Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman, is, in part, about connecting people with an interface that could be like the gaming interface of the future. Forget about joy stick controllers, Wii tennis, and other mechanical apparatus. Why not just connect people directly through their nervous systems? If we all shared our thoughts this way, what would be the implications?
I found the first season to be really boring and when one summarizes the plot, I think that might become clear. I found the second to be unrelentingly depressing since not a single character had any substantial redeeming qualities.
I think this is a big deal. Who really believes that outsourcing technology operations to India and China does not have a long-term consequence? With time, India and China will become innovators -- if they have not already. Reportedly, China has already built the world's second-fastest supercomputer, and is fabricating its own chips (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/science/01compute.html).
Imagine, now, young people thoughout the world writing software. What platform would they choose? If I was growing up in India and had an accessible computer for $35, I probably would not want to pay a whole lot more for a Windows computer.
Maybe this tablet does not quite have it right, technologically. But it is a step forward and an indication of intention on the part of the Indian government.
Nessus provides and interesting example. The software itself is free, but you can buy knowledge modules.
So, Suppose a particular free package supports knowledge modules. These could be simple tables, scripts, whatever. A package like Nessus could even support its own programming language, perhaps even to the extent of LISP on Emacs. One can purchase them, and when purchasing them, they can buy a susbcription for updates. (For that matter, one could even purchase anti-virus signatures that destroy computers, but that is another story.)
So, the software is free, but the data isn't. Would scripts that run within a particular package constitute software that, by imnplication, would be free, or data that one would pay for?
How are cybersecurity experts really trained? In universities? Private industry is on the cutting edge of computing, not academia.
So, what about private industry? Would anyone really want their son, daughter, nephew or niece to to go into any field that would prepare them to be cybersecurity experts? Outside of jobs that require security clearances, it seems that there is a pretty good chance of getting offshored or at least oursourced. Who wants that kind of job security?
Funny, despite all the comments universities, when earning an "advanced" degree in computer science (where many of the students could not program their way out of a wet paper bag), the US government gave me no tax breaks whatsoever with the hefty tuition. In my case, I did not overly care, but in general, the incentives for earning academic credentials in computer science seem somewhat limited.
Why not look at broader behavior? People jaywalk, drive while intoxicated or talking on their cell phones, etc. There is some popular notion of what acceptable risk is, and somehow that includes shopping at TJX stores.,
Interesting. I used an e-mail gateway product that had a modified a modified version of Sendmail for their e-mail gateway product. The vendor declined to share the source code with me. What recourse could I have possible had?
In Washington, DC, they are supposed to be illegal in the major tourist areas, but the local government just ignores this since some businesses now have "Segway tours". Why do I hate Segways? The people on them, oblivious to pedestrians, actually push pededstrians out of the way and sometimes run into them. I don't think that "smug" captures it.
If some company deleted materials from your laptop or your iPod, what would your reaction be? Furthermore, if someone damaged your work by accessing your laptop or personal computer, what would your reaction be?
If the licensing terms allow it, I would say sue them, big time.
Does anyone remember the time McAfee distributed a signature file that caused its software to delete executable binaries from computers? This caused me and many other persons much grief.
A few months afterward, a vendor asked me what McAfee could do to make up for such a thing. My response was that that they couldn't, that they should just go out of business.
In areas outside of copyrighted photos, such fine art, the photos seem to be very good. For example, search for Rembrandt. So far as photos of current celebrities, however, isn't there a way to create a composite photo of the many photos already in existence? In some sci-fi entertainment, I've seen where computers could simulate moving images of people, but is this science fiction only? Presumably, a simulated photograph could not be held subject to copyright.
For some meaty programming, I'd suggest writing a chess engine for Winboard.
To get into the project, the sentence above is all you need to know. Everything else is online. One starting point is "Chess Engine Protocol" in Wikipedia.
I hope you'll find out that programming isn't really about a specific language.
"'Consumers are hesitant to pay for a Microsoft security product that will remove problems in other Microsoft products,"'
Well, yes. But it is not just that. We already pay for Microsoft product defects in other ways too. Let's say you are doing a major rollout of Active Directory or Exchange. Sometimes, the only way you get a bug fix is to get a support contract from Microsoft or hire a company that has a support contract. Any Exchange administrator of a good size organization can tell you that Exchange has more than its fair share of bugs, and this new one, Exchange 2007, is no exception.
Which leads to the question, where is the incentive on the part of Microsoft to produce really good software? Why not just produce mediocre software and then ask people to pay more money to fix it?
How are we supposed to pay? Here is an example. Remember when a US senator got the bright idea of changing daylight savings time? Users of Windows 2000 had to pay Microsoft thousands of dollars for the fix.
You pay by the fix.
"Azure" could be interpreted as "second rate". In the 17th century artists used Azurite as a second-rate blue pigment.... the first rate version was a semi-precious stone, Lapiz Lazuli.
I recommend "Authentic Happiness" by Seligman. On the the first chapter or so, he discusses why lawyers seem to be miserable people. There is a lot of similarity between the post and what he writes.
The most important thing I learned from the book is why I cannot stand dating women lawyers.
On another note, what really struck me this weekend was how the cable networks spent so much time covering Tony Snow, who passed on around the same time, and barely mentioned Dr. DeBakey. He got a lot more coverage in the Houston, Texas press.
Maybe it's the god of fundamentalists. Is there anything in the bible about whether people have or do not have green skin, or three eyes, antenna, or other alien attributes? For the creation story, how long is day on another planet? This oculd get very interesting.
A third-party provider would typically be best for a small business, such as Postini. Appliances would be my second choice, such as Ironport or Ironmail on the high end. Whatever you choose, make sure that you integrate anti-virus and anti-spam in the same system.
I think you tend to get what you pay for. The open source solutions can work in some situations, but for one IT guy in a 50-person company, the maintenance could be a bit much. If you go this route, prepare to spend some time leaning to confugure the MTA and some trial and error.
We all make compromises, and do a lot of things that we do not want to do. I would say that if you want to step outside an established career, you should have a really good idea of what you want to do and how are are going to do it. However, even the people who follow their dreams do a whole lot of things they do not want to do. When Michelangelo was painting the Sistine, he had to design the scaffolding, hire people to build it, and then supervise its construction. When sculpting, he also procured his own marble blocks by dealing with marble quarrymen and going down into the quarries, not exactly the safest thing in the world. The guy worked 18 hours a day. and that's just one example of many. The other day, I ran across a book, "The Making of a Chef", that had some similar themes.
Kind of sounds like a Suze Orman question.
I did not find this entirely surprising. Microsoft's new e-mail platform, Exchange 2007, has made all its management operations available in its "Power Shell". It has it's own scripting language and some useful variations on pipes and the ability to incorporate CSV file columns into a script without a whole lot of extra work. It is more like UNIX, but really, I see it as something that they should have done a long time ago, when it would have saved me a lot of C++ programming.
What seems amazing is how people who are supposedly so smart can collectively do something so dumb. No one bothered to put themselves in the place of the consumer. DId anyone at MS actually go out and buy a Joe Average laptop to see how Vista would work in a typical situation?
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This made me wonder what the reaction would be if Microsoft bought Wired.com.
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman, is, in part, about connecting people with an interface that could be like the gaming interface of the future. Forget about joy stick controllers, Wii tennis, and other mechanical apparatus. Why not just connect people directly through their nervous systems? If we all shared our thoughts this way, what would be the implications?
I found the first season to be really boring and when one summarizes the plot, I think that might become clear. I found the second to be unrelentingly depressing since not a single character had any substantial redeeming qualities.
I think this is a big deal. Who really believes that outsourcing technology operations to India and China does not have a long-term consequence? With time, India and China will become innovators -- if they have not already. Reportedly, China has already built the world's second-fastest supercomputer, and is fabricating its own chips (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/science/01compute.html).
Imagine, now, young people thoughout the world writing software. What platform would they choose? If I was growing up in India and had an accessible computer for $35, I probably would not want to pay a whole lot more for a Windows computer.
Maybe this tablet does not quite have it right, technologically. But it is a step forward and an indication of intention on the part of the Indian government.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought it was legal precedent that copyright protections did not apply to satire.
Nessus provides and interesting example. The software itself is free, but you can buy knowledge modules.
So, Suppose a particular free package supports knowledge modules. These could be simple tables, scripts, whatever. A package like Nessus could even support its own programming language, perhaps even to the extent of LISP on Emacs. One can purchase them, and when purchasing them, they can buy a susbcription for updates. (For that matter, one could even purchase anti-virus signatures that destroy computers, but that is another story.)
So, the software is free, but the data isn't. Would scripts that run within a particular package constitute software that, by imnplication, would be free, or data that one would pay for?
How are cybersecurity experts really trained? In universities? Private industry is on the cutting edge of computing, not academia.
So, what about private industry? Would anyone really want their son, daughter, nephew or niece to to go into any field that would prepare them to be cybersecurity experts? Outside of jobs that require security clearances, it seems that there is a pretty good chance of getting offshored or at least oursourced. Who wants that kind of job security?
Funny, despite all the comments universities, when earning an "advanced" degree in computer science (where many of the students could not program their way out of a wet paper bag), the US government gave me no tax breaks whatsoever with the hefty tuition. In my case, I did not overly care, but in general, the incentives for earning academic credentials in computer science seem somewhat limited.
Why not look at broader behavior? People jaywalk, drive while intoxicated or talking on their cell phones, etc. There is some popular notion of what acceptable risk is, and somehow that includes shopping at TJX stores.,
Interesting. I used an e-mail gateway product that had a modified a modified version of Sendmail for their e-mail gateway product. The vendor declined to share the source code with me. What recourse could I have possible had?
In Washington, DC, they are supposed to be illegal in the major tourist areas, but the local government just ignores this since some businesses now have "Segway tours". Why do I hate Segways? The people on them, oblivious to pedestrians, actually push pededstrians out of the way and sometimes run into them. I don't think that "smug" captures it.
If some company deleted materials from your laptop or your iPod, what would your reaction be? Furthermore, if someone damaged your work by accessing your laptop or personal computer, what would your reaction be? If the licensing terms allow it, I would say sue them, big time.
Does anyone remember the time McAfee distributed a signature file that caused its software to delete executable binaries from computers? This caused me and many other persons much grief. A few months afterward, a vendor asked me what McAfee could do to make up for such a thing. My response was that that they couldn't, that they should just go out of business.
In areas outside of copyrighted photos, such fine art, the photos seem to be very good. For example, search for Rembrandt. So far as photos of current celebrities, however, isn't there a way to create a composite photo of the many photos already in existence? In some sci-fi entertainment, I've seen where computers could simulate moving images of people, but is this science fiction only? Presumably, a simulated photograph could not be held subject to copyright.
For some meaty programming, I'd suggest writing a chess engine for Winboard. To get into the project, the sentence above is all you need to know. Everything else is online. One starting point is "Chess Engine Protocol" in Wikipedia. I hope you'll find out that programming isn't really about a specific language.
"'Consumers are hesitant to pay for a Microsoft security product that will remove problems in other Microsoft products,"' Well, yes. But it is not just that. We already pay for Microsoft product defects in other ways too. Let's say you are doing a major rollout of Active Directory or Exchange. Sometimes, the only way you get a bug fix is to get a support contract from Microsoft or hire a company that has a support contract. Any Exchange administrator of a good size organization can tell you that Exchange has more than its fair share of bugs, and this new one, Exchange 2007, is no exception. Which leads to the question, where is the incentive on the part of Microsoft to produce really good software? Why not just produce mediocre software and then ask people to pay more money to fix it?
How are we supposed to pay? Here is an example. Remember when a US senator got the bright idea of changing daylight savings time? Users of Windows 2000 had to pay Microsoft thousands of dollars for the fix. You pay by the fix.
"Azure" could be interpreted as "second rate". In the 17th century artists used Azurite as a second-rate blue pigment .... the first rate version was a semi-precious stone, Lapiz Lazuli.
I recommend "Authentic Happiness" by Seligman. On the the first chapter or so, he discusses why lawyers seem to be miserable people. There is a lot of similarity between the post and what he writes. The most important thing I learned from the book is why I cannot stand dating women lawyers.
What a giant of a human being.
On another note, what really struck me this weekend was how the cable networks spent so much time covering Tony Snow, who passed on around the same time, and barely mentioned Dr. DeBakey. He got a lot more coverage in the Houston, Texas press.
Maybe it's the god of fundamentalists. Is there anything in the bible about whether people have or do not have green skin, or three eyes, antenna, or other alien attributes? For the creation story, how long is day on another planet? This oculd get very interesting.
A third-party provider would typically be best for a small business, such as Postini. Appliances would be my second choice, such as Ironport or Ironmail on the high end. Whatever you choose, make sure that you integrate anti-virus and anti-spam in the same system.
I think you tend to get what you pay for. The open source solutions can work in some situations, but for one IT guy in a 50-person company, the maintenance could be a bit much. If you go this route, prepare to spend some time leaning to confugure the MTA and some trial and error.
I thought MS tried to beat Yahoo and Google and couldn't hack it. Isn't that the real failure, the inability to "innovate"?
We all make compromises, and do a lot of things that we do not want to do. I would say that if you want to step outside an established career, you should have a really good idea of what you want to do and how are are going to do it. However, even the people who follow their dreams do a whole lot of things they do not want to do. When Michelangelo was painting the Sistine, he had to design the scaffolding, hire people to build it, and then supervise its construction. When sculpting, he also procured his own marble blocks by dealing with marble quarrymen and going down into the quarries, not exactly the safest thing in the world. The guy worked 18 hours a day. and that's just one example of many. The other day, I ran across a book, "The Making of a Chef", that had some similar themes. Kind of sounds like a Suze Orman question.
I did not find this entirely surprising. Microsoft's new e-mail platform, Exchange 2007, has made all its management operations available in its "Power Shell". It has it's own scripting language and some useful variations on pipes and the ability to incorporate CSV file columns into a script without a whole lot of extra work. It is more like UNIX, but really, I see it as something that they should have done a long time ago, when it would have saved me a lot of C++ programming.
What seems amazing is how people who are supposedly so smart can collectively do something so dumb. No one bothered to put themselves in the place of the consumer. DId anyone at MS actually go out and buy a Joe Average laptop to see how Vista would work in a typical situation?