To all of you that wonder if fufme is a hoax or not, ask yourself this: How many people do you think there are in the world that would pay $500 to be able to fuck their computers?
Why english? English is an ugly language to learn and causes a lot of confusion for those learning it. The problem is that so much must be inferred, such as person and word meaning. Sure english grammar is easy, but that can make other things uncertain and lead to confusion. If everyone were to learn one language it should be something very structured like latin.
No problem here in germany... half the people speak english so they just leave the slogans the way they are. Heck, even some german companies use english slogans. Strange.
The problem in the US is the lack of standards to start the ball rolling. Once HDTV comes out I think we will see a very fast adoption rate for new telivision technologies, ie: widescreen, non-interlaced displays, etc. Another problem in the US is that people are used to not spending an arm and a leg for a TV. A nice 32" 4:3 can be had for $600. Europeons are more used to paying more for new technologies, and don't mind spending $1000 for a TV as much as americans do. Sometimes this causes problems though, for instance ISDN. Much of Germany switched to it 10-15 years ago, but now they're locked into this 20 year old phone technology that can't be expanded for broadband. Europe also gets gouged more by blinkware like minidisc. The US hardly bought it, not true in europe.
In my home state of Wisconsin sales tax is 5.5%, and Wisconsin is considered to be a high tax state. And it's not that we don't have wide screens, if we wanted to pay an average £750 ($1200) for a TV everyone would buy one. Right now, your average 32" 4:3 costs $600.
It is not necessarily true that you can't get good products because of free market. Free market tends to drive average prices down, but the products for these averave prices are exaclty that, average. If you want a good product, you must pay for it. Free market allows for very good/generally expensive products to come out, but also for poor/cheap products. The average consumer doesn't want to spend alot of money, and therefore we end up with a low standard. It's not that there arn't good products out there, there are. You must only pay for them.
"All they need is a backhoe, a lawyer, and a flood pinger!"
Why so much? "a backhoe, a lawyer OR a ping flooder" is enough. Problem is though, a backhoes and ping flooders are only temporary... lawyers are a more permenant solution.
ps. This is a joke. Laugh. lol. pps. Haha, you can't sue me- I'm in germany right now. They don't entertain frivelous lawsuits here. Too bad I have to go home next year. ppps. When is slashdot going to add a spell checker next to the preview button?
Actually they should sue InterNIC because they're the ones that were dumb enough to allow someone to register a translation of their tradmark! I mean, come on... they should know this stuff.
I always thought that copyrights and tradmarks only covered the exact letters that are registered, ie: if I trademark "person" I have exclusive marketing rights for this name, but not for "homosapien", "that guy", "John" or the german word "Mensch". Copywriting a phrase is the same. If I tradmark "What's up?" I have exclusive rights to only "What's up?" and not "What's going on?" or "Was ist los?". If I copyright "I have mail" I don't have rights to "I haev meal" or "Ich habe post" even though they sound simular or mean the same. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
My GOD! How can you be flaming at a program that's still in ALPHA?? Let me say it again... ALPHA! That comes before beta! Get my point??
I'd almost like to see what IE 3 looked like in alpha... LOL (they never released 1 & 2, for fear of looking too primitive and too far behind Netscape)
Thanks for the correction, I was always under the impression that Moore's Law states something the the effect "Processing power will double every 18 months."
This really only goes to prove how clueless our leaders appear to be about technology.
"This happens to suit U.S. government intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, which worry that access to the source code for encryption and security software would enable terrorists, drug dealers and other criminals to devise secure communications networks that agents would not be able to monitor."
This shows the apparant stupidity and lack of competence in our government agencies. Outlawing crypto doesn't keep it out of the hands of those who want it for covering illegal deeds. If you've got the rescources to be running an organized illegal operation like is mentioned here, getting your hands on software that will encrypt your communications will not be difficult no matter how illegal it may be.
"The problem is that by the government's definitions, OpenBSD is foreign software"
How, exactly, is this a problem? It is a problem for the US government because they can't stop strong encryption from being made in other countries?
"The administration, for example, has so far declined to regulate the international movement of source code if it is printed on paper, presumably out of concern that such regulation would violate the First Amendment."
So does this mean that if we only write the code for strong encryption and print it out on paper then we can export it? Since when is there a distinction of free speech on paper and free speech in.txt files? Is this the same government that insists we must save the trees??
Is this really a brain dead government honestly trying to keep something from the hands of dangerous criminals? Or does it look more like a government that is trying to make it difficult for companies to develop products for the everyday consumer and more importantly, "petty criminals"?
Tux is in every bed, I forgot about "fehlen" when I translated. That sentence should be more like "Naturally Tux is missing in no guest rooms." or better said, "Naturally Tux is not missing in any guest rooms."
Now I feel stupid, I think I need to work on my german some more. Thanks for pointing out my error nowonder.
Ok, so there is possibly a limit to how small the transisitors and data paths can be, but that doesn't necessarily put a limit to other options like adding more pipes, etc. Not to mention moving off silicon entirely with things like optical processing and quantum computing. I don't remember that Moore's Law specifically says that processing must be done on silicon.
"and Red Hat who have yet to give the IPO money back to developers, we should be very careful about this sort of exploitation"
Redhat cannot give it's IPO money back to developers, they are bound to use it to expand their business. As much as we may not like it, Red Hat is now a publicly traded corporation. Therefore, its first and foremost obligation is to serve its stockholders. It does this by expanding and earning a profit (someday). If it works to serve any other goal than what their stockholders want, they will be sued for violating stockholders rights. Once you go public, all the rules change.
Here's an attempt at translating the page into english for ya. You should know that 1 USD buys about 1.7 to 1.8 marks right now, depending on the day. Stuff in paranthesis are my comments.
------------ Villa-Vogelsang - the first linux hotel!
Linux seminars, evening classes and Workshops will begin taking place in november in co-operation with the Essener Linux User Group and full time linux specialists. Many of these courses will be free of cost in order to stay in the sense of the nonprofit beginnings of Linux.
The Villa Vogelsang (which means mansion of bird song) is administered using linux boxes, and all rooms are connected via 100mb ethernet to an internet and email server. Linux notebooks are available to guests for training courses at a cost of 100 DM per day. (about $60)
In the evenings we offer individual training courses for 170 DM (about $100) an hour to the interested business traveler. This is usually a welcome alternative to watching television or sitting at the bar- both of which are available of course. (hmmmm... expensive personal linux lessons given in german, or a good half liter of Krombacher while watching Dortmund kill Bavarian Munich on TV, which would I prefer?) The topic of the training- be it linux, email, the internet or whatever- are to be decided on between you and your teacher.
Naturally, Tux, the linux penguin, isn't in any of the guest rooms. (I guess that picture is a joke then) However guests will find information about linux and the principles of free software beside the usual magazines. (all of which will be in german I think) ------------
There are some links to general information about linux, why people should switch, etc. etc. Other pages on the site describe the hotel, prices and things like that. Prices are: Standard room: 195 DM Better room: 245 DM Junior Suite: 325 DM Suite: 425 DM Second person: 60 DM Third person in a Suite: 60 DM Kids under 14 can stay in their parents room for free.
Seminar Prices, max. of 30 people Standard (inlcudes tables, chairs, overhead projector) 69 DM Multimedia Seminar (Standart plus computer connected to the internet, email address for the day, SVGA projector, access to Dolby surround sound system, video recorder and a DVD player) 250 DM
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To all of you that wonder if fufme is a hoax or not, ask yourself this: How many people do you think there are in the world that would pay $500 to be able to fuck their computers?
Oh, wait... maybe you shouldn't think of that.
Perhaps a hand held USB version would be better?
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or try evil empire
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Why english? English is an ugly language to learn and causes a lot of confusion for those learning it. The problem is that so much must be inferred, such as person and word meaning. Sure english grammar is easy, but that can make other things uncertain and lead to confusion. If everyone were to learn one language it should be something very structured like latin.
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not linux, tux.
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No problem here in germany... half the people speak english so they just leave the slogans the way they are. Heck, even some german companies use english slogans. Strange.
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The problem in the US is the lack of standards to start the ball rolling. Once HDTV comes out I think we will see a very fast adoption rate for new telivision technologies, ie: widescreen, non-interlaced displays, etc. Another problem in the US is that people are used to not spending an arm and a leg for a TV. A nice 32" 4:3 can be had for $600. Europeons are more used to paying more for new technologies, and don't mind spending $1000 for a TV as much as americans do. Sometimes this causes problems though, for instance ISDN. Much of Germany switched to it 10-15 years ago, but now they're locked into this 20 year old phone technology that can't be expanded for broadband. Europe also gets gouged more by blinkware like minidisc. The US hardly bought it, not true in europe.
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In my home state of Wisconsin sales tax is 5.5%, and Wisconsin is considered to be a high tax state. And it's not that we don't have wide screens, if we wanted to pay an average £750 ($1200) for a TV everyone would buy one. Right now, your average 32" 4:3 costs $600.
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If you love SECAM, that is.
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It is not necessarily true that you can't get good products because of free market. Free market tends to drive average prices down, but the products for these averave prices are exaclty that, average. If you want a good product, you must pay for it. Free market allows for very good/generally expensive products to come out, but also for poor/cheap products. The average consumer doesn't want to spend alot of money, and therefore we end up with a low standard. It's not that there arn't good products out there, there are. You must only pay for them.
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"All they need is a backhoe, a lawyer, and a flood pinger!"
Why so much? "a backhoe, a lawyer OR a ping flooder" is enough. Problem is though, a backhoes and ping flooders are only temporary... lawyers are a more permenant solution.
ps. This is a joke. Laugh. lol.
pps. Haha, you can't sue me- I'm in germany right now. They don't entertain frivelous lawsuits here. Too bad I have to go home next year.
ppps. When is slashdot going to add a spell checker next to the preview button?
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Actually they should sue InterNIC because they're the ones that were dumb enough to allow someone to register a translation of their tradmark! I mean, come on... they should know this stuff.
ps. that's a joke. laugh. lol.
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I always thought that copyrights and tradmarks only covered the exact letters that are registered, ie: if I trademark "person" I have exclusive marketing rights for this name, but not for "homosapien", "that guy", "John" or the german word "Mensch". Copywriting a phrase is the same. If I tradmark "What's up?" I have exclusive rights to only "What's up?" and not "What's going on?" or "Was ist los?". If I copyright "I have mail" I don't have rights to "I haev meal" or "Ich habe post" even though they sound simular or mean the same. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Looks like you're second.
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It's not ment to replace your 16 monitors, it's ment to be used as a TV or for presentations.
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My GOD! How can you be flaming at a program that's still in ALPHA?? Let me say it again... ALPHA! That comes before beta! Get my point??
I'd almost like to see what IE 3 looked like in alpha... LOL
(they never released 1 & 2, for fear of looking too primitive and too far behind Netscape)
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Thanks for the correction, I was always under the impression that Moore's Law states something the the effect "Processing power will double every 18 months."
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This really only goes to prove how clueless our leaders appear to be about technology.
.txt files? Is this the same government that insists we must save the trees??
"This happens to suit U.S. government intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, which worry that access to the source code for encryption and security software would enable terrorists, drug dealers and other criminals to devise secure communications networks that agents would not be able to monitor."
This shows the apparant stupidity and lack of competence in our government agencies. Outlawing crypto doesn't keep it out of the hands of those who want it for covering illegal deeds. If you've got the rescources to be running an organized illegal operation like is mentioned here, getting your hands on software that will encrypt your communications will not be difficult no matter how illegal it may be.
"The problem is that by the government's definitions, OpenBSD is foreign software"
How, exactly, is this a problem? It is a problem for the US government because they can't stop strong encryption from being made in other countries?
"The administration, for example, has so far declined to regulate the international movement of source code if it is printed on paper, presumably out of concern that such regulation would violate the First Amendment."
So does this mean that if we only write the code for strong encryption and print it out on paper then we can export it? Since when is there a distinction of free speech on paper and free speech in
Is this really a brain dead government honestly trying to keep something from the hands of dangerous criminals? Or does it look more like a government that is trying to make it difficult for companies to develop products for the everyday consumer and more importantly, "petty criminals"?
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Tux is in every bed, I forgot about "fehlen" when I translated. That sentence should be more like "Naturally Tux is missing in no guest rooms." or better said, "Naturally Tux is not missing in any guest rooms."
Now I feel stupid, I think I need to work on my german some more. Thanks for pointing out my error nowonder.
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time to find a better university then.
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Ok, so there is possibly a limit to how small the transisitors and data paths can be, but that doesn't necessarily put a limit to other options like adding more pipes, etc. Not to mention moving off silicon entirely with things like optical processing and quantum computing. I don't remember that Moore's Law specifically says that processing must be done on silicon.
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ok, this first post stuff it getting a tad bit old.
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that post is
1. Tastless
2. Incorrect, space "savings" must be less than 100%, otherwise you have nothing left.
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"and Red Hat who have yet to give the IPO money back to developers, we should be very careful about this sort of exploitation"
Redhat cannot give it's IPO money back to developers, they are bound to use it to expand their business. As much as we may not like it, Red Hat is now a publicly traded corporation. Therefore, its first and foremost obligation is to serve its stockholders. It does this by expanding and earning a profit (someday). If it works to serve any other goal than what their stockholders want, they will be sued for violating stockholders rights. Once you go public, all the rules change.
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Here's an attempt at translating the page into english for ya. You should know that 1 USD buys about 1.7 to 1.8 marks right now, depending on the day. Stuff in paranthesis are my comments.
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Villa-Vogelsang - the first linux hotel!
Linux seminars, evening classes and Workshops will begin taking place in november in co-operation with the Essener Linux User Group and full time linux specialists. Many of these courses will be free of cost in order to stay in the sense of the nonprofit beginnings of Linux.
The Villa Vogelsang (which means mansion of bird song) is administered using linux boxes, and all rooms are connected via 100mb ethernet to an internet and email server. Linux notebooks are available to guests for training courses at a cost of 100 DM per day. (about $60)
In the evenings we offer individual training courses for 170 DM (about $100) an hour to the interested business traveler. This is usually a welcome alternative to watching television or sitting at the bar- both of which are available of course. (hmmmm... expensive personal linux lessons given in german, or a good half liter of Krombacher while watching Dortmund kill Bavarian Munich on TV, which would I prefer?) The topic of the training- be it linux, email, the internet or whatever- are to be decided on between you and your teacher.
Naturally, Tux, the linux penguin, isn't in any of the guest rooms. (I guess that picture is a joke then) However guests will find information about linux and the principles of free software beside the usual magazines. (all of which will be in german I think)
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There are some links to general information about linux, why people should switch, etc. etc. Other pages on the site describe the hotel, prices and things like that. Prices are:
Standard room: 195 DM
Better room: 245 DM
Junior Suite: 325 DM
Suite: 425 DM
Second person: 60 DM
Third person in a Suite: 60 DM
Kids under 14 can stay in their parents room for free.
Seminar Prices, max. of 30 people
Standard (inlcudes tables, chairs, overhead projector) 69 DM
Multimedia Seminar (Standart plus computer connected to the internet, email address for the day, SVGA projector, access to Dolby surround sound system, video recorder and a DVD player) 250 DM
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