Wouldn't it be nice to see all of the TLDs enforced? Slashdot could be the first to go because they are sitting on a.org and are clearly a business.
How about utilizing the country codes TLDs more effectively like some.com.tw and.co.uk we see quite often. DNS name space is *kinda* like IP space. Neither were designed to handle the size they have become. IPv6 may fix IP space someday but what do we do about the DNS name space?
The cliff notes idea is nice to simplify things. However, what I would like to see is a in these kinds of things (EULAs, laws, privacy junk) is simplified (read plain english for normal people) summaries that explain "the spirit" in which they are intended.
The idea being that we could avoid issues down the road when there is disagreement as to what was originally meant. No more nitpicking over exact wording and things like that. If there is a technicality being discusses then check it against "the spirit" of the agreement.
ok I was in a rush and I hope this made sense..... back to work.
How big of a subnet do they block? Is it based on the class of network? Geez like they couldn't start by banning a small subnet and increase it if the problem persisted.
If anyone has any ideas for how I can convert these 10,000 lines of code into something that a school might actually want to buy, let me know! I have not been able to figure it out so far, though given the competition, you'd think it wouldn't be that hard...
You have been to/. before, right?
1. Give away the product 2. Open the source 3. Sell support and services
which brings us to the obligatory 4. ??? 5. Profit!
Flashblock, AdblockPlus (with Filterset.g and updater), Foxylicous, etc make it THE browser for me. The only thing I really miss from Opera is "paste and go".
Not really but I posted an Ask Slashdot(Denied of course) right after Katrina. Basically I figured the geek community could come up with a way to put together a Live CD simple enough for victims in shelters to use.
Once victims were in places like shelters with power they would need access to various agencies' forms. The would also be able to do some emails or post to victims forums.
Old PCs donated to shelters would be handy as well. Heck, make sure the system boots with the live "disaster" disc or usb thingy and find a place to donate it.
I remember about 5 years ago seeing MyWebOS and HyperOffice. I thought they were great but of course they seemed to disappear. Well it looks like HyperOffice still lives... Google for it.
Which brings up the whole issue of missused TLDs. People register whatever they can across the TLDs. The TLD guidelines are not enforced and are a big part of the problem. IIRC the intended uses are
* com - business * net - internet providers * org - not for profit (is Slashdot.org a non-profit?) * edu - education and enforced AFAIK * mil - military and enforced AFAIK
I frequently look for resources on the edu domain and find it a joy. I can't think of any time finding a missuse. It just works.
IMHO the TLDs uses should be enforced. They should also make use of the country code domains like you often see with tw and uk. Multinationals would then regsiter for a.com if and only if they had the domain in use in multiple country level domains.
Everytime I read about TB or some other mail client I wonder "who the heck is still doing POP3 email"?
Free web email(Gmail and Yahoo) works great for personal stuff. I think most ISPs these dies provide web mail interface but I NEVER like to use them because ISPs change.
I guess if you get volumes of email and need a features to manage it all then maybe.
So my question is who is using TB and the like and why?
Ask some of the geezers how things communicate/interoperate with other systems. I have found that the problem is that people that historically worked on isolated systems have no clue how modern interconnected systems work. They may know how the old systems work but they sure don't know how the new systems work.
This issue really transcends age. Curious people tend to find out how things work and some people don't care how things work.
When these machines pop out of the box, they will make a mesh network of their own, peer-to-peer.
It is going to happen... low-lifes that find ways to abuse this feature (Virus, spyware, etc) should be dealt with swiftly and severely. They should be sentenced to a lifetime of supporting end users with "infected" machines.
It strikes me funny that someone somewhere will pay $50 per month to online with a $100 device. This person obviously isn't in the initial target audience.
At first I didn't see the ads you were talking about then it hit me that you might be using IE. I happened to be using Opera today (available for free now)
I mostly use Firefox with the following plugins:
* Adblock Plus - very configurable ad filter * Adblock Filterset.G updater for Adblock - automatically gets a great set of defs for Adblock Plus * Flashblock - you decide what flash items to run * Tabbrowser Extensions - lets me make tabs work almost as good as Opera. You gotta Google for this one. * Foxylicious - updates bookmarks from Delicious. * IE View - some annoying pages won't display correctly in any other browser.
You can find this stuff (except the Tabbrowser extensions) on the Firefox site. I switch back and forth between Firefox and Opera. Opera works fast and is very functional as is. Firefox definitely seems slower than Opera but has a wide assortment of extensions backed by a huge community.
Just remember this: "Friends don't let friends use IE."
No one is saying FEMA should stop what they are doing to fix the issue.
They are pointing it out because maybe it can be EASILY fixed by someone who gets paid to fix those things anyway. Some geek at FEMA maybe reading/. right now and taking action.
When a disaster hits FEMA doens't send all of their employees to the site.
Some of you people act like the Katrina victims are still in the dome. Many (not all, maybe most) of the Katrina victims are now in shelters, relatives homes, hotels, and are working on filing paperwork with FEMA.
I don't think anyone has lost focus to the fact that there are bigger problems.
Having said that, the whole situation is bringing other issues to light as well. Requiring IE (6 or later) is just stupid and puts up another hurdle for some of the people seeking assistance.
This is the type of system that should be designed to conform to industry standards and the lowest common denominator. After a disaster we shouldn't be picky. Maybe all the "good" PCs got destroyed.
This is exactly why I posted to Ask Slashdot (rejected) to ask what everyone thought about putting together some type of generic system for disaster victims.
Disasters may be the worst time for requiring proprietary systems.
There has been some discussion on isc.sans.org about the Red Cross needing IT volunteers to develop their system.
My idea is that most of us have extra stuff laying around that could easily be used with a customized Knoppix type CD (no HD keeps the cost down and the system intact up). The systems could be used to get shelters online (some corp can provide the circuit for Internet access). On the backend there could be a DB for victims.
Also, a lot of these people have lost EVERYTHING. A barebones computer that gets them online is better than no computer at all.
And what better way to introduce more people the world without MS.
Open standards increase competition and MS doesn't want competition. They want domination as do most businesses with a majority market share.
Consumers are starting to realize open standards give them more options and that is a GOOD thing. Businesses are starting to realize the risk (and long term cost) of putting all of their data in a proprietary format. Proprietary formats often make it harder to
* Interoperate with other systems * Switch to a competitor
If a proprietary format offers NEEDED functionality not offered by an open standard then I say maybe replicate the data for that use.
It is time for gov't agencies to require open standards for data.
Slashdot Mirror
Wouldn't it be nice to see all of the TLDs enforced? Slashdot could be the first to go because they are sitting on a .org and are clearly a business.
.com.tw and .co.uk we see quite often. DNS name space is *kinda* like IP space. Neither were designed to handle the size they have become. IPv6 may fix IP space someday but what do we do about the DNS name space?
How about utilizing the country codes TLDs more effectively like some
The cliff notes idea is nice to simplify things. However, what I would like to see is a in these kinds of things (EULAs, laws, privacy junk) is simplified (read plain english for normal people) summaries that explain "the spirit" in which they are intended.
.... back to work.
The idea being that we could avoid issues down the road when there is disagreement as to what was originally meant. No more nitpicking over exact wording and things like that. If there is a technicality being discusses then check it against "the spirit" of the agreement.
ok I was in a rush and I hope this made sense.
How big of a subnet do they block? Is it based on the class of network? Geez like they couldn't start by banning a small subnet and increase it if the problem persisted.
Kinda takes the "Secret" part right out of their title. :-)
If anyone has any ideas for how I can convert these 10,000 lines of code into something that a school might actually want to buy, let me know! I have not been able to figure it out so far, though given the competition, you'd think it wouldn't be that hard...
/. before, right?
You have been to
1. Give away the product
2. Open the source
3. Sell support and services
which brings us to the obligatory
4. ???
5. Profit!
thanks to the quick responses. I had not looked for the Paste N Go thingy for a bit.
... let me choose at startup if I want to
I got one more Opera nice to have for ya
* Start with a home page
* Start with a blank page
* Start where i left off last time (Tabbrowser Extensions does this for me now)
Once you go *Block you will never go bock. :-)
Flashblock, AdblockPlus (with Filterset.g and updater), Foxylicous, etc make it THE browser for me. The only thing I really miss from Opera is "paste and go".
Not really but I posted an Ask Slashdot(Denied of course) right after Katrina. Basically I figured the geek community could come up with a way to put together a Live CD simple enough for victims in shelters to use.
Once victims were in places like shelters with power they would need access to various agencies' forms. The would also be able to do some emails or post to victims forums.
Old PCs donated to shelters would be handy as well. Heck, make sure the system boots with the live "disaster" disc or usb thingy and find a place to donate it.
oh nevermind.
I remember about 5 years ago seeing MyWebOS and HyperOffice. I thought they were great but of course they seemed to disappear. Well it looks like HyperOffice still lives ... Google for it.
This is the stuff that truly scares MS.
Will history repeat itself?
Which brings up the whole issue of missused TLDs. People register whatever they can across the TLDs. The TLD guidelines are not enforced and are a big part of the problem. IIRC the intended uses are
.com if and only if they had the domain in use in multiple country level domains.
.02
* com - business
* net - internet providers
* org - not for profit (is Slashdot.org a non-profit?)
* edu - education and enforced AFAIK
* mil - military and enforced AFAIK
I frequently look for resources on the edu domain and find it a joy. I can't think of any time finding a missuse. It just works.
IMHO the TLDs uses should be enforced. They should also make use of the country code domains like you often see with tw and uk. Multinationals would then regsiter for a
just my
Everytime I read about TB or some other mail client I wonder "who the heck is still doing POP3 email"?
Free web email(Gmail and Yahoo) works great for personal stuff. I think most ISPs these dies provide web mail interface but I NEVER like to use them because ISPs change.
I guess if you get volumes of email and need a features to manage it all then maybe.
So my question is who is using TB and the like and why?
Ask some of the geezers how things communicate/interoperate with other systems. I have found that the problem is that people that historically worked on isolated systems have no clue how modern interconnected systems work. They may know how the old systems work but they sure don't know how the new systems work.
This issue really transcends age. Curious people tend to find out how things work and some people don't care how things work.
I get your point but that "free" cell phone requires buying their service. So everyone knows they aren't free.
The $100 laptop has no such service requirement. This will definitely make technology available those that currently can't afford it.
When these machines pop out of the box, they will make a mesh network of their own, peer-to-peer.
... low-lifes that find ways to abuse this feature (Virus, spyware, etc) should be dealt with swiftly and severely. They should be sentenced to a lifetime of supporting end users with "infected" machines.
It is going to happen
It strikes me funny that someone somewhere will pay $50 per month to online with a $100 device. This person obviously isn't in the initial target audience.
You seem to be confusing hapiness with pleasure. It is a common mistake in today's "modern" societies.
Pleasure is a short run thing and is often materialistic. Hapiness is priceless.
At first I didn't see the ads you were talking about then it hit me that you might be using IE. I happened to be using Opera today (available for free now)
I mostly use Firefox with the following plugins:
* Adblock Plus - very configurable ad filter
* Adblock Filterset.G updater for Adblock - automatically gets a great set of defs for Adblock Plus
* Flashblock - you decide what flash items to run
* Tabbrowser Extensions - lets me make tabs work almost as good as Opera. You gotta Google for this one.
* Foxylicious - updates bookmarks from Delicious.
* IE View - some annoying pages won't display correctly in any other browser.
You can find this stuff (except the Tabbrowser extensions) on the Firefox site. I switch back and forth between Firefox and Opera. Opera works fast and is very functional as is. Firefox definitely seems slower than Opera but has a wide assortment of extensions backed by a huge community.
Just remember this:
"Friends don't let friends use IE."
Maybe never if Opera has licensed technology that will not allow them to make the source public.
Familiar theme?
No one is saying FEMA should stop what they are doing to fix the issue.
/. right now and taking action.
They are pointing it out because maybe it can be EASILY fixed by someone who gets paid to fix those things anyway. Some geek at FEMA maybe reading
When a disaster hits FEMA doens't send all of their employees to the site.
Some of you people act like the Katrina victims are still in the dome. Many (not all, maybe most) of the Katrina victims are now in shelters, relatives homes, hotels, and are working on filing paperwork with FEMA.
Try and explain to someone's grandmother how to do that. Try and explain to any clueless user.
If it doesn't work by default then it is broken by most clueless user's standards.
I don't think anyone has lost focus to the fact that there are bigger problems.
Having said that, the whole situation is bringing other issues to light as well. Requiring IE (6 or later) is just stupid and puts up another hurdle for some of the people seeking assistance.
This is the type of system that should be designed to conform to industry standards and the lowest common denominator. After a disaster we shouldn't be picky. Maybe all the "good" PCs got destroyed.
This is exactly why I posted to Ask Slashdot (rejected) to ask what everyone thought about putting together some type of generic system for disaster victims.
Disasters may be the worst time for requiring proprietary systems.
There has been some discussion on isc.sans.org about the Red Cross needing IT volunteers to develop their system.
My idea is that most of us have extra stuff laying around that could easily be used with a customized Knoppix type CD (no HD keeps the cost down and the system intact up). The systems could be used to get shelters online (some corp can provide the circuit for Internet access). On the backend there could be a DB for victims.
Also, a lot of these people have lost EVERYTHING. A barebones computer that gets them online is better than no computer at all.
And what better way to introduce more people the world without MS.
Open standards increase competition and MS doesn't want competition. They want domination as do most businesses with a majority market share.
Consumers are starting to realize open standards give them more options and that is a GOOD thing. Businesses are starting to realize the risk (and long term cost) of putting all of their data in a proprietary format. Proprietary formats often make it harder to
* Interoperate with other systems
* Switch to a competitor
If a proprietary format offers NEEDED functionality not offered by an open standard then I say maybe replicate the data for that use.
It is time for gov't agencies to require open standards for data.
Thanks for clarifying what Mambot is but I think you could have done it without the shameless plugging. ;-)
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