Most SPAM originates from the CIA. In large, ever-increasing volumes that is designed to overwhelm nearly all mail servers and accounts.
The purpose of SPAM is to drive people to use Gmail, (GMAIL is really a CIA operation) thus placating the masses and providing a useful collection and indexing tool for Homeland Security's requirements. The masses are kept 'happy' because their SPAM problem goes away, and they love CIA GMAIL for this. So many people tell me so, emphatically.
Maybe free-mail isn't really free?
So I tell these people what I just told you, and they always reply that they don't care, because they love Gmail so much for solving the SPAM problem for them.
Too bad that was 10 years ago, and IBM stopped making laptops. I wonder how Lenovo is doing? I was pleased they've held a recent poll, as to which Linux distro to start supporting, which is good.
Still, I wonder how Lenovo treats their laptop customers. I contracted on a project working for Nokia in Helsinki. Let me tell you that is one awesome organization to work for! They have a 60,000 user intranet, and pretty much as far as I could tell, everyone was issued an IBM laptop. That was a pretty large bet on IBM laptops, and Nokia seemed happy then with the quality and level of support.
I wonder how the Lenovos are holding up. FWIW, I like how IBM doesn't discourage you from running alternative OSs than Windows, this is a great example.
I'm not going to argue against what Linus is saying, in fact I'll add my own frustration. However much of my frustration stems from trying to learn what (A.) what options are available, and then (B.) trying to implement them.
And what I really want to do is simply work in Eclipse. This rant neatly sums up my feelings on the current state of source code version control. From it:
...I wouldn't mind some consolidation in the VCS arena so the talented VCS guys can work towards three killer VCSs (Subversion, Mercurial or Bazaar, and Git are my choices). And then they can band together and make sure my life doesn't suck in Eclipse when I am forced to use the editor. =)
I've already spent *much* time and effort and still I haven't implemented a working version control system, stemming from the source at drupal.org, (my pet project).
And FWIW, I've ready several docs on Bazaar & Drupal, and what exists leads to a dead dead dead server. It's as if there was a sudden interest among the Drupal community for Bazaar, and then everyone (or at least according to Google) went silent. Like Roanoake.
Also the public hearing where a university computer science professor describes the results of the red team testing. The audio starts very poor but improves after 25 minutes, but I've ONLY been able to watch it *streaming* (which is a drag). The hearing is 6 hours long and if anyone can provide a download link, I'd be grateful. http://www.calchannel.com/search.php?date=073007&s ource=All&type=All&title=&Search=Submit
At 5 hrs, 26 min. Jim Soper presents a very good technical rebuttal to the manufacturers official positions, and receives some good applause from the crowd.
Wow! That informative article you linked to is an eye opener, and I suggest folks keeping score at home read it too. Honestly I had no idea, but now I do.
Thank you very much! Earlier, I liked how both Ubuntu *and* Debian were supported by Automatix, but after reading that article, I don't want Automatix anywhere near some particular Debian laptop workstations!
Red Hat wants money for everything. This is fundamentally different than Ubuntu, which truly gives you the software to use.
I wonder how long it takes until Red Hat earns a support tier to match stuff like Automatix, which does a nice job of installing commercial software easily, such as Hamachi, Eclipse, DVD & MP3 codecs, etc.
Seriously, why on earth do we spend considerably more for manned missions than unmanned, while the unmanned yield so much more truly valuable science? We've *been* beyond our solar system folks. Wake up already.
Also, every thing costs. It is sooo much cheaper to send only sensors, or returnable capsules with our critical zero-G experiments. Why afford the human costs? (and space is a hostile environment).
And Bush's silly pitch to Mars. Why so soon? It'll wait until we get our act together.
Gambling machines are highly regulated in the states where they are operated. The machine processors are checked by the state and held under lock, key, and surveillance until installed in the machines which are also under lock, key, and surveillance. The people who service the machines are certified by the state. Those employees fill out about an inch of paperwork when they are hired in order for their state and federal background checks, which includes taking and running their fingerprints through the criminal databases. Cheating and allegations of cheating are taken very seriously by the states and the feds in this business, which at one point was run by the mob. The machines do not cheat.
You mean just like all the machines everyone uses to cast their votes with too, right?
Actually, I know you're right. In fact Debra Bowen campaigned on this fact last year when she won Sec. of State for California, (that 'slots had better accountancy processes (etc.) than ballot boxes). Thank goodness she won such a powerful and influential state, and is now implementing red hat testing now, hopefully in-time for the next election as she plans.
Sorry folks, this message is incomplete info; I searched heavily to provide a supporting link but failed.
A few days ago ( > 1 week?) in the comments for an article subject I cannot recall, and engineer explained that the common bottleneck on free ISP hotsopts for VOIP use would max out at 4 client/sip-phones per access point, due to packet collision and *not* bandwidth.
That's what he stated the average Linksys-type unit can handle with SIP packets, as I recall.
C'mon now. First my girlfriend gets hooked on Tetris and then suckers me into it too, so I play awhile/lot and then I start dreaming the little shapes all night, right? And now I'm solving captchas in my sleep! (profit!!!!)
Does this mean my wetware has been assimilated already?
...Of course this discussion is merely hypothetical.
Also thought I might mention that while Nokia ships Windows applications with its smartphones, it supports Apple users by supporting Apple's iSync technology. So Apple users don't need to read much in the way of the Nokia manual at all, but just use their online help I guess.
But of course what I really want is full support on Ubuntu, although at the rate those Canonical folks are going, my wait may be short. How many Linux quirks are left for them to crack? I dig on how they fixed wireless.
Seriously, there's only the lightest mention of taking measures to encrypt user data prior to any loss. Almost every week now a major data breach is reported, usually via a laptop or backup tape, but why not a smartphone? These are all 'puters, and data needs a policy and toolset everywhere right?
Personally I can't really think about even leaving the house with such a smartphone unless its been encrypted AND backed up. Then at least the stress is limited to the replacement cost of the phone. Same logic as laptops, of course.
FWIW, I just bought a Nokia N95, and it comes with a good chunk of Windows software for syncing (to Outlook or Lotus Notes), plus backup. But I've been reading up on firmware updates, etc. via forums, and apparently the Nokia backup application is really a misnomer, because following a firmware update, (where you'll lose all your settings, etc.) if you try to 'restore' you'll restore old bugs, etc., and you are advised only to reinstall everything fresh again at that point, (but you can still easily *sync* contacts, etc., so the pain is much lighter than it seems).
p.s. My main concern about the Nokia N95 was how useful the GPS would be, especially without a car, as I don't drive and in-fact use a lot of bicycle-only roads here in Holland,...and I was skeptical about the purchase. Well I've only had a chance to really field test the GPS once, but it worked, and I was amazed. Also no battery issues while active GPS tracking, although I wasn't out for very much more than an hour (but the phone was in use all day). But still, I found my way using only the phone, on curvey and unintuitive bike paths around all kinds of bodies of water in my way.
The new firmware, which I didn't test, adds support for assisted-GPS, which gains accuracy using cell tower info. But I don't have any carrier, I only use 802.11, and from what I've read, A-GPS only works with a data contract like HSDPA (and its cell-towers for accuracy) which is in-use on the Netherlands.
--> I would be surprised if Ellison was loved by anyone.
I'm not up-to-date on Larry, but way back in 1997 as wife #4 was on the way out, Larry went on Oprah trying to lure wife #5. Predictably Larry got a lot of resulting dates. I wonder how Larry's doing lately?
"And while Gates recently married his first wife, Ellison recently divorced number four - and let Oprah Winfrey know on live TV that he is looking for number five." My-ESM (Electronics Supply Manufacturing)
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um, well off-topic, actually I did hear on NPR this morning larry is hoping to lure the winning New Zealand TEAM that piloted the Swiss boat to America's Cup victory; well he wants them to work for him now.
--> So, it is good to make laws that make common practices illegal, so that "any officer has the right to persecute you for being an asshole"?
No. Continuing with my example of the Dutch police... Its illeagal to smoke weed in Holland, just like in America; however the reasoning and enforcement is completely different.
In Holland, no one really cares what you do with marijuana, just so long as you don't cause a public nuisance. If you do, then the police will do something because you are not respecting the rights of others. However unless it becomes a problem with another person, the enforcing local officer has discretion, and a tool, for keeping the peace. Smoking dope is illeagal after all.
So don't be a public nuisance, that's antisocial and ultimately illeagal. Maybe this is what New York city is doing with their laws against assembled groups of photographers & gear in public spaces for extended durations; preventing them from getting out of control?
Here's another insight I've gained into the Dutch ability to live largely peacefully in clearly one of the most densely populated regions on the planet...
I can probably best paraphrase their atitude like so...
'We don't care if you choose to go to Hell or not, so long as you help us all shore up the dikes and keep the floodwaters out'.
Maybe this is slightly off-topic, but still I think an admirable perspective for any modern society.
- - - - - You can't be ahead of the curve if you're stuck in a loop.
Maybe this law is to be clear: this is what you can do, and what you cannot do; while allowing the preliminary decision to the enforcing officer? Therefore by drawing a line, the arresting officer, (and any subsequent courts in the legal process), can then-and-there decide whether 'the case' and resulting enforcement action is worth the effort. This makes for much efficiency all-'round.
Did you know in Amsterdam marijuana is illegal, yet its sale is commonplace? The word going around is 'tolerated', but what does that mean? It means you're being an asshole at any time in public involved with a bunch of grass, any officer has the right to persecute you for being an asshole; because clearly you've broken the law.
Aside from such persecution, the momentary matter is let up to the immediate officer to sort out. This is a tool that allows the officer to do their work efficiently and at relatively low-cost to the overall public. Such an enforcement model exists elsewhere too.
Maybe as in LA, there's too many blokes obstructing traffic with cameras, and they needed some sort of law on the books to provide beat-cops a tool with which to make the city a nice place to live in?
Please clarify for me what you mean, because I'm not understanding.
All I see is a dark/black box sitting in the sun. Sure it still needs cooling, from somewhere which is clear, but still it's a black box sitting in the sun all day. In my experience, such dark boxes collect heat, and mylar or some reflective coating might be used to save what are surely considerable cooling costs from the sun alone. Seemingly, black doesn't seem to be the optimal color for the job.
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Most SPAM originates from the CIA. In large, ever-increasing volumes that is designed to overwhelm nearly all mail servers and accounts.
The purpose of SPAM is to drive people to use Gmail, (GMAIL is really a CIA operation) thus placating the masses and providing a useful collection and indexing tool for Homeland Security's requirements. The masses are kept 'happy' because their SPAM problem goes away, and they love CIA GMAIL for this. So many people tell me so, emphatically.
Maybe free-mail isn't really free?
So I tell these people what I just told you, and they always reply that they don't care, because they love Gmail so much for solving the SPAM problem for them.
Too bad that was 10 years ago, and IBM stopped making laptops. I wonder how Lenovo is doing? I was pleased they've held a recent poll, as to which Linux distro to start supporting, which is good.
Still, I wonder how Lenovo treats their laptop customers. I contracted on a project working for Nokia in Helsinki. Let me tell you that is one awesome organization to work for! They have a 60,000 user intranet, and pretty much as far as I could tell, everyone was issued an IBM laptop. That was a pretty large bet on IBM laptops, and Nokia seemed happy then with the quality and level of support.
I wonder how the Lenovos are holding up. FWIW, I like how IBM doesn't discourage you from running alternative OSs than Windows, this is a great example.
...is 'angelic' correct? Did I win?
We're only talking in the conceptual-sense, right? Otherwise I sense I'm waaay out of my league talking about all this opposite-of-evil stuff.
Evil is as evil does, no? (...with apologies to Senior Forest Gump)
--> Are all of arstechnica's articles well laid out like that?
Largely so. I hope you enjoy Ars!
This major for Google, and thus major for the Telecoms.
Google has many multiple billions in cash, and can always raise more.
vs.
The entire sucky telecom industry.
Not only that, but Google ace is open-standards.
May the best bidder win, and I hope it is open standards.
And what I really want to do is simply work in Eclipse. This rant neatly sums up my feelings on the current state of source code version control. From it:
I've already spent *much* time and effort and still I haven't implemented a working version control system, stemming from the source at drupal.org, (my pet project).
And FWIW, I've ready several docs on Bazaar & Drupal, and what exists leads to a dead dead dead server. It's as if there was a sudden interest among the Drupal community for Bazaar, and then everyone (or at least according to Google) went silent. Like Roanoake.
Top to bottom review docs:
s ource=All&type=All&title=&Search=Submit
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vsr.htm
Also the public hearing where a university computer science professor describes the results of the red team testing. The audio starts very poor but improves after 25 minutes, but I've ONLY been able to watch it *streaming* (which is a drag). The hearing is 6 hours long and if anyone can provide a download link, I'd be grateful.
http://www.calchannel.com/search.php?date=073007&
At 5 hrs, 26 min. Jim Soper presents a very good technical rebuttal to the manufacturers official positions, and receives some good applause from the crowd.
Wow! That informative article you linked to is an eye opener, and I suggest folks keeping score at home read it too. Honestly I had no idea, but now I do.
Thank you very much! Earlier, I liked how both Ubuntu *and* Debian were supported by Automatix, but after reading that article, I don't want Automatix anywhere near some particular Debian laptop workstations!
Red Hat wants money for everything. This is fundamentally different than Ubuntu, which truly gives you the software to use.
I wonder how long it takes until Red Hat earns a support tier to match stuff like Automatix, which does a nice job of installing commercial software easily, such as Hamachi, Eclipse, DVD & MP3 codecs, etc.
And s/he gives men reason to hope too.
Seriously, why on earth do we spend considerably more for manned missions than unmanned, while the unmanned yield so much more truly valuable science? We've *been* beyond our solar system folks. Wake up already.
Also, every thing costs. It is sooo much cheaper to send only sensors, or returnable capsules with our critical zero-G experiments. Why afford the human costs? (and space is a hostile environment).
And Bush's silly pitch to Mars. Why so soon? It'll wait until we get our act together.
I vote robotic sensors, With vibration feedback.
You mean just like all the machines everyone uses to cast their votes with too, right?
Actually, I know you're right. In fact Debra Bowen campaigned on this fact last year when she won Sec. of State for California, (that 'slots had better accountancy processes (etc.) than ballot boxes). Thank goodness she won such a powerful and influential state, and is now implementing red hat testing now, hopefully in-time for the next election as she plans.
Sorry folks, this message is incomplete info; I searched heavily to provide a supporting link but failed.
A few days ago ( > 1 week?) in the comments for an article subject I cannot recall, and engineer explained that the common bottleneck on free ISP hotsopts for VOIP use would max out at 4 client/sip-phones per access point, due to packet collision and *not* bandwidth.
That's what he stated the average Linksys-type unit can handle with SIP packets, as I recall.
C'mon now. First my girlfriend gets hooked on Tetris and then suckers me into it too, so I play awhile/lot and then I start dreaming the little shapes all night, right? And now I'm solving captchas in my sleep! (profit!!!!)
Does this mean my wetware has been assimilated already?
...Of course this discussion is merely hypothetical.
Also thought I might mention that while Nokia ships Windows applications with its smartphones, it supports Apple users by supporting Apple's iSync technology. So Apple users don't need to read much in the way of the Nokia manual at all, but just use their online help I guess.
But of course what I really want is full support on Ubuntu, although at the rate those Canonical folks are going, my wait may be short. How many Linux quirks are left for them to crack? I dig on how they fixed wireless.
Seriously, there's only the lightest mention of taking measures to encrypt user data prior to any loss. Almost every week now a major data breach is reported, usually via a laptop or backup tape, but why not a smartphone? These are all 'puters, and data needs a policy and toolset everywhere right?
...and I was skeptical about the purchase. Well I've only had a chance to really field test the GPS once, but it worked, and I was amazed. Also no battery issues while active GPS tracking, although I wasn't out for very much more than an hour (but the phone was in use all day). But still, I found my way using only the phone, on curvey and unintuitive bike paths around all kinds of bodies of water in my way.
Personally I can't really think about even leaving the house with such a smartphone unless its been encrypted AND backed up. Then at least the stress is limited to the replacement cost of the phone. Same logic as laptops, of course.
Here's a link to the full text of the article.
To reinforce my point, there's even a link to the related story of Paris Hilton having her address book published over the internet.
FWIW, I just bought a Nokia N95, and it comes with a good chunk of Windows software for syncing (to Outlook or Lotus Notes), plus backup. But I've been reading up on firmware updates, etc. via forums, and apparently the Nokia backup application is really a misnomer, because following a firmware update, (where you'll lose all your settings, etc.) if you try to 'restore' you'll restore old bugs, etc., and you are advised only to reinstall everything fresh again at that point, (but you can still easily *sync* contacts, etc., so the pain is much lighter than it seems).
p.s. My main concern about the Nokia N95 was how useful the GPS would be, especially without a car, as I don't drive and in-fact use a lot of bicycle-only roads here in Holland,
The new firmware, which I didn't test, adds support for assisted-GPS, which gains accuracy using cell tower info. But I don't have any carrier, I only use 802.11, and from what I've read, A-GPS only works with a data contract like HSDPA (and its cell-towers for accuracy) which is in-use on the Netherlands.
--> I would be surprised if Ellison was loved by anyone.
I'm not up-to-date on Larry, but way back in 1997 as wife #4 was on the way out, Larry went on Oprah trying to lure wife #5. Predictably Larry got a lot of resulting dates. I wonder how Larry's doing lately?
http://www.oreview.com/9703larr.htm
"And while Gates recently married his first wife, Ellison recently divorced number four - and let Oprah Winfrey know on live TV that he is looking for number five." My-ESM (Electronics Supply Manufacturing)
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um, well off-topic, actually I did hear on NPR this morning larry is hoping to lure the winning New Zealand TEAM that piloted the Swiss boat to America's Cup victory; well he wants them to work for him now.
Doh! There's also a Shelbyville and a Springfield in Michigan! And they are only 50 miles apart.
d dr=Springfield,+MI&daddr=Shelbyville,+Allegan,+Mic higan,+United+States&sll=41.197365,-87.639245&sspn =5.496636,10.283203&ie=UTF8&z=10&om=1
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&sa
My money says Springfield is in Illinois, because Shelbyville, Illinois is only 75 miles away according to Google.
Although some might argue that Indiana is correct, with the distance between Springfield and Shelbyville being 239 miles .
Shelbyville is always the local rival of course
--> So, it is good to make laws that make common practices illegal, so that "any officer has the right to persecute you for being an asshole"?
No. Continuing with my example of the Dutch police... Its illeagal to smoke weed in Holland, just like in America; however the reasoning and enforcement is completely different.
In Holland, no one really cares what you do with marijuana, just so long as you don't cause a public nuisance. If you do, then the police will do something because you are not respecting the rights of others. However unless it becomes a problem with another person, the enforcing local officer has discretion, and a tool, for keeping the peace. Smoking dope is illeagal after all.
So don't be a public nuisance, that's antisocial and ultimately illeagal. Maybe this is what New York city is doing with their laws against assembled groups of photographers & gear in public spaces for extended durations; preventing them from getting out of control?
Here's another insight I've gained into the Dutch ability to live largely peacefully in clearly one of the most densely populated regions on the planet...
I can probably best paraphrase their atitude like so...
'We don't care if you choose to go to Hell or not, so long as you help us all shore up the dikes and keep the floodwaters out'.
Maybe this is slightly off-topic, but still I think an admirable perspective for any modern society.
- - - - -
You can't be ahead of the curve if you're stuck in a loop.
Maybe this law is to be clear: this is what you can do, and what you cannot do; while allowing the preliminary decision to the enforcing officer? Therefore by drawing a line, the arresting officer, (and any subsequent courts in the legal process), can then-and-there decide whether 'the case' and resulting enforcement action is worth the effort. This makes for much efficiency all-'round.
Did you know in Amsterdam marijuana is illegal, yet its sale is commonplace? The word going around is 'tolerated', but what does that mean? It means you're being an asshole at any time in public involved with a bunch of grass, any officer has the right to persecute you for being an asshole; because clearly you've broken the law.
Aside from such persecution, the momentary matter is let up to the immediate officer to sort out. This is a tool that allows the officer to do their work efficiently and at relatively low-cost to the overall public. Such an enforcement model exists elsewhere too.
Maybe as in LA, there's too many blokes obstructing traffic with cameras, and they needed some sort of law on the books to provide beat-cops a tool with which to make the city a nice place to live in?
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Free Paris! Oh wait... God Bless Paris.
pardon me. Egg on my face. I keep skipping directly to the the f'ing articles
Please clarify for me what you mean, because I'm not understanding.
All I see is a dark/black box sitting in the sun. Sure it still needs cooling, from somewhere which is clear, but still it's a black box sitting in the sun all day. In my experience, such dark boxes collect heat, and mylar or some reflective coating might be used to save what are surely considerable cooling costs from the sun alone. Seemingly, black doesn't seem to be the optimal color for the job.
Can't I get one in green?
But seriously folks, wouldn't black absorb the suns rays and increase cooling costs? Wouldn't mylar make abetter coating?
Although the terrorists will see it better from Google Earth, but maybe not? Maybe mylar is like tinfoil to Google Earth?