I have sworn to protect America from ALL enemies both foreign and DOMESTIC. It is abundantly clear that the majority of our enemies are currenlty in Washinton DC. It only takes the cajones to organize and march on that hill. Screw the whole peaceful demonstration; I'm talking about an ARMED movement.
Viva La Revolution.
Who's with me?
I've been in IT for about 12 years now as a systems integrator travelling throughout North America and have only met or worked with maybe 10 black colleagues in that time span. Although I have worked with probably twice that number of Indian colleagues and Asian. And even fewer women (3). Of course systems integration for industrial applications is a fairly small niche market.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's due to racism but more that I haven't seen a lot of black people pursuing IT careers in systems integration. There is, after all, quite a stigma associated with being a 'puter geek' and it seems to resound more so with white males with glasses and pocket protectors (you know who you are). But, if being a 'puter geek' means I'm getting paid then pass me that manual on Secure Wireless Deployment.
Given the recent spate of ugliness regarding DRM in the marketplace what solutions does Microsoft intend on implementing to ensure consumer rights? Do you really think DRM will float with consumers or that it is destined a slow and terribly painful death? I know that I speak for a great many of us when I say that I fully intend on banning any and all DRM materials from my home and my business. PERIOD. There is no debate in this.
Is it possible that Microsoft could use readily defined IP standards instead of inventing their own or their own take on them? Ex. L2TP with a VPN connection.
Spam is the scourge of the internet with 80%+ of all email traffic being spam. What happened with Coordinated Spam Reduction Initiative CSRI and sender ID? Can there not be one universally accepted email authentication method that can support the GPL and Microsoft? After all Microsoft has a very small market share of web and email servers wouldn't be in the best interest of ALL internet users for Microsoft to get off their IP and Patent fence long enough to actually do some good in the Spam arena??
It is up to us the consumers to win this battle. We MUST refuse to buy or support DRM in entirely. Period. Boycott any and all DRM media and be completely infelxible in this.
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I have sworn to protect America from ALL enemies both foreign and DOMESTIC. It is abundantly clear that the majority of our enemies are currenlty in Washinton DC. It only takes the cajones to organize and march on that hill. Screw the whole peaceful demonstration; I'm talking about an ARMED movement. Viva La Revolution. Who's with me?
I've been in IT for about 12 years now as a systems integrator travelling throughout North America and have only met or worked with maybe 10 black colleagues in that time span. Although I have worked with probably twice that number of Indian colleagues and Asian. And even fewer women (3). Of course systems integration for industrial applications is a fairly small niche market. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's due to racism but more that I haven't seen a lot of black people pursuing IT careers in systems integration. There is, after all, quite a stigma associated with being a 'puter geek' and it seems to resound more so with white males with glasses and pocket protectors (you know who you are). But, if being a 'puter geek' means I'm getting paid then pass me that manual on Secure Wireless Deployment.
Given the recent spate of ugliness regarding DRM in the marketplace what solutions does Microsoft intend on implementing to ensure consumer rights? Do you really think DRM will float with consumers or that it is destined a slow and terribly painful death? I know that I speak for a great many of us when I say that I fully intend on banning any and all DRM materials from my home and my business. PERIOD. There is no debate in this.
Is it possible that Microsoft could use readily defined IP standards instead of inventing their own or their own take on them? Ex. L2TP with a VPN connection. Spam is the scourge of the internet with 80%+ of all email traffic being spam. What happened with Coordinated Spam Reduction Initiative CSRI and sender ID? Can there not be one universally accepted email authentication method that can support the GPL and Microsoft? After all Microsoft has a very small market share of web and email servers wouldn't be in the best interest of ALL internet users for Microsoft to get off their IP and Patent fence long enough to actually do some good in the Spam arena??
It is up to us the consumers to win this battle. We MUST refuse to buy or support DRM in entirely. Period. Boycott any and all DRM media and be completely infelxible in this.