you believe in God not because it makes sense but because it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy? That's the problem I have with most religious people: they're afraid of the truth, so they force themselves to believe a lie.
I, too, would like to believe in an afterlife, so that I can spend eternity with my loved ones. It would make me fear death less. But I just can't convince myself of it, no matter how hard I try. I guess I'm just too intelligent. --
What if the car enters a real race and something goes wrong, and the end result is that someone dies? Usually, if an accident happens, no one blames the drivers because they all know that they wouldn't intentionally do something like that because it's too risky for everyone.
But a computer has no such fear. It makes decisions based on programming. So let's say that it cuts too close to another car for whatever reason, and in the collision the driver of the other car dies. Is the programmer liable? After all, he is the one who effectively made the decision to cut that close to the other car. But it doesn't affect him negatively because he was never at risk. So someone is going to sue him, saying that he was careless because he was never at risk.
I wouldn't touch this project with a 10-foot pole. If this car ever drives on a real track, it's going to end badly. --
They're only 100% deductible if you don't take the standard deduction. Pretty much everyone who does not own a house takes the standard deduction, because the other would-be deductions don't exceed the standard deduction (which is about $4K). --
Vote Phillips on November 7 to restore a constitutionally limited gov't.
Namely a government ruled by the Christian faith. This means that if Phillips becomes President, non-Christians such as myself have a lot to fear. From http://www.phillips2000.com/issues.htm :
The Christian premises of American
jurisprudence will be honored. And there is, of course, no Constitutional barrier to the posting of the Ten Commandments in
school classrooms.
It looks like this guy wants to make all educational institutions in the United States an extension of the Christian Church. Now that's tyranny.
It gets better: I would veto all funding for so-called "AIDS education" --- which is in fact a system to promote
the propagation of homosexual conduct. I'm not gay, but I sure as hell don't want a homophobe as President. Especially a stupid one. The guy thinks that AIDS only effects gays.
Could it be that after using a cell phone, they were all so wound up that they lost all sense of patience and had to get through the test as fast as they could? After all, people who use cell phones seem to think that they can't wait long enough until they get to a regular phone. --
Any electronic eavesdropping technique or system is subject to frustration by new technologies. It is appropriate for law enforcement and national security agencies constantly to be developing new technology to keep pace with
technological developments generally.
The question specifically asked who. The answer does not contain any specific names or categories of individuals or organizations. Even a statement like, "Carnivore will catch those individuals or organizations who are not equipped to thwart its capabilities" would be technically an answer, even though it wouldn't say anything.
I'm very dissappointed with Mr. Perritt. All he's done is further convince the technical community that Carnivore is a really bad idea. --
Imagine what would
happen if you combined some of those projects and focused that productivity into one kickass line of Open Source applications!!
This is a problem with many grass-roots efforts. It's a big problem in the OS/2 world. For instance, there are a number of OS/2-related magazines (online and print) each of which is effectively competing against the others, although the editors of these magazines will deny that. So what happens? Instead of one awesome magazine that everyone knows about, we have a handful of smaller ones all over the place and they all have weak content. It's especially frustrating when you hear the editors complain that they don't have enough time to get the issues out promptly!!! It's so stupid.
The same is true with software development. OS/2 used to have about four commercial and shareware news readers. All of them eventually ceased development because of poor sales. Well, duh! There aren't that many OS/2 users out there, and by having three competitors with almost identical products, you've effectively reduced your potential market share by 75%!!! --
They might end up looking like the
new microsoft of the linux world, but someone needs to.
Very insightful, IMHO. I agree that someone needs to be the MS of the Linux world, so to speak. You can't really be like MS in the Linux world, since the community and development model completely prohibits that.
I wish Bob Young would realize that Red Hat is pretty much the MS of the Linux world, and just admit it.
As for having them define a standard and just have everyone else follow it, we all know that that is not a good thing. Provided the new "standard" really is technologically superior, it makes sense for other vendors to stop competing and just jump on the bandwagon. Compatibility is very important. But just because Red Hat says it's good, doesn't mean that it is. For instance, I still think this kgcc/gcc thing was a bad idea. --
Re:I want an ear-sized two-way radio
on
Ready-To-Wear PCs
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You mistake my request. I don't want a headset to an existing radio. I want the entire radio, including transceiver and battery, to sit on my ear, and have it be so light that I can barely feel it. I know the technology exists, I just wish someone would make a product out of it. --
Well, that's the whole debate. The simple XOR-encryption is supposed to be the technical measure. The problem is that the DMCA does not thoroughly define what consitutes a technical measure, and so we have the currently problem. --
What I would really like is a short-range (about 500 feet max) two-way radio that clips onto my ear, without a microphone that extends to my mouth. Then my wife and I could each always wear one, and I wouldn't have to shout down the hallway to tell her something (and vice versa).
The DMCA prevents other people from giving you ways to use your devices in a manner that the manufacturer did not intend. Take the Cue Cat bar code scanner. The manufacturer only wants you to use the bar code scanner with their web site, which secretly collects private information about you. The "geeks", on the other hand, have been able to come up with new and safer uses of that hardware that you own, for free. The DMCA is designed to stop that sort of that.
Do you see now how you're affected by the DMCA? It's just like a white person saying he's not affected by racism against Blacks. --
Most of the stories posted on Slashdot are pretty useless, and some stories are so lame that everyone wonders what the Editors were thinking. But every now and then, a real gem appears. This story is one of those gems.
Fellow Slashdotters, the time to act is now! This is no joke (please don't mod this post as funny). If you ever wanted to make a change in the world you live in, if you ever felt powerless that greedy corporations were stripping you of your rights, here is a golden opportunity for you to fix things.
Why? Because this bill is very important. It needs to get passed. But it takes people like you and me to pass it. How? Like this:
First, read the bill. You'll make a fool out of yourself if you don't do this first. Unfortunately, as another posted noticed, it's not currently available on Thomas, so you'll have to find another source or wait.
Send a letter to Representatives Rick Boucher and Howard Berman. Tell them that you applaud them for submitting the Bill, and that you support it wholeheartedly. Tell them that you're going to write your local Representative (if neither Boucher nor Berman is your Representatives) and Senators, asking them to approve the Bill if it comes before them (or whatever the exact phrase is). It's late at night for me now, so I'll be posting my letter as a reply to this post, once I write it.
Write your Representative and Senators. You can find their web pages here and here.
If you want, post your letters as a reply to this post, for other people to use as a guide.
About 1-2 weeks after writing your Representative and/or Senators, call them. Ask them if they've gotten your letter and heard of the Bill. Make sure you've thoroughly read and understood the Bill yourself before you call!. Ask them what their position is. If you think they don't agree with it, try to change their minds. Tell them that this Bill is so important to you, that it is the first time you've written and/or called a Congressmen (if it's true).
Spread the word! Ask your geek neighbors to do the same as you have.
If 10% of the people who read Slashdot were to follow this advice, that Bill will become Law. --
I'm over 30 and I don't know anyone else over 30 who's out of a job. Every engineer I know over 30 has a great job. In fact, most of the engineers I know are over 30. --
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And that's the whole point! The MS advertisement makes it look like Linux is the only OS with this problem, but it's a problem that also all versions of Windows have.
No one has ever claimed that Linux doesn't have this problem. But it's equally false to say that Windows doesn't have it either.
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So the book "explains" where our universe comes from, but it doesn't explain where it the first universe came from.
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So you believe in God not because it makes sense but because it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy? That's the problem I have with most religious people: they're afraid of the truth, so they force themselves to believe a lie.
I, too, would like to believe in an afterlife, so that I can spend eternity with my loved ones. It would make me fear death less. But I just can't convince myself of it, no matter how hard I try. I guess I'm just too intelligent.
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But a computer has no such fear. It makes decisions based on programming. So let's say that it cuts too close to another car for whatever reason, and in the collision the driver of the other car dies. Is the programmer liable? After all, he is the one who effectively made the decision to cut that close to the other car. But it doesn't affect him negatively because he was never at risk. So someone is going to sue him, saying that he was careless because he was never at risk.
I wouldn't touch this project with a 10-foot pole. If this car ever drives on a real track, it's going to end badly.
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They're only 100% deductible if you don't take the standard deduction. Pretty much everyone who does not own a house takes the standard deduction, because the other would-be deductions don't exceed the standard deduction (which is about $4K).
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http://www.portraitofamerica.com seems to be down now. Is it working for you?
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But that still leaves the other question: how can you want an ignorant homophobe as President? I guess that makes you a homophobe, too!
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Namely a government ruled by the Christian faith. This means that if Phillips becomes President, non-Christians such as myself have a lot to fear. From http://www.phillips2000.com/issues.htm :
The Christian premises of American jurisprudence will be honored. And there is, of course, no Constitutional barrier to the posting of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms.
It looks like this guy wants to make all educational institutions in the United States an extension of the Christian Church. Now that's tyranny.
It gets better: I would veto all funding for so-called "AIDS education" --- which is in fact a system to promote the propagation of homosexual conduct. I'm not gay, but I sure as hell don't want a homophobe as President. Especially a stupid one. The guy thinks that AIDS only effects gays.
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I'd like to be able to do this myself. Could you tell me how? Where can I get this information?
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Could it be that after using a cell phone, they were all so wound up that they lost all sense of patience and had to get through the test as fast as they could? After all, people who use cell phones seem to think that they can't wait long enough until they get to a regular phone.
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I thought it was making candy with garlic?
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Who would Carnivore really catch?
The answer:
Any electronic eavesdropping technique or system is subject to frustration by new technologies. It is appropriate for law enforcement and national security agencies constantly to be developing new technology to keep pace with technological developments generally.
The question specifically asked who. The answer does not contain any specific names or categories of individuals or organizations. Even a statement like, "Carnivore will catch those individuals or organizations who are not equipped to thwart its capabilities" would be technically an answer, even though it wouldn't say anything.
I'm very dissappointed with Mr. Perritt. All he's done is further convince the technical community that Carnivore is a really bad idea.
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It's true. I knew a Canadian driver programmer several years ago (worked for Gravis), and he said aboot.
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This is a problem with many grass-roots efforts. It's a big problem in the OS/2 world. For instance, there are a number of OS/2-related magazines (online and print) each of which is effectively competing against the others, although the editors of these magazines will deny that. So what happens? Instead of one awesome magazine that everyone knows about, we have a handful of smaller ones all over the place and they all have weak content. It's especially frustrating when you hear the editors complain that they don't have enough time to get the issues out promptly!!! It's so stupid.
The same is true with software development. OS/2 used to have about four commercial and shareware news readers. All of them eventually ceased development because of poor sales. Well, duh! There aren't that many OS/2 users out there, and by having three competitors with almost identical products, you've effectively reduced your potential market share by 75%!!!
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Very insightful, IMHO. I agree that someone needs to be the MS of the Linux world, so to speak. You can't really be like MS in the Linux world, since the community and development model completely prohibits that.
I wish Bob Young would realize that Red Hat is pretty much the MS of the Linux world, and just admit it.
As for having them define a standard and just have everyone else follow it, we all know that that is not a good thing. Provided the new "standard" really is technologically superior, it makes sense for other vendors to stop competing and just jump on the bandwagon. Compatibility is very important. But just because Red Hat says it's good, doesn't mean that it is. For instance, I still think this kgcc/gcc thing was a bad idea.
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You mistake my request. I don't want a headset to an existing radio. I want the entire radio, including transceiver and battery, to sit on my ear, and have it be so light that I can barely feel it. I know the technology exists, I just wish someone would make a product out of it.
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I am in the United States, and I was talking about American-born engineers over 30 working in the U.S.
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Well, that's the whole debate. The simple XOR-encryption is supposed to be the technical measure. The problem is that the DMCA does not thoroughly define what consitutes a technical measure, and so we have the currently problem.
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Anyone know where I can get a pair of these?
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The DMCA prevents other people from giving you ways to use your devices in a manner that the manufacturer did not intend. Take the Cue Cat bar code scanner. The manufacturer only wants you to use the bar code scanner with their web site, which secretly collects private information about you. The "geeks", on the other hand, have been able to come up with new and safer uses of that hardware that you own, for free. The DMCA is designed to stop that sort of that. Do you see now how you're affected by the DMCA? It's just like a white person saying he's not affected by racism against Blacks.
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Um, newbies DO upgrade from a previous version, because backup/reformat/reinstall/restore is a real PITA.
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Fellow Slashdotters, the time to act is now! This is no joke (please don't mod this post as funny). If you ever wanted to make a change in the world you live in, if you ever felt powerless that greedy corporations were stripping you of your rights, here is a golden opportunity for you to fix things.
Why? Because this bill is very important. It needs to get passed. But it takes people like you and me to pass it. How? Like this:
If 10% of the people who read Slashdot were to follow this advice, that Bill will become Law.
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I'm over 30 and I don't know anyone else over 30 who's out of a job. Every engineer I know over 30 has a great job. In fact, most of the engineers I know are over 30.
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There already is a Windows emulator that doesn't run on Linux or Windows. It's called Odin, and it has surpassed Wine in functionality.
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Sorry, but I don't there's anything charming about ignorance and carelessness.
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