If al jazeera is available from Germany and other locations, perhaps someone from a more accessible region could set up a proxy server for us folks in the states to use...
The inability to access aljazeera.net began, perhaps not coincidentally, after they launched their new English language website on Monday. If they ever come back again, the english language version should be available at:
I suspect this author is referring to RH's new "demo" version of their RH Network update tools. Now to use the RH Network to download OS updates you have to either pay for an account, or fill out a (short) survey every 60 days.
RH hasn't said that they'll discontinue to demo service (or prevent people from unlimited extensions) but it's not unreasonable to think that they'll keep restricting it's utility at the very least.
Really, why should you, or anyone else care if Google maintains their lead unless you happen to be employed by them?
If Yahoo! or Overture can produce a better service than Google does, we should applaud them and support their advances. I want the best service possible, I'm not particularly interested in which corporation provides it.
Don't get me wrong, I love Google, and I find new uses for it weekly it seems, but I'm not sitting in front of my computer rooting for them.
They're a business, just like every other business out there -- the only difference is that's it's geek chic to profess devotion to them.
Exactly how is this a viable system for micropayments? What the author has done is provided a how-to for using HTACCCESS to restrict user access on Apache web sites.
There's no mention of how to actually collect the micropayments, just mystical hand waving about rocks and hard places.
This article could have used just a little more substance...
The FTC can't reasonably regulate international companies, that's why.
The trouble with a "Do Not Spam" list is that there is no international barrier to entry for any of these spammers. If they want to set their servers in Thailand and spam away, it's really not costing them any more than it would to have the servers sitting at a US facility (in fact, it might be cheaper).
Compared to Spam, the cost of making an international phone call is significant. The vast majority of telemarketing companies are not using call centers internationally because the cost associated far outweighs the possible income generated by these cold calls.
The FTC could try to regulate Spam, but the are just too many loopholes to be successful.
Hey Hemos, why don't you do a little research before spouting off in support of your favorite Linux-based search engine?
The ads appear at the top of the search results. Observe this search
for computer software. Of course they are quite plainly marked and it's not a big deal.
I just find it interesting that slowly, but surely, Google is doing away with the things that made it unique in the field (at least from a commercialism standpoint).
Just saw this press release stating that Covad is offering @Home customers the opportunity to switch any @Home customer to DSL for free (free hardware & install).
According to this article, about 50% of AT&T customers use the @Home Network. Of those 1/2, 20% can be transitioned to a new network "quickly"
The remainder of AT&T customers use the RoadRunner network and use @Home only for broadband content. If @Home goes dark tomorrow they won't be able to view their excite homepages but their network access will be unaffected.
It's not unusual to find that the rigidity of a college curriculum (or later, the rigidity of your job duties) boring.
I think it's important to realize that there are few jobs that will give you the opportunity to "follow your dreams".
I love high-tech - it's always fascinated me and I have a passion for it. However, I have a high-tech job that I hate. The constraints of my job prevent me from doing anything particularly creative or challenging. I'm here because it's a high-tech job, and I'm lucky to have one in this economy, but I'm certainly not doing what I love.
What I've found is that I'm more compelled than ever to pursue, on my own time, those areas of technology that have always driven me. Maybe one day I can take the skills I've cultivated on my own and apply them to a position that is more to my liking, but regardless of future opportunities, it is from my own personal projects that I gain the most satisfaction.
Don't let bad classes or a bad economy shape your dreams, let them shape only how you approach the attainment of your dreams.
It's not that you chose to hire Java developers that you only paid $50-70K a year, it's because you chose to hire second-tier developers.
Less experienced developers in any language are going to be paid less. You could have hired a group of green programmers of C++, VB, or virtually any language for the same amount of money and had them develop and deploy the system.
Of course you make sacrifices in the quality of the work, but obviously your company is willing to do that...
If I see my next door neighbor commit a crime am I paranoid to report that information? No. In fact, as a concerned citizen I should be expected to report what I've seen.
If I am delusional and simply decide that my neighbor might be up to no good and then I report him... only then am I paranoid.
We cannot expect people to police themselves and we should not punish those who are strong enough to report misdeeds. Labeling them as paranoid is incorrect, misleading, and irresponsible.
Actually, if you study basic human psychology - people tend not to report crimes when they witness them.
We have a natural tendency to "ignore" others. Maybe we hope that someone else saw and will report the crime we witnessed, but by in large, we don't want to be individually involved.
Despite what we'd like to believe people often have to be encouraged to do the right thing. If we encourage children to be concerned citizens from the beginning we will have a healthier society in the end.
This is the job of the school. The school has authority and responsibility "in loco parentis", in the place of the parents.
The schools should encourage students to come forward and "inform" the authorities of any potential threats. It then becomes the schools responsibility to investigate all information thoroughly before making a decision. This is where errors often occur - schools rush to judgement and often trample the rights of others.
There should be no liability for being a concerned citizen, only for being an oppressive authority.
C'mon people, we're all ready to condemn the Salem Police for being over-sensistive computer illiterate goons but we don't even know what happened. The Boston.com article is short and leaves many details unanswered. Why don't we do some due diligence and wait until we know details of this case?
Sheesh, for a bunch of folks who spent their lives being misjudged you'd think we'd be a little more reasonable...
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Fundamentally, I should NOT be typing in "www.microsoft.com" in IE if I want to look for Windows 98 crap. I should type in "Microsoft Windows 98".
This is a good idea but it's already been tried. Remember RealNames? The problem with Real Names is that it makes it even more difficult to determine who has rights to certain phrases. Who decides who gets to use the various mnemonics like "Internet", "Books", "CD", or "Linux"? Too many of the sites on the internet cover very general topics. Using mneonics opens the WWW to even more corporatism and confusion.
Advanced searching doesn't offer much hope either for this problem. Searching really just abstracts the source away from the user. If I go to www.fbi.gov I can be relatively sure of the source of the information I am reading. This is of great benefit to the user. Using a meta-engine to push pages to the user without any real indication of the location of that page (anyone can create pages that look like official FBI pages) would undermine the few pockets of credibility that do exist on the web.
Sensible, fair, use of domain names is a lost cause. I shudder to think of the trouble that these new TLDs will bring...
While widescale CT by the hands of Bin Laden or Aum Shinrikyo certainly deserve our attention the author fails to recognize that the majority of CT will come from smaller organizations that will find CT a cheap, safe, and increasingly effective way to draw attention to their cause. The true power of CT is its ability to undermine civilian confidence in an world increasily reliant on technology. A relatively unskilled cyberterrorist can crash a computer server that is responsible for anything from publishing content to the WWW to monitoring transactions on a bank network. These small relatively harmless acts of terror receive intense media coverage and serve to undermine the confidence of a public that for the most part is just beginning to grasp the technology. More organized CT organizations are currently launching widescale attacks against the world banking industry and according to some estimates, these CT organizations can hijack upwards of 10 million dollars ($USD) a month from the banking industry. These types of attacks go generally unreported mainly because there is a fear that civilians will panic if they believe there money is not safe -- but these attacks will not go unreported much longer. The media is always searching for new CT to report. IT is incredibly powerful and offers great features to the consumer but at the same time it takes more control away from the consumer and places that control in the hands of an elite group of people with the savvy to control the technology. People are aware that IT is costing them control of their lives and their privacy but they seem to be willing to give up some privacy for what is perceived to be a "better life." The true power of CT is that it can take advantage of citizens concerned with control by exploiting the inherent insecurity of IT. When a government is faced with a citizenry that can no longer trust the backbone of the economy, that government will be more likely than ever to succumb to the demands of terrorists. Never before has it been so easy for a terrorist to get the attention of the audience.
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If al jazeera is available from Germany and other locations, perhaps someone from a more accessible region could set up a proxy server for us folks in the states to use...
The inability to access aljazeera.net began, perhaps not coincidentally, after they launched their new English language website on Monday. If they ever come back again, the english language version should be available at:
http://english.aljazeera.net
I suspect this author is referring to RH's new "demo" version of their RH Network update tools. Now to use the RH Network to download OS updates you have to either pay for an account, or fill out a (short) survey every 60 days.
RH hasn't said that they'll discontinue to demo service (or prevent people from unlimited extensions) but it's not unreasonable to think that they'll keep restricting it's utility at the very least.
Really, why should you, or anyone else care if Google maintains their lead unless you happen to be employed by them?
If Yahoo! or Overture can produce a better service than Google does, we should applaud them and support their advances. I want the best service possible, I'm not particularly interested in which corporation provides it.
Don't get me wrong, I love Google, and I find new uses for it weekly it seems, but I'm not sitting in front of my computer rooting for them.
They're a business, just like every other business out there -- the only difference is that's it's geek chic to profess devotion to them.
C'mon, why do submitters feel compelled to throw baseless incendiary quips into their story submissions, and why do /. editors always fall for them?
This service does not legitimize piracy any more than a band providing a MP3 on their own website legitimizes piracy.
ClearChannel will have the recording and distribution rights to the concert, what they do with those rights is their business.
I for one am looking forward to this service, I think it's an interesting idea.
Exactly how is this a viable system for micropayments? What the author has done is provided a how-to for using HTACCCESS to restrict user access on Apache web sites.
There's no mention of how to actually collect the micropayments, just mystical hand waving about rocks and hard places.
This article could have used just a little more substance...
The FTC can't reasonably regulate international companies, that's why.
The trouble with a "Do Not Spam" list is that there is no international barrier to entry for any of these spammers. If they want to set their servers in Thailand and spam away, it's really not costing them any more than it would to have the servers sitting at a US facility (in fact, it might be cheaper).
Compared to Spam, the cost of making an international phone call is significant. The vast majority of telemarketing companies are not using call centers internationally because the cost associated far outweighs the possible income generated by these cold calls. The FTC could try to regulate Spam, but the are just too many loopholes to be successful.
Hey Hemos, why don't you do a little research before spouting off in support of your favorite Linux-based search engine?
The ads appear at the top of the search results. Observe this search for computer software. Of course they are quite plainly marked and it's not a big deal.
I just find it interesting that slowly, but surely, Google is doing away with the things that made it unique in the field (at least from a commercialism standpoint).
Oh well...
Just saw this press release stating that Covad is offering @Home customers the opportunity to switch any @Home customer to DSL for free (free hardware & install).
Might be worth investigating...
According to this article, about 50% of AT&T customers use the @Home Network. Of those 1/2, 20% can be transitioned to a new network "quickly"
The remainder of AT&T customers use the RoadRunner network and use @Home only for broadband content. If @Home goes dark tomorrow they won't be able to view their excite homepages but their network access will be unaffected.
It's not unusual to find that the rigidity of a college curriculum (or later, the rigidity of your job duties) boring.
I think it's important to realize that there are few jobs that will give you the opportunity to "follow your dreams".
I love high-tech - it's always fascinated me and I have a passion for it. However, I have a high-tech job that I hate. The constraints of my job prevent me from doing anything particularly creative or challenging. I'm here because it's a high-tech job, and I'm lucky to have one in this economy, but I'm certainly not doing what I love.
What I've found is that I'm more compelled than ever to pursue, on my own time, those areas of technology that have always driven me. Maybe one day I can take the skills I've cultivated on my own and apply them to a position that is more to my liking, but regardless of future opportunities, it is from my own personal projects that I gain the most satisfaction.
Don't let bad classes or a bad economy shape your dreams, let them shape only how you approach the attainment of your dreams.
It's not that you chose to hire Java developers that you only paid $50-70K a year, it's because you chose to hire second-tier developers.
Less experienced developers in any language are going to be paid less. You could have hired a group of green programmers of C++, VB, or virtually any language for the same amount of money and had them develop and deploy the system.
Of course you make sacrifices in the quality of the work, but obviously your company is willing to do that...
If I see my next door neighbor commit a crime am I paranoid to report that information? No. In fact, as a concerned citizen I should be expected to report what I've seen.
... only then am I paranoid.
If I am delusional and simply decide that my neighbor might be up to no good and then I report him
We cannot expect people to police themselves and we should not punish those who are strong enough to report misdeeds. Labeling them as paranoid is incorrect, misleading, and irresponsible.
Actually, if you study basic human psychology - people tend not to report crimes when they witness them.
We have a natural tendency to "ignore" others. Maybe we hope that someone else saw and will report the crime we witnessed, but by in large, we don't want to be individually involved.
Despite what we'd like to believe people often have to be encouraged to do the right thing. If we encourage children to be concerned citizens from the beginning we will have a healthier society in the end.
This is the job of the school. The school has authority and responsibility "in loco parentis", in the place of the parents. The schools should encourage students to come forward and "inform" the authorities of any potential threats. It then becomes the schools responsibility to investigate all information thoroughly before making a decision. This is where errors often occur - schools rush to judgement and often trample the rights of others. There should be no liability for being a concerned citizen, only for being an oppressive authority.
C'mon people, we're all ready to condemn the Salem Police for being over-sensistive computer illiterate goons but we don't even know what happened. The Boston.com article is short and leaves many details unanswered. Why don't we do some due diligence and wait until we know details of this case?
Sheesh, for a bunch of folks who spent their lives being misjudged you'd think we'd be a little more reasonable...
Fundamentally, I should NOT be typing in "www.microsoft.com" in IE if I want to look for Windows 98 crap. I should type in "Microsoft Windows 98".
This is a good idea but it's already been tried. Remember RealNames? The problem with Real Names is that it makes it even more difficult to determine who has rights to certain phrases. Who decides who gets to use the various mnemonics like "Internet", "Books", "CD", or "Linux"? Too many of the sites on the internet cover very general topics. Using mneonics opens the WWW to even more corporatism and confusion.
Advanced searching doesn't offer much hope either for this problem. Searching really just abstracts the source away from the user. If I go to www.fbi.gov I can be relatively sure of the source of the information I am reading. This is of great benefit to the user. Using a meta-engine to push pages to the user without any real indication of the location of that page (anyone can create pages that look like official FBI pages) would undermine the few pockets of credibility that do exist on the web.
Sensible, fair, use of domain names is a lost cause. I shudder to think of the trouble that these new TLDs will bring...
While widescale CT by the hands of Bin Laden or Aum Shinrikyo certainly deserve our attention the author fails to recognize that the majority of CT will come from smaller organizations that will find CT a cheap, safe, and increasingly effective way to draw attention to their cause. The true power of CT is its ability to undermine civilian confidence in an world increasily reliant on technology. A relatively unskilled cyberterrorist can crash a computer server that is responsible for anything from publishing content to the WWW to monitoring transactions on a bank network. These small relatively harmless acts of terror receive intense media coverage and serve to undermine the confidence of a public that for the most part is just beginning to grasp the technology. More organized CT organizations are currently launching widescale attacks against the world banking industry and according to some estimates, these CT organizations can hijack upwards of 10 million dollars ($USD) a month from the banking industry. These types of attacks go generally unreported mainly because there is a fear that civilians will panic if they believe there money is not safe -- but these attacks will not go unreported much longer. The media is always searching for new CT to report. IT is incredibly powerful and offers great features to the consumer but at the same time it takes more control away from the consumer and places that control in the hands of an elite group of people with the savvy to control the technology. People are aware that IT is costing them control of their lives and their privacy but they seem to be willing to give up some privacy for what is perceived to be a "better life." The true power of CT is that it can take advantage of citizens concerned with control by exploiting the inherent insecurity of IT. When a government is faced with a citizenry that can no longer trust the backbone of the economy, that government will be more likely than ever to succumb to the demands of terrorists. Never before has it been so easy for a terrorist to get the attention of the audience.