I'll tell you what's depressing---and it isn't the Internet. It's dealing with crooked companies like QWest that make using the Internet difficult. It's dealing with their unreliability, unresponsiveness, indifference to customer satisfaction and overall disappointing service that is depressing. It's most definitely not the medium that is causing this, but the people that deliver the medium. It always comes down to people---they cause depression, not electronics.
I'm still running Slackware 3.4 on my main desktop---haven't seen the need to upgrade it. Sure, I have installed new packages and libraries, but it is essentially the same system I installed years ago. Slackware Rocks!
The site was fairly responsive when I first accessed it, but now I can't even find any caches to search for in my area. Someone should alert sites that they are about to be hit hard when posting a message in this forum.:-)
You are only half correct. While I agree that it is the parents who help shape the child, the child is an individual, capable of thinking on his own. If we are to blame any parents at all I would start throwing stones at the parents of the bullies before the harassed.
That's where I believe you are wronge. It's my opinion that the biggest reason why there exist such bullies is lack of discipline in the home. Parents let their children get away with too much---what makes you think they would do anything if they saw their kids acting up? Disfunctional parents lead to disfunctional children---such is the state of our country these days.
Yes, my preferred method of installation is compiling from a tarball. It might be more work to allocate all the required libs, but it is certainly more fun.:-)
My first install of Slackware 3.4 that I did probably three years ago is the very same desktop from which I post right now. Of course I've greatly modified it, but the base install is Slackware!
> But what about individuals buying certs to
> secure private information - seems reasonable if
> you can get the cost below $40/year.
If you are an individual, your user base is most likely not going to be very large---use a self-signed certificate which costs nothing.
Why not generate your own signing CA and then provide instructions to your customers (via a webpage) how to import the CA into their browsers. Then, certificate that you sign with it will be accepted by their browser. Yes, it might be one additional step that your customers would have to go through, but if you explain that it is providing them security then it should be worth it to them. Of course, whether or not they decide to trust you is another story.:-)
This is pure and simple BS. If you are in computer science, then you are in a discipline where the science of computers is studied. If you want more hands on, practical crap then head on over to your favorite IS department...
Does your local government thwart your creative genius with the law? How about the President of the United States? Each of us is free to choose and actively think about what choices are made---no one did it for you my friend.
I wish I could moderate this up to the top... You hit the problem right on target---it has nothing to do with religion or beer, but rather the unattractiveness of their technology or their inability to attract talent.
Yeah, that's real wise isn't it. Place liquor in the hands of a 16 year old who just got his/her drivers license. How long were you planning on living?
I would have to agree with you on this... I live within walking distance of my workplace. I still drive, but if I *were* to lose my car I could just as easily ride my bike to work and even walk. Can't say the same for other states---what a relaxing, low-stress enviroment.
After reading through many many comments on this article I have concluded that many/. readers are really clueless. If the people of the community voted for a particular figure to be in office and certain laws were passed by that figure in office, how does that have anything to do with the Church? Many of you seem to think that it was the Church that passed those laws. You are so wrong, it was the people. Who do you think punched the holes through the voter cards? Who signed the papers? The people---American people---not the Church or any other religious institution. BTW, whoever said that religion wasn't part of the community/laws? Weren't the nations first documents based on religious beliefs?
``Believe it or not but we are capable of interaction without a drink in our hands.''
Is there some reason you have to even mention it? Was it ever a question that you can have fun without alcohol? I guess you are just trying to convince yourself with this statement eh?
Apologies accepted---though hardly needed. You shouldn't have to apologize for not wanting to live here---you are free to live where you choose.:-) This is America right?
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I'll tell you what's depressing---and it isn't the Internet. It's dealing with crooked companies like QWest that make using the Internet difficult. It's dealing with their unreliability, unresponsiveness, indifference to customer satisfaction and overall disappointing service that is depressing. It's most definitely not the medium that is causing this, but the people that deliver the medium. It always comes down to people---they cause depression, not electronics.
I'm still running Slackware 3.4 on my main desktop---haven't seen the need to upgrade it. Sure, I have installed new packages and libraries, but it is essentially the same system I installed years ago. Slackware Rocks!
The site was fairly responsive when I first accessed it, but now I can't even find any caches to search for in my area. Someone should alert sites that they are about to be hit hard when posting a message in this forum. :-)
You are only half correct. While I agree that it is the parents who help shape the child, the child is an individual, capable of thinking on his own. If we are to blame any parents at all I would start throwing stones at the parents of the bullies before the harassed.
That's where I believe you are wronge. It's my opinion that the biggest reason why there exist such bullies is lack of discipline in the home. Parents let their children get away with too much---what makes you think they would do anything if they saw their kids acting up? Disfunctional parents lead to disfunctional children---such is the state of our country these days.
123456790 :-)
Yes, my preferred method of installation is compiling from a tarball. It might be more work to allocate all the required libs, but it is certainly more fun. :-)
I use it everyday. Granted, I don't install it everyday because I don't need to. It has been running stable on my desktop for years...
My first install of Slackware 3.4 that I did probably three years ago is the very same desktop from which I post right now. Of course I've greatly modified it, but the base install is Slackware!
All I can say is that if people are stupid enough to fall for scams like this then it serves them right.
> But what about individuals buying certs to > secure private information - seems reasonable if > you can get the cost below $40/year. If you are an individual, your user base is most likely not going to be very large---use a self-signed certificate which costs nothing.
It's probably not very difficult to be issued a signed certificate from any of the *known* CAs even with bad or falsified information...
Why not generate your own signing CA and then provide instructions to your customers (via a webpage) how to import the CA into their browsers. Then, certificate that you sign with it will be accepted by their browser. Yes, it might be one additional step that your customers would have to go through, but if you explain that it is providing them security then it should be worth it to them. Of course, whether or not they decide to trust you is another story. :-)
Here here! I vote for simple C.
This is pure and simple BS. If you are in computer science, then you are in a discipline where the science of computers is studied. If you want more hands on, practical crap then head on over to your favorite IS department...
Does your local government thwart your creative genius with the law? How about the President of the United States? Each of us is free to choose and actively think about what choices are made---no one did it for you my friend.
I wish I could moderate this up to the top... You hit the problem right on target---it has nothing to do with religion or beer, but rather the unattractiveness of their technology or their inability to attract talent.
Don't you think any reasonable private institution would do the same?
Yeah, that's real wise isn't it. Place liquor in the hands of a 16 year old who just got his/her drivers license. How long were you planning on living?
I would have to agree with you on this... I live within walking distance of my workplace. I still drive, but if I *were* to lose my car I could just as easily ride my bike to work and even walk. Can't say the same for other states---what a relaxing, low-stress enviroment.
After reading through many many comments on this article I have concluded that many /. readers are really clueless. If the people of the community voted for a particular figure to be in office and certain laws were passed by that figure in office, how does that have anything to do with the Church? Many of you seem to think that it was the Church that passed those laws. You are so wrong, it was the people. Who do you think punched the holes through the voter cards? Who signed the papers? The people---American people---not the Church or any other religious institution. BTW, whoever said that religion wasn't part of the community/laws? Weren't the nations first documents based on religious beliefs?
``Believe it or not but we are capable of interaction without a drink in our hands.'' Is there some reason you have to even mention it? Was it ever a question that you can have fun without alcohol? I guess you are just trying to convince yourself with this statement eh?
What would you consider ``great to write home about?''
Maybe if you would have stepped out of your own little ``America'' you would have realized that everything you just said is invalid...
Apologies accepted---though hardly needed. You shouldn't have to apologize for not wanting to live here---you are free to live where you choose. :-) This is America right?