You obviously didn't look hard. They update faithfully every Sunday. Their page layout does not change, and they remove the previous week's postings, so to the uninformed, it might look like they aren't changing...
I, for one, would recommend TopCoder: http://www.topcoder.com/ . I am a member (blue-rated), and it's an interesting place; half devoted to algorithm competitions, where you have short timed problems to complete, and half to software development. All of it involves money in some way, either as prize or compensation: I suggest you check it out.
What, officer? No-- I run a highly unpopular website. Indeed, no one ever comes here. Can I prove it? Absolutely. You see, I keep extensive logs, and those logs clearly show that no one has ever been here.
What's that you say-- that you went here? Well, I am sure that you accessed some other page, merely masquerading as my page. Those phishers, you know. Very sneaky.
I'm looking at your question, and I find myself wondering if your educational institution might be the big one in Baltimore, MD. Since we're hiring someone with the title of "Unix Systems Administrator." If so-- I'm an Undergrad here, and *I*, for one, think the people are nice. The undergrads won't give you too much trouble, as long as you're able to deal effectively with a series of special-case decisions. That's the important thing from our perspective; that the needs of our research are met, *over* the needs of system maintenance. MAintenance can wait-- honestly. And most students making that kind of request, will turn around and help you meet *your* deadlines, too-- at least that's been my experience. So if you think this sounds like a good situation, come join us. Otherwise, chicken out and go serve the corporatis.
I'm sorry, but I can't help but wonder how screwed up this kid will be at oh, say age 25 or so. One of the most important things my parents did for me when I was young was prevent my school district from having me skip... well, about 10 grades. Not as fast as this child, but nonetheless. The reason? Simply that there are other things in life besides simply rushing through academics. There are issues which can't be handled simply from an academic perspective-- each day the engineers among us solve some new problem while thinking "outside the box," and this kid won't be able to do that. Because he doesn't have an "outside," he has what he's learned in books. So I'm of mixed feelings on this one: on one hand, I'm happy for him, because he obviously has great potential, and parents that support him. On the other hand, the best superstring theorists in the world, can't work for more than a few, perhaps 5 at a stretch, years from their start at that level. They simply burn out, every one. So if at 14, this kid's entirely burnt out... will it have been worth it?
Disclaimer: IANAL. However, a lot of my family are, and I was talking to them about a related issue, and this was their solution.
File suit. No, not a big-money high-powered attorney type lawsuit; head on down to your local Small Claims court. Why is this good? Well, small claims courts have a maximum damages amount of ~$5000-$10000, depending on where you live. However, you don't need to be a lawyer, you can argue your case yourself. And the filing fees are reasonable for the rest of us: where I live, the cost is $7.
All you need to do, to file, is say that you have exhausted all other measures in dealing with the company: so, sounds like you've called them. Write one letter, telling them that you intend to sue, and send it by certified mail. Give them 15 days, and on the 16th, file.
You can file locally to you, not them, even if they're in another state. The court notifies them of the trial date. And then, come trial day, you go, argue your case (again, no lawyer necessary), and-- they don't show up, usually. So the judge rules in your favor, and gives you a judgement-- which is *incredibly* fun to have against a company.
So this approach gives you everything you want, including the pleasure of revenge, and you get your money back. Happy Hunting!
The point is that Transgaming developed this, and it's a DX9 implementation.
That means that Linux can now use DX9. This is unbelieveably important, because now, Windows games can be more quickly ported over-- and/or, Cedega can be more effective at just directly running Windows games.
Honestly, this is asinine. While you personally might disagree (as many do) with some of Microsoft's business practices through the year, at the same time, one must honestly be impressed with what they've managed to accomplish. Making computing ubiquitous, and easy to understand-- these aren't things to be taken lightly. Yes, things crash, and yes, he stole some things, but I think that most/.ers wouldn't be here if they hadn't been introduced to computers at some point; most people are introduced to computing through Windows. And maybe yes, we move on to bigger and better things, but at the same time, it's nice to have a computer I'd give my grandmother.
Trillian isn't its own protocol, of course. This is what is somewhat odd about the article: it can't decide whether it's talking about the networks (MSN and YIM combining protocols and having interoperability) or whether they're jointly developing a multi-protocol client (like Trillian, although Trillian does a lot more than just those two).
Because that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we want to do with people with anxiety disorder: suck out their blood. That couldn't *possibly* make anyone... anxious, or worried. Nope. Not a chance of that.
No, honestly though. Knowledge is power, in many different ways. And there is a correct way to implement this in an office (or school, for those of you still embroiled in it) environment.
1) Volunteer. Yes, yes. We all know that nobody likes extra work. However, you'd be surprised how many simple little things one can get through this-- like, for instance, one can acquire extra passwords and keys, because they were needed for whatever job, and the person giving them out figures that you might be needed again. Useful.
2) Subvert. It is often hard (it sure is for me) to remember that power structures need not be crashed *through*. If you can afford the time-- and it usually isn't much, even when you're working under deadline-- you might try simply wedging underneath whatever structure it is. For instance, instead of simply stating that you're the boss, they have to do your will (even though it may well be true), come up with the most roundabout way of doing something, that doesn't involve them. Next time, you can use a less roundabout way... shortly, those higher up, and those lower down, from you will know you so well, you can implement solutions (of whatever nature) more effectively than anyone, and the people who you didn't like dealing with, are shoved off to the margins. Helps to shed a crocodile tear as they are pink slipped (if you're in the workplace) or merely go smoke pot, discontent with their newfound uselessness.
3) Bash. Of course, once in a while, things that have to be done, have to be done *now*. And that is the appropriate time to simply tell people to get the heck out of your way. But the most important thing is to keep track of how *often* you're doing this. Apply the first two provisions generously, and you can *maybe* get away with this once a month. Not as generously, and it might have to be once a year, if you don't want people to hate you. What's important here is not the *actual* proportion of times you use this technique, but the *perceived* frequency. And the latter is nearly always higher than the former.
Of course, if all these techniques are too complex, well, then, I wish you luck, as you'll need it. But careful application of these ideas can lead to... great rewards.
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Mr. Meier, You've displayed a remarkable ability to keep yourself free of the major game publishers, even as groups such as EA begin fairly hostile takeovers of other game development companies. My question, then, is twofold: Is this simply an intent to wait for the right price, or is it instead a personal calling to stay out of the mega game houses? And secondly, what do you feel would be lost by allowing major publishing companies to acquire one (or more) of your original titles?
Why when the press was being stomped before, did governments-- those people in *charge* of protecting rights-- never do this? Why is it that because we have a web-related buzzword, governments finally get with their societal obligations?
Oh, sorry. Votes are proportional to interest.
Please excuse my liberal-minded rant; just a slip, won't happen again...
"Strapping someone down and getting some blood" is exactly what I had in mind, actually. If every time you bring someone in for questioning-- say in a foreign country, without access to U.S. fingerprint records, etc-- you take some blood, and you find these marker proteins in them, you still know they are a serial killer / rapist / terrorist / whatever, even though you don't have access to the records. Again, like the P brand; even before you write back to merry old England, you know you have a pirate.
As for the breakdown, I don't know.
And the RFID chips-- again, people can read those fairly trivially (unless you put on a wire mesh suit, I suppose). So I think that leads back to the social stigmatization point.
This seems like a very, very simple way of tagging people. I.E., if you can make a protein that can't occur in the body naturally, inject it into someone when you do something to them. Kind of like having the P on the wrists of pirates, except it avoids all those "social stigmatization" arguments... but allows foreign governments (or whoever) to see that they've been marked.
Interesting....
This, IMHO, totally rocks. Seriously: the computer now handles its own slashdot effect, intelligently. Truly, this allows for media-centric societies (like EPIC 2014) to be propogated; when we don't get that "Too many connections, MySQL fails miserably" message with popular content (even on normally-unpopular webpages), we are able to much more quickly diseminate information of interest to all of us.
Kudos to the developers; I, for one, am impressed.
Turns out they don't like it when members call it to cancel their five-year-old accounts. I suggest we do it more. The customer service representative swore at me, then hung up.
Orson Scott Card, in Ender's Shadow, raised the ethical question of what happens if we can flip an intelligence gene, with the opposite effect of klotho: extreme shortened life. I see various comments about acceptable side effects: what do we think is an acceptable tradeoff? And if this klotho dumbed down people (the corollary), would that be acceptable?
Scottevest (here) is an interesting company, making technical garments. I own their basic vest, and love it dearly, but the Solar Finetex Jacket (look here) is a great product, already set up for charging, and with the system of internal conduits, you can run wires without having them hang off you. Check it out; I highly recommend it.
I understand the problem you're going through; let's face it, most people look at you with a blank stare anytime you say *anything* related to computers.
That said, I worked on the migration of a firm in Billings, MT to OSS. What we found was that there really *is* no replacement for the capstone software, Amicus Attorney, and I couldn't even make it run on Crossover. So we use OpenOffice instead of MS, and Firefox/Thunderbird, but are forced into Windows for one app (usual story). Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the legal field just isn't interested in Linux, *because* the big firms (like the Washington Big 10, for instance) are IP lawyers, so they're *defending* Microsoft etc. Tacky to use the competition, it seems.
If you have no need for Amicus, then what software, really, do you need? PM me, we can discuss the issue.
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You obviously didn't look hard. They update faithfully every Sunday. Their page layout does not change, and they remove the previous week's postings, so to the uninformed, it might look like they aren't changing...
I, for one, would recommend TopCoder: http://www.topcoder.com/ . I am a member (blue-rated), and it's an interesting place; half devoted to algorithm competitions, where you have short timed problems to complete, and half to software development. All of it involves money in some way, either as prize or compensation: I suggest you check it out.
Or those of you who have never seen Ocean's Eleven, the real Bellagio Fountains.
What, officer? No-- I run a highly unpopular website. Indeed, no one ever comes here. Can I prove it? Absolutely. You see, I keep extensive logs, and those logs clearly show that no one has ever been here.
What's that you say-- that you went here? Well, I am sure that you accessed some other page, merely masquerading as my page. Those phishers, you know. Very sneaky.
I mean, why stop with just the inventors? If you truly want to get rich and be happy, I suggest you hook up with as many people as possible.
I'm looking at your question, and I find myself wondering if your educational institution might be the big one in Baltimore, MD. Since we're hiring someone with the title of "Unix Systems Administrator."
If so-- I'm an Undergrad here, and *I*, for one, think the people are nice. The undergrads won't give you too much trouble, as long as you're able to deal effectively with a series of special-case decisions. That's the important thing from our perspective; that the needs of our research are met, *over* the needs of system maintenance. MAintenance can wait-- honestly. And most students making that kind of request, will turn around and help you meet *your* deadlines, too-- at least that's been my experience. So if you think this sounds like a good situation, come join us. Otherwise, chicken out and go serve the corporatis.
I'm sorry, but I can't help but wonder how screwed up this kid will be at oh, say age 25 or so. One of the most important things my parents did for me when I was young was prevent my school district from having me skip... well, about 10 grades. Not as fast as this child, but nonetheless.
The reason? Simply that there are other things in life besides simply rushing through academics. There are issues which can't be handled simply from an academic perspective-- each day the engineers among us solve some new problem while thinking "outside the box," and this kid won't be able to do that. Because he doesn't have an "outside," he has what he's learned in books.
So I'm of mixed feelings on this one: on one hand, I'm happy for him, because he obviously has great potential, and parents that support him.
On the other hand, the best superstring theorists in the world, can't work for more than a few, perhaps 5 at a stretch, years from their start at that level. They simply burn out, every one. So if at 14, this kid's entirely burnt out... will it have been worth it?
Disclaimer: IANAL. However, a lot of my family are, and I was talking to them about a related issue, and this was their solution.
File suit. No, not a big-money high-powered attorney type lawsuit; head on down to your local Small Claims court.
Why is this good? Well, small claims courts have a maximum damages amount of ~$5000-$10000, depending on where you live. However, you don't need to be a lawyer, you can argue your case yourself. And the filing fees are reasonable for the rest of us: where I live, the cost is $7.
All you need to do, to file, is say that you have exhausted all other measures in dealing with the company: so, sounds like you've called them. Write one letter, telling them that you intend to sue, and send it by certified mail. Give them 15 days, and on the 16th, file.
You can file locally to you, not them, even if they're in another state. The court notifies them of the trial date. And then, come trial day, you go, argue your case (again, no lawyer necessary), and-- they don't show up, usually. So the judge rules in your favor, and gives you a judgement-- which is *incredibly* fun to have against a company.
So this approach gives you everything you want, including the pleasure of revenge, and you get your money back. Happy Hunting!
The point is that Transgaming developed this, and it's a DX9 implementation. That means that Linux can now use DX9. This is unbelieveably important, because now, Windows games can be more quickly ported over-- and/or, Cedega can be more effective at just directly running Windows games.
Honestly, this is asinine. While you personally might disagree (as many do) with some of Microsoft's business practices through the year, at the same time, one must honestly be impressed with what they've managed to accomplish. Making computing ubiquitous, and easy to understand-- these aren't things to be taken lightly. Yes, things crash, and yes, he stole some things, but I think that most /.ers wouldn't be here if they hadn't been introduced to computers at some point; most people are introduced to computing through Windows. And maybe yes, we move on to bigger and better things, but at the same time, it's nice to have a computer I'd give my grandmother.
Trillian isn't its own protocol, of course. This is what is somewhat odd about the article: it can't decide whether it's talking about the networks (MSN and YIM combining protocols and having interoperability) or whether they're jointly developing a multi-protocol client (like Trillian, although Trillian does a lot more than just those two).
Because that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we want to do with people with anxiety disorder: suck out their blood. That couldn't *possibly* make anyone... anxious, or worried. Nope. Not a chance of that.
Background on Alias's history can be obtained here, and background on Autodesk, here.
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Hope for the future of Maya on Linux, can be found at
No, honestly though. Knowledge is power, in many different ways. And there is a correct way to implement this in an office (or school, for those of you still embroiled in it) environment.
1) Volunteer.
Yes, yes. We all know that nobody likes extra work. However, you'd be surprised how many simple little things one can get through this-- like, for instance, one can acquire extra passwords and keys, because they were needed for whatever job, and the person giving them out figures that you might be needed again. Useful.
2) Subvert.
It is often hard (it sure is for me) to remember that power structures need not be crashed *through*. If you can afford the time-- and it usually isn't much, even when you're working under deadline-- you might try simply wedging underneath whatever structure it is. For instance, instead of simply stating that you're the boss, they have to do your will (even though it may well be true), come up with the most roundabout way of doing something, that doesn't involve them. Next time, you can use a less roundabout way... shortly, those higher up, and those lower down, from you will know you so well, you can implement solutions (of whatever nature) more effectively than anyone, and the people who you didn't like dealing with, are shoved off to the margins. Helps to shed a crocodile tear as they are pink slipped (if you're in the workplace) or merely go smoke pot, discontent with their newfound uselessness.
3) Bash.
Of course, once in a while, things that have to be done, have to be done *now*. And that is the appropriate time to simply tell people to get the heck out of your way. But the most important thing is to keep track of how *often* you're doing this. Apply the first two provisions generously, and you can *maybe* get away with this once a month. Not as generously, and it might have to be once a year, if you don't want people to hate you. What's important here is not the *actual* proportion of times you use this technique, but the *perceived* frequency. And the latter is nearly always higher than the former.
Of course, if all these techniques are too complex, well, then, I wish you luck, as you'll need it. But careful application of these ideas can lead to... great rewards.
Mr. Meier,
You've displayed a remarkable ability to keep yourself free of the major game publishers, even as groups such as EA begin fairly hostile takeovers of other game development companies. My question, then, is twofold: Is this simply an intent to wait for the right price, or is it instead a personal calling to stay out of the mega game houses? And secondly, what do you feel would be lost by allowing major publishing companies to acquire one (or more) of your original titles?
Why when the press was being stomped before, did governments-- those people in *charge* of protecting rights-- never do this? Why is it that because we have a web-related buzzword, governments finally get with their societal obligations?
Oh, sorry. Votes are proportional to interest.
Please excuse my liberal-minded rant; just a slip, won't happen again...
"Strapping someone down and getting some blood" is exactly what I had in mind, actually. If every time you bring someone in for questioning-- say in a foreign country, without access to U.S. fingerprint records, etc-- you take some blood, and you find these marker proteins in them, you still know they are a serial killer / rapist / terrorist / whatever, even though you don't have access to the records. Again, like the P brand; even before you write back to merry old England, you know you have a pirate.
As for the breakdown, I don't know.
And the RFID chips-- again, people can read those fairly trivially (unless you put on a wire mesh suit, I suppose). So I think that leads back to the social stigmatization point.
This seems like a very, very simple way of tagging people. I.E., if you can make a protein that can't occur in the body naturally, inject it into someone when you do something to them. Kind of like having the P on the wrists of pirates, except it avoids all those "social stigmatization" arguments... but allows foreign governments (or whoever) to see that they've been marked. Interesting....
This, IMHO, totally rocks. Seriously: the computer now handles its own slashdot effect, intelligently. Truly, this allows for media-centric societies (like EPIC 2014) to be propogated; when we don't get that "Too many connections, MySQL fails miserably" message with popular content (even on normally-unpopular webpages), we are able to much more quickly diseminate information of interest to all of us.
Kudos to the developers; I, for one, am impressed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMax Seems to think that it's already out... http://www.towerstream.com/ should already be serving it.
Turns out they don't like it when members call it to cancel their five-year-old accounts. I suggest we do it more. The customer service representative swore at me, then hung up.
Orson Scott Card, in Ender's Shadow, raised the ethical question of what happens if we can flip an intelligence gene, with the opposite effect of klotho: extreme shortened life. I see various comments about acceptable side effects: what do we think is an acceptable tradeoff? And if this klotho dumbed down people (the corollary), would that be acceptable?
Scottevest (here) is an interesting company, making technical garments. I own their basic vest, and love it dearly, but the Solar Finetex Jacket (look here) is a great product, already set up for charging, and with the system of internal conduits, you can run wires without having them hang off you. Check it out; I highly recommend it.
Technically not an ISP as such, but they definitely provide internet connectivity.t p%3A//www.eff.org/legal/ISP_liability/OPG_v_Diebol d/Decl_of_Laroia_w_Exhs.pdf&ei=xtoDQ7vVOa2CYaufjNg I for one affadavit. (PDF Warning)
During the Diebold/DMCA issue, they caved and forced their students to remove materials, before consulting anybody, and then, even when advised that Diebold wasn't going to do anything, they still prohibited the sharing of information. See http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=ht
I understand the problem you're going through; let's face it, most people look at you with a blank stare anytime you say *anything* related to computers.
That said, I worked on the migration of a firm in Billings, MT to OSS. What we found was that there really *is* no replacement for the capstone software, Amicus Attorney, and I couldn't even make it run on Crossover. So we use OpenOffice instead of MS, and Firefox/Thunderbird, but are forced into Windows for one app (usual story). Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the legal field just isn't interested in Linux, *because* the big firms (like the Washington Big 10, for instance) are IP lawyers, so they're *defending* Microsoft etc. Tacky to use the competition, it seems.
If you have no need for Amicus, then what software, really, do you need? PM me, we can discuss the issue.