In college a few of us used to keep ytalk open in a window. If any of us had a question, we typed up the question and then hit ctrl-g to alert everybody there was a question.
Yeah.. my "packet" to let the other peson know that I was done typing was hitting the ctrl-g key.
That comment at the end of the article should probably read 2.4 (since that seems to be the fastest a DVD+R/RW can be recorded, and this is probably a DVD-R/RW that matches + speed).
This is another example of why centralized storage of knoledge is bad.
Linus got it right when he said not to have a backup, simply let other people mirror your work.:)
Of course, this makes a free market for what information gets preserved. It is interesting that free information has a greater chance of survival of a large worldwide disaster than propreitary information.
With this book, if your devices aren't anything too obscure (i.e. it fits in a traditional class of device) it will be easy. It is a fairly straight forward book.
(You may also want to look at the porting to the 2.6 kernel series that has been written over at Linux Weekly News As an aside, I'd really advocate subscribing there.)
When your device is a new class of device that linux isn't used to, it can be harder (e.g. when the phonejack cards came to linux, a new api for them had to be made).
Note, I've only limited experience, but this is what I've observed.
Is somebody going to make commercials about video/DVD hardware vendors that can't make new products sell as well since they have the extra expense of DRM?
There are many cases in the past where one organism was introduced to fight another, and nobody foresaw that they would become the pest organism as well.
Don't mistake me for somebody who is completely against GM food's. I just have a heealthy skepticisim.
There are good reasons for them, especially given population growth: More food per acre, More nutrients in regional foods (golden rice), Easier to take Medicines (vaccine in a banana).
I just think there is alot of economic insentive to move forward. So I bias against to try and stay balanced. Let's not rush in.
And THEN there is the patent issue. I am 100% with you there.
I'll agree I was being too broad. I think you've put the proper moderate position forward.
I was probably being reactionary. I think that too many times, lock down dosen't accomplish anything good. You are right, sometimes it does.
As the "literacy level" rises, however, I believe that the number of people requiring lock down will decrease.
I personally believe that in the future, most people will be required to be fluent in two fields. I think that if you deal with a computer, that will have to be one of your fields.
(The rest of my idea deals with teams made up of people sharing one set of skills and being varied in the other set. But that's another issue.)
The idea that "locking down users, promotes productivity" is a myth that is derived from scientific management (A useful tool, but not based in enough fact).
While a more controled environment will reduce problems from the least knowledgable of workers, it will also reduce the capabilities of the smartest/most creative employees.
What's the first question you ask yourself when you see a user that is doing something that could have been prevented with lockdown? For me it is: "Who hired this one?"
This gets to the truth. Many people in companies aren't able to handle their responsabilities. They either need to be trained, disciplined, let go, or "locked down".
When an organization chooses to lock down systems, however, they kill creativity. I'd recommend one of the other options.
In order to optomize human organizations, you must look at how HUMANS work (not machines, that's what scientific management does).
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In college a few of us used to keep ytalk open in a window. If any of us had a question, we typed up the question and then hit ctrl-g to alert everybody there was a question.
Yeah.. my "packet" to let the other peson know that I was done typing was hitting the ctrl-g key.
It seems obvious to me.
That comment at the end of the article should probably read 2.4 (since that seems to be the fastest a DVD+R/RW can be recorded, and this is probably a DVD-R/RW that matches + speed).
If you believe that, I've got some swampland in Florida that I want to sell ya.
No, really!!
Who makes the laws in California?
How is being the executive going to reduce programs?
Others agree, they've been chatting about this on Linux weekly news:
see here
The problem is that govenors and presidents don't really manage the legislature, more the other way around.
The president is supposed to put into force the laws that are passed by the legislature.
Govenors generally have more control, but mostly work on the same principles.
It's nice that getting undue credit works both ways, but it still dosen't really place blame in the right place.
Some things are actually atrributable to others.
Even though some people are whiners and want to blame everthing on others, this dosen't negate the times that somebody/something else is to blame.
I'm always amused that people blame govenors/presidents for things that are frequently more attributable to their legislative bodies.
This is another example of why centralized storage of knoledge is bad.
:)
Linus got it right when he said not to have a backup, simply let other people mirror your work.
Of course, this makes a free market for what information gets preserved. It is interesting that free information has a greater chance of survival of a large worldwide disaster than propreitary information.
This would explain the pyramids, if in the past IP laws of ancient cultures prevented sharing of ideas.
NFS
This is one that isn't done on a default windows box.
It is especially annoying.
With this book, if your devices aren't anything too obscure (i.e. it fits in a traditional class of device) it will be easy. It is a fairly straight forward book.
(You may also want to look at the porting to the 2.6 kernel series that has been written over at Linux Weekly News As an aside, I'd really advocate subscribing there.)
When your device is a new class of device that linux isn't used to, it can be harder (e.g. when the phonejack cards came to linux, a new api for them had to be made).
Note, I've only limited experience, but this is what I've observed.
A valid point as well...
Looks pretty much like a win-win, until you realize there will probably be a settlement, no publicity, and the same problems as before.
sigh
Also, this dosen't overturn all the rules, if I understand correctly.
The rules about owning newpapers and radio stations and whatnot still go away.
Just the limits on station ownership go back.
Have I understood this correctly?
Root for MicroSoft, if we get overly broad patents taken care of, MicroSoft will have one less weapon against Linux.
At the same time, laugh at the irony
Yes.. but therein lies the problem.
The changes we can make today are much larger than changes we could make in the past.
How often do you fit a protein from a fish in a strawberry, while not using enzymes on DNA?
I was intending to clairify that there were two independant issues, as they were presented together in the post.
Is somebody going to make commercials about video/DVD hardware vendors that can't make new products sell as well since they have the extra expense of DRM?
I think the key question is one of control.
The biggest environmental problmes comes from the problems nobody saw, or accidents. So yes.. there is no study with the problem that WILL happen.
American Killer Bee's are a classic accident of biology.
There are many cases in the past where one organism was introduced to fight another, and nobody foresaw that they would become the pest organism as well.
Don't mistake me for somebody who is completely against GM food's. I just have a heealthy skepticisim.
There are good reasons for them, especially given population growth: More food per acre, More nutrients in regional foods (golden rice), Easier to take Medicines (vaccine in a banana).
I just think there is alot of economic insentive to move forward. So I bias against to try and stay balanced. Let's not rush in.
And THEN there is the patent issue. I am 100% with you there.
There is the question of safety for consumption.
and
There is the question of safety for the environment.
Just because one is true or false dosen't really have any bearing on the other
On that note, thanks to the makers of the game "Frozen bubble" for adding the colorblind option.
It works great.
Others take note.. they simply added shapes, and the color problems went away.
Just a quick "me too!".
I'm Red-green colorblind here, and I have wished many times that people would follow the above advice.
I understand that once upon a time, you were required to show you were working for the public good in order to be given articles of incorporation.
Is there any way to legaly recind their articles of incorporation?
What happened to those days?
Sweet article on the onion.
Mod up the parent
I'll agree I was being too broad. I think you've put the proper moderate position forward.
I was probably being reactionary. I think that too many times, lock down dosen't accomplish anything good. You are right, sometimes it does.
As the "literacy level" rises, however, I believe that the number of people requiring lock down will decrease.
I personally believe that in the future, most people will be required to be fluent in two fields. I think that if you deal with a computer, that will have to be one of your fields.
(The rest of my idea deals with teams made up of people sharing one set of skills and being varied in the other set. But that's another issue.)
The idea that "locking down users, promotes productivity" is a myth that is derived from scientific management (A useful tool, but not based in enough fact).
While a more controled environment will reduce problems from the least knowledgable of workers, it will also reduce the capabilities of the smartest/most creative employees.
What's the first question you ask yourself when you see a user that is doing something that could have been prevented with lockdown? For me it is:
"Who hired this one?"
This gets to the truth. Many people in companies aren't able to handle their responsabilities. They either need to be trained, disciplined, let go, or "locked down".
When an organization chooses to lock down systems, however, they kill creativity. I'd recommend one of the other options.
In order to optomize human organizations, you must look at how HUMANS work (not machines, that's what scientific management does).
Actually, it generally works well.
Just not polished yet. It's driven alot of good projects such as jack, LADSPA, and so on.