You could use a public FTP directory, for files which aren't terribly confidential. Places like wuarchive.wustl.edu come to mind (but I could be way off on the spelling or the status of that one).
The difficulty I see from where I sit is in dealing with a corporate firewall... you'd have to use a socksified FTP client, which can be a little tricky to set up. There's also the issue of confidential files.
Yes, there are ways around e-mailing attachments, but I know lots of users (and IT managers) who look at the alternatives and ignore them.
I have experimented with FrontPage 2000 at work (contrary to what my link below might indicate, oops!). In my defense, however, it was only to train some of my users on how to make web pages. The plan is to wean them off of FP2K and on to Notepad, eventually.
I guess FP2k is okay for automating some of the repetitive and/or tricky stuff, but the default templates make pages that look like PowerPoint slides! Yuck!
The disturbing thing to me is the idea that one has to spend lots of money and or time to have a good web site. That web site will look like all of the others (animated 'Catch The Monkey' ad banner at the top, links to other stories on the right, more ads in the middle... yuck) and it'll cost you $x00 for Office 2k to do it, and $x000 for NT server and IIS to run it and....
Does that make sense? I think lots of those big sites aren't saying much besides "We are giving you a little bit of free stuff just to deliver your eyeballs or your personal information to big companies who also want to deliver your eyeballs to other big companies...." and "Wait here while big graphics and plug-ins download, unless you're not using the latest greatest web browser. In which case, go away."
That's hardly a revolutionary message. My idea of quality has more to do with content than presentation, though. Vive la difference!
It's probably related to the motivation to write free/open software!
That is, the odds are only unsurmountable if you choose to play by the established rules (such as, security through obscurity, release late and infrequently, charge lots of money, restrict freedoms and so forth).
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I wouldn't say that it appeals to Joe Average, but it is good for building small, dedicated boxes.
For example, previous posters mentioned dedicated MP3 players and firewalls. I might use it to control small electronic devices (like an X10 server, perhaps, just as an example) or some such nonsense.
Basically, I think it would be cool to have a small, low power device that runs an OS I'm familiar with (and use on my desktop) -- that way, I can add new functionality and operate the silly thing with my existing knowledge.
Will someone elaborate the differences between microevolution (adaptation) and macroevolution (the rise of new species)?
I, for one, am unaware of any scientifically documented and repeatable experiments which demonstrate that members of one species can become members of an entirely new species (which cannot interbreed).
Now all Mr. Katz needs to do is to draw the parallel between independent filmmaking and independent musicmaking with MP3s, and argue for web-, ftp-, and IRC-based distribution of these films and he's on to something here.
Anyway, with a moderately well-designed plant, meltdowns are pretty unlikely. Gravity is Y2K-compliant (neutron absorbing control rods go down and curtail the reaction).
Actually, a feature freeze will probably help stability.
Instead of spending more time adding new features than on refining existing code, the kernel folks will spend more time on polishing the code, having stopped adding new features (the word "stop" being a bit relative).
That would give, at the very earliest, assuming that fall in California starts around the 20th of September, about a month of bugfixing. And that's a minimum.
It doesn't seem like such a hurry from where I sit. *shrug*
I think your subject line should read "Half-Wit", 'cuz of the spammers involved... but no one ever went broke underestimating the taste or intelligence of the American people.
Flippantly, a brokerage run like an open source project. Run away in terror!
More seriously, a brokerage that specializes in open source stocks. Not that there are very many of them -- and that's probably a good thing. Can you imagine the government getting involved in free software? Next, you'll hear Al Gore inventing gcc.
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Maybe it's an Open Source article, and we're all supposed to contribute patches.
Or maybe it's the source code to Windows 2000... hmmm.
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You could use a public FTP directory, for files which aren't terribly confidential. Places like wuarchive.wustl.edu come to mind (but I could be way off on the spelling or the status of that one).
The difficulty I see from where I sit is in dealing with a corporate firewall
Yes, there are ways around e-mailing attachments, but I know lots of users (and IT managers) who look at the alternatives and ignore them.
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Isn't that taking localization a bit too far?
The obvious solution is to change your name to 'Red Hat Linux'. Then, you can sell stock in yourself!
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I tried. Pity. There was only room for the first two characters.
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I have experimented with FrontPage 2000 at work (contrary to what my link below might indicate, oops!). In my defense, however, it was only to train some of my users on how to make web pages. The plan is to wean them off of FP2K and on to Notepad, eventually.
I guess FP2k is okay for automating some of the repetitive and/or tricky stuff, but the default templates make pages that look like PowerPoint slides! Yuck!
The disturbing thing to me is the idea that one has to spend lots of money and or time to have a good web site. That web site will look like all of the others (animated 'Catch The Monkey' ad banner at the top, links to other stories on the right, more ads in the middle... yuck) and it'll cost you $x00 for Office 2k to do it, and $x000 for NT server and IIS to run it and....
Does that make sense? I think lots of those big sites aren't saying much besides "We are giving you a little bit of free stuff just to deliver your eyeballs or your personal information to big companies who also want to deliver your eyeballs to other big companies...." and "Wait here while big graphics and plug-ins download, unless you're not using the latest greatest web browser. In which case, go away."
That's hardly a revolutionary message. My idea of quality has more to do with content than presentation, though. Vive la difference!
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It's probably related to the motivation to write free/open software!
That is, the odds are only unsurmountable if you choose to play by the established rules (such as, security through obscurity, release late and infrequently, charge lots of money, restrict freedoms and so forth).
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I wouldn't say that it appeals to Joe Average, but it is good for building small, dedicated boxes.
For example, previous posters mentioned dedicated MP3 players and firewalls. I might use it to control small electronic devices (like an X10 server, perhaps, just as an example) or some such nonsense.
Basically, I think it would be cool to have a small, low power device that runs an OS I'm familiar with (and use on my desktop) -- that way, I can add new functionality and operate the silly thing with my existing knowledge.
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Hm, how come I posted this while logged in (and I can see my name right next to the Log Out option) and it shows up as an AC?
Very interesting. Oh Rob....
(chromatic, logged in on the Reply screen)
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Will someone elaborate the differences between microevolution (adaptation) and macroevolution (the rise of new species)?
I, for one, am unaware of any scientifically documented and repeatable experiments which demonstrate that members of one species can become members of an entirely new species (which cannot interbreed).
But I spend my time on other things. Mmm, Perl.
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I think we've just found a low-end machine that actually can't run Linux.
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I've rarely seen a theater so quiet.
I've rarely heard a theater so full.
Now all Mr. Katz needs to do is to draw the parallel between independent filmmaking and independent musicmaking with MP3s, and argue for web-, ftp-, and IRC-based distribution of these films and he's on to something here.
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Lack of research and development of existing software, I guess.
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I mean, c'mon - "feedback is assessed and integrated into the system?" What the hell does that even mean?
Well, we know it doesn't mean that customers are submitting patches and bugfixes that make it into the code.
They're probably just changing desktop themes or something like that.
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Surely you mean a reboot.
Anyway, with a moderately well-designed plant, meltdowns are pretty unlikely. Gravity is Y2K-compliant (neutron absorbing control rods go down and curtail the reaction).
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Hardly. I sneezed outside last week, which caused those thunderstorms. Really. I saw Jurassic Park which explained the whole thing.
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Actually, a feature freeze will probably help stability.
Instead of spending more time adding new features than on refining existing code, the kernel folks will spend more time on polishing the code, having stopped adding new features (the word "stop" being a bit relative).
That would give, at the very earliest, assuming that fall in California starts around the 20th of September, about a month of bugfixing. And that's a minimum.
It doesn't seem like such a hurry from where I sit. *shrug*
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I think your subject line should read "Half-Wit", 'cuz of the spammers involved... but no one ever went broke underestimating the taste or intelligence of the American people.
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Actually, I prefer Perl.
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Hmm... does that mean it's not safe around ESR?
(For the humor-impaired, check out the AfterY2K link from the main Slashdot page -- especially the comic for July 27 or so. This is not a rant.)
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Hm, if I fit either of those, I'd probably have more time to work on free software!
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Flippantly, a brokerage run like an open source project. Run away in terror!
More seriously, a brokerage that specializes in open source stocks. Not that there are very many of them -- and that's probably a good thing. Can you imagine the government getting involved in free software? Next, you'll hear Al Gore inventing gcc.
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I wonder if there's such an animal as an open source stock brokerage.
Somehow, I doubt that would work, but it's an interesting idea.
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Watching a movie? Okay...
Here's another fun question:
What if the theater owner had decided not to show the South Park movie?
What would Mr. Katz do? What would you (the readers in general, not user sjames in particular) do?
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Perhaps you could send Mr. Katz some tourism brochures? (insert smiley here)
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Are you sure that watching a movie is a "basic right"?
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