My 4 year old really wants to see this movie, and I'm wondering why a movie with a potential audience going way down in age, would they aim for a teenage rating? I wonder if I should heed that "Parents Strongly Cautioned"? I'll probably take him, but it'll probably scar him for life:) Or at least give him a few good nightmares.
I can't hold my breath that long! I can't help but think that they are being intentionally vague. They have too much to gain from their FUD. The fact that they are giving what sounds like legal advice just scares me. If it was just stupidity, they certainly disguised it with lots of official sounding blah-diddy-blah.
If it's still there in a couple of days, can I get paranoid then?
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The economics behind home broadband assume that you will not use all of the bandwidth you could potentially use. In fact, if everyone on your neighborhood's cable loop were to open their digital faucets full blast all the time, they wouldn't be able to support the load. ISDN or T1 type connections, where you are guaranteed bandwidth, cost proportionally more.
Don't plan on hacking into their system though. Even Neo would have trouble cracking into the system that uses "Triple DES encryption over network, PGP CAST 128 encryption on disk, firewall, [and] intrusion detection."
Here is your chance to be notoriously better than Neo.
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Timestamp difference between Unix and Windows
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When copying files under Linux, original timestamps are replaced with the current date. So the "date last modified" file attribute becomes "date last copied". This becomes a nightmare for anyone dealing with many files - how can you keep track of when a file was last modified. You can force the original timestamps using cp -p., but this means not using the GUI file manager. Very poor Linux design feature!
I noticed this difference going back the other way, when I was learning Windows. At the time, I was frustrated that Windows was doing it wrong! I think that maybe that sort of thing happens whenever you change systems, you discover all the hidden assumptions you have been making about "how computers work".
This reminds me of a great way I though of to explain to people the difference between a million and a billion. Your billionth birth-second occurs when you are 31 years years old. Guess how old you are when you reach your millionth birth-second?
Why are we so vain to assume that our pathetic little machines will be so well adapted to living here? The first life may have had it easy, like a grey goo, but it still had a place in an ecosystem, with finite resources. As things got more elaborate, the ante was upped. I can't believe a goo, no matter how well "designed" would have much of a chance today.
Subscription software would mean that the latest versions/patches would automatically be sent out to everyone. Grandma's web server will have sparkly clean software.
The Space Wars machine wasn't like the other games. The graphics on the outside were plain. The game was great! It had so many options. With/without the black hole, one/two player, and so many others. My friends didn't seem to see the magic in it like I did, though. Too complicated. But the physics of it! I knew it was special. When Asteroids came along, the ideas had been refined, and perhaps dumbed down enough for it to become popular. Years later when I read on the 'net of the hallowed history of the game, and of its geek following, I knew I was part of a tradition.
This was done over at somebodys crib... I don't think they had any controls. The testers are quoted saying things like "Vorbis was..." so it was not a blind test. They could have been just reacting to their preconcieved notions of the names of the types! This means nothing. Not news.
According to research firm IDC, Linux accounted for 27 percent of new worldwide operating-system licenses in 2000, and Microsoft's Windows captured 41 percent of new licenses.
I am running pirated copies of RH... without a single license! I hope they don't audit me!
Real estate is a clear example of the old economy doing everything it can to prevent the new economy from tearing up the walls they have built around themselves. The data you need when you buy a house is already out there, databased and networked, you are just not allowed to see it, because they are scared of losing their jobs. Inevitably, it is going to break open. Sellers will find a small trickle, a path to run around the dam, and it will explode. The smart people in that business need to be positioning themselves in the way of that flood. Realators really are a valuable service, but they don't know what kind of house buyers want, the buyers do. Connecting buyers directy with those listings is the only way to go. If the Real Estate organizations wont let go of their listings, alternate listings will be set up.
I would bet that you could open source a project like this even without it being a real program yet... someone would pounce on it. This is something that a lot of people want.
I just got through listening, and it is very nice basic introduction to Linux. Lots of the basics of what Open Source is. Linus talks about WHY WE DO IT.
Try this for the Real Player feed
Notice that we are saying "in public places"
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My 4 year old boy is very interested in video games, and when we look at home games, there are all sorts that he finds interesting and that I don't cringe at. However, when we go to the arcade at the mall, there are basically two types of games anymore: killing and racing. I steer him to the racing games and he is happy with that, for now. But I miss the diversity of games from when I was young. When "pinball" arcades were first being invaded by video, there were so many creative uses of the new medium. I guess the unnatural selection of those places is towards quick and easy to understand. Can you say "Dumbing Down"?
Now we are getting to the essence...
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...the commercial software model alone has the capacity for sustaining real economic growth.
Mundie sees Open Source as bad for Microsoft and bad for "The Economy" because he is stuck in the old paradigm that values things based on the amount of money that flows. True value is not so measurable, but the value of Free Software is becoming undenyable. It is so exciting that there is a meritocracy in our field, and the true heros rise to positions of fame and prestige they themselves create.
There is still the problem of making money, because all those programmers gotta eat, but what we are seeing is that there is so much more than money.
The question is, how do we go from here, where people like Muncie truly believe that if the money stops flowing, there won't be any more movement, to the next level of civilization?
Cloning slavery? But it already happens every day
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My son may not be an exact genetic duplicate, but as soon as he's tall enough, he'll be mowing the lawn. The difference is that he will grow up and become a full member of society. The distopia CmdrTaco evokes is that these clones will not be our children, but will be considered less than human. The scariest part of his comment is not the so-called slavery of cutting the grass, but the "brainless clone in a tube".
Oracle does need to be keeping an eye on these things, because they can change fast. Assuming that Open Source is the direction of the future, Oracle's business model will be in the "complete solutions" area. They will need to give away the DB to keep up with the rapidly evolving open DBs.
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My 4 year old really wants to see this movie, and I'm wondering why a movie with a potential audience going way down in age, would they aim for a teenage rating? I wonder if I should heed that "Parents Strongly Cautioned"? I'll probably take him, but it'll probably scar him for life :)
Or at least give him a few good nightmares.
Oh great, now all the musicians who are only in it for the money will go get a real job, and all that will be left are musicians who LOVE MUSIC.
I can't hold my breath that long! I can't help but think that they are being intentionally vague. They have too much to gain from their FUD. The fact that they are giving what sounds like legal advice just scares me. If it was just stupidity, they certainly disguised it with lots of official sounding blah-diddy-blah.
If it's still there in a couple of days, can I get paranoid then?
I would be willing to stretch the definition to include this new material... IF it is also structural.
Hm, tastes like concrete.
Hm, feels like concrete.
Hm, The way this bridge is wobbling makes me think maybe it's not real concrete.
Now THATS comedy!
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The economics behind home broadband assume that you will not use all of the bandwidth you could potentially use. In fact, if everyone on your neighborhood's cable loop were to open their digital faucets full blast all the time, they wouldn't be able to support the load. ISDN or T1 type connections, where you are guaranteed bandwidth, cost proportionally more.
Don't plan on hacking into their system though. Even Neo would have trouble cracking into the system that uses "Triple DES encryption over network, PGP CAST 128 encryption on disk, firewall, [and] intrusion detection."
Here is your chance to be notoriously better than Neo.
We're sorry! We promise to click on those banner ads! We were being bad little surfers. Just don't torture us anymore!
I noticed this difference going back the other way, when I was learning Windows. At the time, I was frustrated that Windows was doing it wrong! I think that maybe that sort of thing happens whenever you change systems, you discover all the hidden assumptions you have been making about "how computers work".
nor is 999bar. So you'd have to split them, sort them, and reattach them.
This reminds me of a great way I though of to explain to people the difference between a million and a billion. Your billionth birth-second occurs when you are 31 years years old. Guess how old you are when you reach your millionth birth-second?
Why are we so vain to assume that our pathetic little machines will be so well adapted to living here? The first life may have had it easy, like a grey goo, but it still had a place in an ecosystem, with finite resources. As things got more elaborate, the ante was upped. I can't believe a goo, no matter how well "designed" would have much of a chance today.
Or perhaps he means... (horrors!) .NET!
Subscription software would mean that the latest versions/patches would automatically be sent out to everyone. Grandma's web server will have sparkly clean software.
The Space Wars machine wasn't like the other games. The graphics on the outside were plain. The game was great! It had so many options. With/without the black hole, one/two player, and so many others. My friends didn't seem to see the magic in it like I did, though. Too complicated. But the physics of it! I knew it was special. When Asteroids came along, the ideas had been refined, and perhaps dumbed down enough for it to become popular. Years later when I read on the 'net of the hallowed history of the game, and of its geek following, I knew I was part of a tradition.
This was done over at somebodys crib... I don't think they had any controls. The testers are quoted saying things like "Vorbis was..." so it was not a blind test. They could have been just reacting to their preconcieved notions of the names of the types! This means nothing. Not news.
Why can't we all get along? Didn't those kids watch SesameScreet?
According to research firm IDC, Linux accounted for 27 percent of new worldwide operating-system licenses in 2000, and Microsoft's Windows captured 41 percent of new licenses.
I am running pirated copies of RH... without a single license! I hope they don't audit me!
Real estate is a clear example of the old economy doing everything it can to prevent the new economy from tearing up the walls they have built around themselves. The data you need when you buy a house is already out there, databased and networked, you are just not allowed to see it, because they are scared of losing their jobs. Inevitably, it is going to break open. Sellers will find a small trickle, a path to run around the dam, and it will explode. The smart people in that business need to be positioning themselves in the way of that flood. Realators really are a valuable service, but they don't know what kind of house buyers want, the buyers do. Connecting buyers directy with those listings is the only way to go. If the Real Estate organizations wont let go of their listings, alternate listings will be set up.
I would bet that you could open source a project like this even without it being a real program yet... someone would pounce on it. This is something that a lot of people want.
I just got through listening, and it is very nice basic introduction to Linux. Lots of the basics of what Open Source is. Linus talks about WHY WE DO IT. Try this for the Real Player feed
My 4 year old boy is very interested in video games, and when we look at home games, there are all sorts that he finds interesting and that I don't cringe at. However, when we go to the arcade at the mall, there are basically two types of games anymore: killing and racing. I steer him to the racing games and he is happy with that, for now. But I miss the diversity of games from when I was young. When "pinball" arcades were first being invaded by video, there were so many creative uses of the new medium. I guess the unnatural selection of those places is towards quick and easy to understand. Can you say "Dumbing Down"?
...the commercial software model alone has the capacity for sustaining real economic growth.
Mundie sees Open Source as bad for Microsoft and bad for "The Economy" because he is stuck in the old paradigm that values things based on the amount of money that flows. True value is not so measurable, but the value of Free Software is becoming undenyable.
It is so exciting that there is a meritocracy in our field, and the true heros rise to positions of fame and prestige they themselves create.
There is still the problem of making money, because all those programmers gotta eat, but what we are seeing is that there is so much more than money.
The question is, how do we go from here, where people like Muncie truly believe that if the money stops flowing, there won't be any more movement, to the next level of civilization?
My son may not be an exact genetic duplicate, but as soon as he's tall enough, he'll be mowing the lawn. The difference is that he will grow up and become a full member of society. The distopia CmdrTaco evokes is that these clones will not be our children, but will be considered less than human. The scariest part of his comment is not the so-called slavery of cutting the grass, but the "brainless clone in a tube".
Oracle does need to be keeping an eye on these things, because they can change fast. Assuming that Open Source is the direction of the future, Oracle's business model will be in the "complete solutions" area. They will need to give away the DB to keep up with the rapidly evolving open DBs.