Comment Re:and you dont know shit. (Score 1) 419
Except that the presence of his patent spurred the market into innovating in LED technology.
Comment Re:Just BSD everything, kthxbai (Score 1) 65
Unfortunately, nothing is that black and white in the world. Freedom does have a middle ground.
I have the freedom to drive a car. I do not have the freedom to drive a car on private property where I am not wanted, as doing so would infringe on the freedom of another to hold private property and keep it private. In the same way, those who write code have the freedom to keep their code private as they want.
It is a balancing act.
I have the freedom to drive a car. I do not have the freedom to drive a car on private property where I am not wanted, as doing so would infringe on the freedom of another to hold private property and keep it private. In the same way, those who write code have the freedom to keep their code private as they want.
It is a balancing act.
Comment Re:WHY? (Score 1) 88
Except that that overlooks the fact that most teaches will use the "Clear RAM" function to quickly wipe a TI, and that archived programs are saved from this wipe.
Archive programs, let teacher wipe calculator, un-archive programs, and there you go.
Archive programs, let teacher wipe calculator, un-archive programs, and there you go.
Comment Re:Bore them to death (Score 1) 301
Unfortunately, this case does not come out of the United States.
The co.uk top level domain being your first clue.
Tor Users Urged To Update After Security Breach 161
An anonymous reader writes "If you use Tor, you're cautioned to update now due to a security breach. In a message on the Tor mailing list dated Jan 20, 2010, Tor developer Roger Dingledine outlines the issue and why you should upgrade to Tor 0.2.1.22 or 0.2.2.7-alpha now: 'In early January we discovered that two of the seven directory authorities were compromised (moria1 and gabelmoo), along with metrics.torproject.org, a new server we'd recently set up to serve metrics data and graphs. The three servers have since been reinstalled with service migrated to other servers.' Tor users should visit the download page and update ASAP."
Comment Re:Here is an idea (Score 1) 285
For some reason, your post seems a great deal more credible, and amusing, when read as if spoken by Dr. House; especially given the selective "quotations" and (snide side commentary).
Have you considered using your talents for sarcasm and wit elsewhere? Somewhere you can get paid for it?
Have you considered using your talents for sarcasm and wit elsewhere? Somewhere you can get paid for it?
Using Outlook From Orbit 268
Pigskin-Referee writes with this excerpt from Office Watch: "On the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station they use Microsoft Outlook 2003, but not quite in the same way that us earthbound Earthlings do. The space shuttle Atlantis is orbiting the earth right now and the crew exchange emails with the ground a few times each day. Bandwidth is a constraint and you don't want the busy crewmembers bothered with spam or unnecessary messages so NASA has a special system in place. The crew use fairly standard laptops running Microsoft Outlook (currently Outlook 2003) with Exchange Server as the email host, but they don't link to the server using any of the standard methods."
Comment Re:Do power users abuse their IT knowledge? (Score 2, Informative) 460
Yes, but I must do so on port 21 as port 22 is blocked outright on the network.
FTP is left wide open because the IT department uses it for any sort of file transfer, as well as the fact that they heavily rely on Websense, and its default behaviour towards FTP is to allow all incoming and outgoing connections on that port.
FTP is left wide open because the IT department uses it for any sort of file transfer, as well as the fact that they heavily rely on Websense, and its default behaviour towards FTP is to allow all incoming and outgoing connections on that port.
Comment Re:Information Security 101 (Score 1) 605
But what if their tasks with no work-arounds are what they do all day long? They'll stay logged in as administrator all the time. So why even bother with the limited account in that case?
Comment Re:Better Reporting On The Way. (Score 1) 57
I don't have a long-form birth certificate, so by your reasoning, I must not be a natural born U.S. citizen. Nevermind the fact that there are photographs from my birth showing I was born in a Florida hospital. Nevermind the fact my parents last left the country two years before I was born. Nevermind any other facts or evidence I can find. It's long-form birth certificate or nothing, isn't it?
I think you need to find a new battle to fight, because this one is dead. You can pull whatever reasoning you want out, but in the end, it's all just bloggers and "reporters" pulling out the same arguments over and over with their own opinion. Your basis of argument is a fallacy, please let it go.
I think you need to find a new battle to fight, because this one is dead. You can pull whatever reasoning you want out, but in the end, it's all just bloggers and "reporters" pulling out the same arguments over and over with their own opinion. Your basis of argument is a fallacy, please let it go.
Comment Re:In case you didn't realize this: (Score 1) 135
I'm a humorless twat, you insensitive clod.
USPTO Asking For Ideas To Enhance Patent Quality 42
dtmos writes "Tired of seeing poor-quality patents issued? Have a great way to solve the problem? Well, here's your chance to be part of the solution. The USPTO has issued a Request for Comments on Enhancement in the Quality of Patents (PDF), seeking public comment on ways to improve 'the process for obtaining the best prior art, preparation of the initial application, and examination and prosecution of the application.' Comments should be sent to patent_quality_comments@uspto.gov by February 8, 2010."
Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them 233
bckspc writes "The Committee to Protect Journalists has published their annual census of journalists in prison. Of the 136 reporters in prison around the world on December 1, 'At least 68 bloggers, Web-based reporters, and online editors are imprisoned, constituting half of all journalists now in jail.' Print was next with 51 cases. Also, 'Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business.' China, Iran, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma were the top 5 jailers of journalists."
rmdstudio writes, too, with word that after the last few days' protest there, largely organized online, the government of Iran is considering the death penalty for bloggers and webmasters whose reports offend it.
Submission + - Google-Microsoft Crossfire Will Hit Consumers 1
theodp writes: Newsweek's Dan Lyons doesn't know who will be the winner in Google and Microsoft's search battle, but that's not stopping him from picking a loser — consumers. As we head towards a world where some devices may be free or really cheap, consumers should prepare to be bombarded by ads or pay a premium to escape them. 'The sad truth is that Google and Microsoft care less about making cool products than they do about hurting each other,' concludes Lyons. 'Their fighting has little to do with helping customers and a lot to do with helping themselves to a bigger slice of the money we all spend to buy computers and surf the Internet. Microsoft wants to ruin Google's search business. Google wants to ruin Microsoft's OS business. At the end of the day, they both seem like overgrown nerdy schoolboys fighting over each other's toys.'
Submission + - Do you hate being called an "IT Guy"?
An anonymous reader writes: The phrase "I.T." is so overused, I'm not sure what it means any more. Ok maybe it's an ego thing, but I spent a lot of years in grad school, lots of years getting good at creating software, and lots of years getting good at creating technical products and I don't want the same label as the intern who fixes windoze. I'm looking at a tech management job at a content company that is trying to become a software company, and they refer to everything about software development, data center operations, and desktop support as "I.T.". I'd like to tell the CEO before I take the job that we have to stop referring to all these people as "IT people" or I'm not going to be able to attract and retain the top tier talent that is required. Am I just being petty? just forget it? change it slowly over time? These folks are really developing products, but we don't normally call software creators "product developers". Just call them the "Tech dept" ?, "Engineering Dept"? I like labeling what is normally sys admins, the "service delivery" group because ultimately it's not about just admin'ing the servers up, it's about delivering a SaaS product to our customers.
