These noob level articles (meaning I understand them with basic unix/linux, SAS & java experience) are really annoying.
People bitching about using the term 'bricking'... dude, he obviously means that in a noob-level sense, i.e. can't get to his OS.
Bitching about how even one's boss's kid can get it up and running.
Truth is: if you can't plug in a new wireless card with a cd full of drivers & get it working, its not good enough for the masses.
Even the almighty OSX would be a black hole if JQP were expected to run it on a random set of hardware.
'We' (in quotes cause I dont know what the fuck DC++ is without wikipedia... though that makes me sad, since I was known as NapsterBoy in high school..........) may be able to fix a wireless driver problem in linux through minor code changes, but is your grandma gonna??
From a person at a major university(top 10 for EE; top 5 for sociology), the smaller, more focused, schools are great for the right types of people. You want to know your profs? be able to ask them questions w/o being looked at like your wasting their time? Then go to the smaller specialized school. I lasted 2 years in EE and said screw it for the Sociology Dept. I learned a TON about life, politics, economics, but my post college job (in may) is a shot in the dark.
I will never forget the breadth and depth of what I've learned. But will I have a paycheck?
(of course I didn't much care about the paycheck question until, i don't know, last week?)
It's wholesale data-mining.
Spying in the Death Star: The AT&T Whistle-Blower Tells His Story
Mark Klein = Patriot
Former AT&T technician
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/05/kleininterview
In room 641A at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco, California is a SPLITTER that duplicates ALL traffic and diverts it by the way of a proprietary black box to an unnamed acronymed agency.
Mark Klein called it a "Big Brother Machine".
It can't be more clear than that.
NarusInsight Intercept Suite(in room 641A) + Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation(aka.Sentient World Systems @ 'unnamed acronymed agency' aka.National Security Agency) = proprietary black box + system_capable_of_using_that_much_data
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These noob level articles (meaning I understand them with basic unix/linux, SAS & java experience) are really annoying. People bitching about using the term 'bricking'... dude, he obviously means that in a noob-level sense, i.e. can't get to his OS. Bitching about how even one's boss's kid can get it up and running. Truth is: if you can't plug in a new wireless card with a cd full of drivers & get it working, its not good enough for the masses. Even the almighty OSX would be a black hole if JQP were expected to run it on a random set of hardware. 'We' (in quotes cause I dont know what the fuck DC++ is without wikipedia... though that makes me sad, since I was known as NapsterBoy in high school..........) may be able to fix a wireless driver problem in linux through minor code changes, but is your grandma gonna??
From a person at a major university(top 10 for EE; top 5 for sociology), the smaller, more focused, schools are great for the right types of people. You want to know your profs? be able to ask them questions w/o being looked at like your wasting their time? Then go to the smaller specialized school. I lasted 2 years in EE and said screw it for the Sociology Dept. I learned a TON about life, politics, economics, but my post college job (in may) is a shot in the dark. I will never forget the breadth and depth of what I've learned. But will I have a paycheck? (of course I didn't much care about the paycheck question until, i don't know, last week?)
http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/ on google's role in the future of media...