I like this idea enough I may well go ahead and support it. I have been saying for a long time that Gnome 3 would be great on a tablet\phone. The interface is just about perfect for it. Past that, Google has spent the last few years falling out of my good graces. An iPhone is not an option. That said, this would probably be such a niche device as to fail. But I'm still going to back the project.
Managing the security of computer systems is not a problem that can merely be attributed to incompetence, it is also a problem because it is hard and at the end of the day systems configurations need to reach a compromise over what something can and cannot do on top of the surprise attack vector of the day. While I certainly would not call this a hack, it is good that these things happen so that we can better formulate responses. Better security management relies on those who find, and use, the exploits.
And Jay-Z has Down's Syndrome. I mean he does, right? Just high functioning. I mean he looks like so I always just figured. That's why he married Beyoncé, because she is traded. Or at least that's how she comes off, so I just always assumed.
In the world of IT, only really serious programming jobs really require a degree. There are good reasons for that. When I say programming, I am not referring to the current coding fad. There is a gulf of difference between a programmer and coder. As far as the rest of IT goes, from tech support to misc. server administration and everything in between, the majority of people I have encountered (including myself) have nothing even close to college or trade school completion under their belts. These are the best techs. Some time ago, I was hired to join a small team for a massive Active Directory migration after one large company purchased another large company. I had little experience with AD going in, but my overall level of expertise, which was put to the test during the interview, was enough. By the time it was all said and done I was leading the team and had written the formal documentation for the project. That's just one example. Most of the people I have met who are excelling in various IT roles either have no college degree or otherwise openly regret that they took that path at all. Good employers know that if they want the best people, this is how it goes. The best education for rising through the IT ranks is to simply do just that. Most of the people I know with IT related degrees are shuffled straight in management, where they then rely on the real IT staff to fix a problem that they typically blindly caused themselves.
"and more than a quarter of households are still using dial-up."
I am going to have to fact check that. I'm real sleepy right now so if anyone want's to beat me to it, go for it. Dial up? New York City? One Quarter? You sound like just another pissed off customer screaming "OMG I will soooooo sue you!". If one-quarter of the population of NYC is on dial-up, low latency satellite will beat overhauling all of that with fiber by a long time.
"instead of exercising power and acting coherently, all we've got is shuffling and nay-saying."
Acting coherently? How did this illustrious Harvard law professors customer service rant go live on Slashdot's front page? I don't post all that often... But seriously?
It drives me nuts when companies put up the most possible bare naked splash page for a product they want to me to be interested in. It is meaningless, and makes me suspicious. They could at least be open on where they are at... something... anything. I did like the Jaguar CD, mostly for Battlemorph. On the cartridge side, AvP was alright. I mostly liked playing the games they never finished. Something with a hover tank comes to mind. They also had the best rendered version of Rayman. Needless to say, I am not a serious gamer.
Over the years I have watched Kickstarter projects rise and fall. Some receive very limited funds and go on to succeed. Some receive massive funding and go on to succeed. Some receive massive funding only to fail. This marketplace of ideas is strange, but a good thing. Someone has a great idea, and they are able to receive funding by people who appreciate the idea without any technical understanding as to why it may or may not fail. Regardless of some very expensive and spectacular fails, people continue to throw money at great ideas that are at least nothing more. This does not seem to slow the whole machine down. Through such services as Kickstarter, we do not know what great innovations are to be hatched and realized that may have otherwise never seen the light of day over those great ideas that will fail. You can argue that it is a model for throwing money at a wall to see what sticks, but in this case I think that is a good thing for those things that may come but otherwise would not have.
Does anyone have input on this? There must be legal reasons. There are plenty of cities in their country of origin that could use this. I get it that they already have a smaller campus there. But regardless.
I've met people who spare no expense when it comes to collecting every last oddball computer made over the last 30+ years. It's a legit and pretty cool bobby. This is definitely a fly-by-night, single faint blip on the radar, oddball computer. While I can't think of a single practical use for this machine, I imagine it will make its way into the personal computer museums of a few folks.
Finally, at long last, someone has built a new Linux distro based on Ubuntu LTS. Not only that, they are an early adopter of Flatpak, which you cannot otherwise download install yourself. http://flatpak.org/getting.htm... And it runs Gnome! Seriously though, Endless is yet another Ubuntu derivative in an endless sea of Ubuntu derivatives.
With the dashboards of cars increasingly looking like the bridge of a galaxy class starship, especially with manual control disappearing, let's get this going before the morning commute becomes the morning DDOS attack. Not to mention the potential havoc with sensors and their output. With self-driving cars becoming a huge thing sooner than expected, I would rather not have my cars steering hijacked in exchange for ransom. Maybe BlackBerry could get in on the iot thing. Lack of forethought has made a pretty fucked up situation out of that.
All-in-all I consider all things electronic security woes to be growing pains. Modern computing is a whirlwind of rapid advancements leading to places that could not have been predicted even recently. Having the security problems we have, and fighting back against them is a good thing that can only make better software systems.
Have you seen the pricing for ArcaOS? They say they are charging this to ensure continued development, offer consulting, etc... Their list of partners is not at all inspiring, and they don't seem to know how to work WordPress. Anyone buying this is going to find themselves with an unsupported product. The market for what they are trying to do on the level they seem to be expecting quite simply does not exist. Not newsworthy unless you are desperate for a story who's posts max out at 15 - 20, all saying what I'm saying, while not getting modded because why waste the points.
One of the greatest keys to efficiency in many types of positions, especially those which require sitting behind a desk, is employees knowing under their own judgment when it is okay to goof off for two or three minutes here and there. I am not talking about the manager facebooking all day, I am talk about the people who get things done. It is important for desk jockeys who know the workflow and their environment well enough to be able to stop what they are doing for a moment, scan some headlines, toss a stress ball around, or whatever, and then get back to it. This produces better work and a happier workplace. Lunches are great and so are breaks. But being able to take a quick BS moment or two out of the day is essential. I could carry on about this as a philosophy, but I'm betting most people here know what I am talking about. We do not need this. We cannot have this... well, unless it means firing deadweight middle management. Perhaps then we can make a deal.
IBM is big on deep learning, and a centerpiece of that it Watson. I am wondering what Watson will gain from this through it's Speech to Text and Conversation services. If it's not connected in such a meaningful way, that seems like an opportunity lost.
First we need a "coding school" that is worth a damn. For the rest of this post I am going to say programming and not coding. I hate that word. I should also say some of the best programmers I've met never went to college. If such a program is to be instituted, It's going to have to be designed by the likes of Google, Canonical, and even Microsoft. This would also have to involve companies around the nation bringing in veterans for internships while they go over self-paced curriculum. Our veterans deserve a whole hell of a lot more than that though. The need to have the opportunity to be taught entrepreneurial skills and more. Now let's not forget about fixing the VA.
I get it, our country is broke. But if we could bring industry directly on board, that could mitigate a lot of government spending for these things. Next we need to pass a law that requires congressmen to actually read the bills they pass. I am tired of hearing about congressmen voting for something and then having remorse because they never actually read the proposal. Maybe then we could cut some government spending and fix the VA.
Our men and women in the armed forces deserve a lot, especially more respect. So yeah, start by recruiting major industry and well go from there.
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I like this idea enough I may well go ahead and support it. I have been saying for a long time that Gnome 3 would be great on a tablet\phone. The interface is just about perfect for it. Past that, Google has spent the last few years falling out of my good graces. An iPhone is not an option. That said, this would probably be such a niche device as to fail. But I'm still going to back the project.
Managing the security of computer systems is not a problem that can merely be attributed to incompetence, it is also a problem because it is hard and at the end of the day systems configurations need to reach a compromise over what something can and cannot do on top of the surprise attack vector of the day. While I certainly would not call this a hack, it is good that these things happen so that we can better formulate responses. Better security management relies on those who find, and use, the exploits.
Texting. When I load up my telescope and text a friend to go hit up the midnight countryside.
And Jay-Z has Down's Syndrome. I mean he does, right? Just high functioning. I mean he looks like so I always just figured. That's why he married Beyoncé, because she is traded. Or at least that's how she comes off, so I just always assumed.
What's that sound I hear? Oh, that's just the four horsemen.
In the world of IT, only really serious programming jobs really require a degree. There are good reasons for that. When I say programming, I am not referring to the current coding fad. There is a gulf of difference between a programmer and coder. As far as the rest of IT goes, from tech support to misc. server administration and everything in between, the majority of people I have encountered (including myself) have nothing even close to college or trade school completion under their belts. These are the best techs. Some time ago, I was hired to join a small team for a massive Active Directory migration after one large company purchased another large company. I had little experience with AD going in, but my overall level of expertise, which was put to the test during the interview, was enough. By the time it was all said and done I was leading the team and had written the formal documentation for the project. That's just one example. Most of the people I have met who are excelling in various IT roles either have no college degree or otherwise openly regret that they took that path at all. Good employers know that if they want the best people, this is how it goes. The best education for rising through the IT ranks is to simply do just that. Most of the people I know with IT related degrees are shuffled straight in management, where they then rely on the real IT staff to fix a problem that they typically blindly caused themselves.
"and more than a quarter of households are still using dial-up."
I am going to have to fact check that. I'm real sleepy right now so if anyone want's to beat me to it, go for it. Dial up? New York City? One Quarter? You sound like just another pissed off customer screaming "OMG I will soooooo sue you!". If one-quarter of the population of NYC is on dial-up, low latency satellite will beat overhauling all of that with fiber by a long time.
"instead of exercising power and acting coherently, all we've got is shuffling and nay-saying."
Acting coherently? How did this illustrious Harvard law professors customer service rant go live on Slashdot's front page? I don't post all that often... But seriously?
It drives me nuts when companies put up the most possible bare naked splash page for a product they want to me to be interested in. It is meaningless, and makes me suspicious. They could at least be open on where they are at... something... anything. I did like the Jaguar CD, mostly for Battlemorph. On the cartridge side, AvP was alright. I mostly liked playing the games they never finished. Something with a hover tank comes to mind. They also had the best rendered version of Rayman. Needless to say, I am not a serious gamer.
Over the years I have watched Kickstarter projects rise and fall. Some receive very limited funds and go on to succeed. Some receive massive funding and go on to succeed. Some receive massive funding only to fail. This marketplace of ideas is strange, but a good thing. Someone has a great idea, and they are able to receive funding by people who appreciate the idea without any technical understanding as to why it may or may not fail. Regardless of some very expensive and spectacular fails, people continue to throw money at great ideas that are at least nothing more. This does not seem to slow the whole machine down. Through such services as Kickstarter, we do not know what great innovations are to be hatched and realized that may have otherwise never seen the light of day over those great ideas that will fail. You can argue that it is a model for throwing money at a wall to see what sticks, but in this case I think that is a good thing for those things that may come but otherwise would not have.
"breath of fresh air" and "raging asshole" should never be used in the same sentence.
Decadence. They death of all entities.
Does anyone have input on this? There must be legal reasons. There are plenty of cities in their country of origin that could use this. I get it that they already have a smaller campus there. But regardless.
I've met people who spare no expense when it comes to collecting every last oddball computer made over the last 30+ years. It's a legit and pretty cool bobby. This is definitely a fly-by-night, single faint blip on the radar, oddball computer. While I can't think of a single practical use for this machine, I imagine it will make its way into the personal computer museums of a few folks.
Perhaps a Dyson's Swarm, under construction.
https://youtu.be/M8ryqjyLBL8
Note: I am not sounding off.
Finally, at long last, someone has built a new Linux distro based on Ubuntu LTS. Not only that, they are an early adopter of Flatpak, which you cannot otherwise download install yourself. http://flatpak.org/getting.htm... And it runs Gnome! Seriously though, Endless is yet another Ubuntu derivative in an endless sea of Ubuntu derivatives.
With the dashboards of cars increasingly looking like the bridge of a galaxy class starship, especially with manual control disappearing, let's get this going before the morning commute becomes the morning DDOS attack. Not to mention the potential havoc with sensors and their output. With self-driving cars becoming a huge thing sooner than expected, I would rather not have my cars steering hijacked in exchange for ransom. Maybe BlackBerry could get in on the iot thing. Lack of forethought has made a pretty fucked up situation out of that.
All-in-all I consider all things electronic security woes to be growing pains. Modern computing is a whirlwind of rapid advancements leading to places that could not have been predicted even recently. Having the security problems we have, and fighting back against them is a good thing that can only make better software systems.
Have you seen the pricing for ArcaOS? They say they are charging this to ensure continued development, offer consulting, etc... Their list of partners is not at all inspiring, and they don't seem to know how to work WordPress. Anyone buying this is going to find themselves with an unsupported product. The market for what they are trying to do on the level they seem to be expecting quite simply does not exist. Not newsworthy unless you are desperate for a story who's posts max out at 15 - 20, all saying what I'm saying, while not getting modded because why waste the points.
https://youtu.be/d8aUuFsXRjU
One of the greatest keys to efficiency in many types of positions, especially those which require sitting behind a desk, is employees knowing under their own judgment when it is okay to goof off for two or three minutes here and there. I am not talking about the manager facebooking all day, I am talk about the people who get things done. It is important for desk jockeys who know the workflow and their environment well enough to be able to stop what they are doing for a moment, scan some headlines, toss a stress ball around, or whatever, and then get back to it. This produces better work and a happier workplace. Lunches are great and so are breaks. But being able to take a quick BS moment or two out of the day is essential. I could carry on about this as a philosophy, but I'm betting most people here know what I am talking about. We do not need this. We cannot have this... well, unless it means firing deadweight middle management. Perhaps then we can make a deal.
IBM is big on deep learning, and a centerpiece of that it Watson. I am wondering what Watson will gain from this through it's Speech to Text and Conversation services. If it's not connected in such a meaningful way, that seems like an opportunity lost.
An update? They decide for me all the time when I can reboot. Sometimes more than once a day. It's... umm... umm (drinks Kool-Aid) Great!
"Hi god. I'll be good, I promise."
"I'll be the judge of that!"
Meanwhile most of us are focused on the war with Oceania while more of this type of stuff comes into being.
Thunderbird is the first software I install.
First we need a "coding school" that is worth a damn. For the rest of this post I am going to say programming and not coding. I hate that word. I should also say some of the best programmers I've met never went to college. If such a program is to be instituted, It's going to have to be designed by the likes of Google, Canonical, and even Microsoft. This would also have to involve companies around the nation bringing in veterans for internships while they go over self-paced curriculum. Our veterans deserve a whole hell of a lot more than that though. The need to have the opportunity to be taught entrepreneurial skills and more. Now let's not forget about fixing the VA.
I get it, our country is broke. But if we could bring industry directly on board, that could mitigate a lot of government spending for these things. Next we need to pass a law that requires congressmen to actually read the bills they pass. I am tired of hearing about congressmen voting for something and then having remorse because they never actually read the proposal. Maybe then we could cut some government spending and fix the VA.
Our men and women in the armed forces deserve a lot, especially more respect. So yeah, start by recruiting major industry and well go from there.