Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread Ryan Simpkins
On Wed, May 25, 2011 00:43, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > What surprised me was that their scheduler source is available. It looks like > they released it under a custom license which may restrict use to > non-commercial. Still, probably a great way for a potential job candidate to > peek under the hood.

Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread Ryan Simpkins
On Wed, May 25, 2011 00:23, Levi Pearson wrote: > Huh, I'm kind of surprised I wasn't more aware of them, since they > sort of overlapped with what Linux Networx was doing. What surprised me was that their scheduler source is available. It looks like they released it under a custom license which m

Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread Levi Pearson
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > Their COO is Michael Jackson. I think that makes 'em pretty freakin' cool. Who > WOULDN'T want to work with MJ? Maybe if it was zombie Michael Jackson, and he put on weekly live Thriller shows with his zombie buddies. Otherwise, working wi

Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread Ryan Simpkins
On Tue, May 24, 2011 14:45, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > > On 24 May 2011, at 13:24, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > >> Does anyone have experience working with a company called Adaptive >> Computing? >> I was recently contacted by a recruiter from there who was really >> selling the company as the next big op

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Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:08 -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote: > OTOH, you are willing to share your words on a 100% public mailing list. >What, in your opinion, is the difference between participation on a > public mailing list and having a semi-public Facebook account? (I could > answer that my

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:58 -0700, Joshua Lutes wrote: > Right, I have all of my settings set to their most restricting. Until Zuckerberg decides that he can raise the stock price 3% by changing your privacy options again. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://p

Re: Updating the subject on forked threads

2011-05-24 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 14:18 -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > Is it too much to ask, that when your entire reply has nothing to do with > the subject, that you change it, so for those of us using threading MUAs > can determine which replies in the thread we wish to read, and which we > don't? Yes.

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:28 -0600, Jason Van Patten wrote: > so you think that people should be saved from their own stupidity?.. > Personally on this one i have to favor the libertarian view that it's > not my place to dictate to others how to think or act with respect to > their own safety or

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Nicholas Leippe
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Joshua Lutes wrote: > > Actually if the recipient of your email is not you, you can't depend on the > correspondence being private. Actually, if you merely send an email w/o TLS and/or you don't control the email server host and network you can consider it is not

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Joshua Lutes
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Alan Young wrote: > Actually, if the recipient of you're email is using google or yahoo or > even an isp you can't depend on you're correspondence being private. > Actually if the recipient of your email is not you, you can't depend on the correspondence being pr

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Alan Young
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 16:58, Joshua Lutes wrote: > it.  Email or (gasp) face to face conversation is for private > correspondence. Actually, if the recipient of you're email is using google or yahoo or even an isp you can't depend on you're correspondence being private. -- Alan Young /* PLUG:

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Joshua Lutes
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Shane Hathaway wrote: > It sounds like you're saying people behave differently on social > networks due to the illusion of privacy. In that case, aren't the > *people* at fault, not the social networks? Personally, I post on > Facebook only because that's where m

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Lars Rasmussen
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Richard Esplin wrote: > I think you missed my point. > > To extend your analogy, I would only buy a weapon that was designed to > minimize accidental or irresponsible use. A gun sold by Facebook would fire > at my family whenever an advertiser told it to. Yes!

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
I think you missed my point. To extend your analogy, I would only buy a weapon that was designed to minimize accidental or irresponsible use. A gun sold by Facebook would fire at my family whenever an advertiser told it to. Richard On Tuesday May 24 2011 15:52:55 Jonathan Duncan wrote: > >

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Shane Hathaway
On 05/24/2011 03:52 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > I love technology. Just like any tool, it can be used for good or > evil. I think Social Media is amazing. Of course, the more > amazingly helpful a tool is for "the good guys" the more amazingly > helpful it is to "the bad guys". Just because so

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Shane Hathaway
On 05/24/2011 03:19 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > On the other hand, some folks seem convinced that their facebook > accounts are wonderful places to discuss the upcoming vacation where > they won't be home for two weeks. Oh and uncle Otto! Lets not forget > him, uncle Otto Beoutajob, he's such a h

Re: Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 24 May 2011, at 15:33, Richard Esplin wrote: > I don't think shunning all social media is necessarily the right approach. I > really enjoy LinkedIn's ability to let me track my friend's careers. Google > has made their share of mistakes, but I think they generally try and strike a > healthy

Social Media and Privacy WAS Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
I don't think shunning all social media is necessarily the right approach. I really enjoy LinkedIn's ability to let me track my friend's careers. Google has made their share of mistakes, but I think they generally try and strike a healthy balance (their data liberation initiative I think is very

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Jason Van Patten
so you think that people should be saved from their own stupidity?.. Personally on this one i have to favor the libertarian view that it's not my place to dictate to others how to think or act with respect to their own safety or well being. Jason P. Van Patten Website Development ja...@infogeni

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
> OTOH, you are willing to share your words on a 100% public mailing list. > What, in your opinion, is the difference between participation on a public > mailing list and having a semi-public Facebook account?  (I could answer > that myself, but I'd rather hear from you since you probably have bett

Re: [OT] Social Network Privacy

2011-05-24 Thread Shane Hathaway
[Re-sent with a better subject and more trimming] On 05/24/2011 02:08 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > My advice to everyone is to stay the heck away from social media period. > For those of you who don't there are social media "erasers" but they > are run by lawyers and cost accordingly. OTOH, you ar

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
> Remember that best friend you had back in college, the one who got rich > and has been looking to repay you for being so willing to buy pizza on > your credit card? His bank account is overflowing and he's looking to > share the wealth. He might call your mother, neighbors, priest, and > girlfrie

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Shane Hathaway
On 05/24/2011 02:08 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: >> Not different. I think they are creepy too. >> >> Cool technology. Immensely valuable for my local photo collection. But a >> globally searchable database has lots of sinister implications. >> >> And to be clear, I don't think it takes a jerk to cre

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Corey Edwards
On 05/24/2011 01:42 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 12:28 -0700, Joshua Lutes wrote: >> What are they going to do with this information though? Should it matter to >> me that they are aware of who my friends are? My understanding is that they >> use the data to target advertising

Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 24 May 2011, at 13:24, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Does anyone have experience working with a company called Adaptive Computing? > I was recently contacted by a recruiter from there who was really > selling the company as the next big opportunity for me. Is that not standard marketing rhetoric fo

Re: Updating the subject on forked threads

2011-05-24 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 24 May 2011 14:18:20 -0600 Aaron Toponce wrote: > Annoyance: when the topic clearly does NOT deliniate the subject > matter contained therein. > > Is it too much to ask, that when your entire reply has nothing to do > with the subject, that you change it, so for those of us using > threa

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
> Not different. I think they are creepy too. > > Cool technology. Immensely valuable for my local photo collection. But a > globally searchable database has lots of sinister implications. > > And to be clear, I don't think it takes a jerk to create a regrettable > scenario. Context is important,

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
Joshua accidentally replied directly to me. I'll return the conversation to the list, and add my response below. On Tuesday May 24 2011 13:35:24 Joshua Lutes wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Richard Esplin > wrote: > > > > Even though you probably didn't even notice that picture I took

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 12:28 -0700, Joshua Lutes wrote: > What are they going to do with this information though? Should it matter to > me that they are aware of who my friends are? My understanding is that they > use the data to target advertising. Whatever. Ignoring the whole dystopian conspir

Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread Alan Young
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 13:24, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Does anyone have experience working with a company called Adaptive Computing? I haven't worked there, but several of my former co-workers work there now. They are good people, and they seem to think its a good place to work. My $.02, worth

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Joshua Lutes
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Andrew McNabb wrote: > > There is no such thing as a minimal Facebook account. They create lists > of your acquaintances, what you click on, and what pictures you're in. > When people send you messages, they don't give you any way to forward > them to your normal

[OT] Thoughts on Adaptive Computing (Company)?

2011-05-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Does anyone have experience working with a company called Adaptive Computing? I was recently contacted by a recruiter from there who was really selling the company as the next big opportunity for me. Just wondering if anyone has the inside scoop on them, I'm very interested so far. /* PLUG: http:/

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Levi Pearson
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Andrew McNabb wrote: > There is no such thing as a minimal Facebook account.  They create lists > of your acquaintances, what you click on, and what pictures you're in. > When people send you messages, they don't give you any way to forward > them to your normal e

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
I think you summarized it best when you said ". . . only the data you give them in the first place." The idea of photo tagging, web bugs, and social network graphs is that they collect data about me that I did not give them. Even though you probably didn't even notice that picture I took of you

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Andrew McNabb
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:50:00AM -0700, Joshua Lutes wrote: > Why don't you just have a minimal account so you can look at such things? > You don't have to post anything, you know, and you don't have to log in > everyday. I don't understand what the big deal is. Sure they leak data > like a si

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Joshua Lutes
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Richard Esplin wrote: > > I think photo tagging is really creepy. > > Why? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Esplin
Or that other people give them on your behalf. I think photo tagging is really creepy. Richard On Tuesday May 24 2011 12:50:00 Joshua Lutes wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Andrew McNabb wrote: > > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:40:59AM -0600, Lars Rasmussen wrote: > > > > > > I once

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Joshua Lutes
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:40:59AM -0600, Lars Rasmussen wrote: > > > > I once had a FB account, and the pings of regret of from permanently > > deleting my account(no small feat) are few. > > I have no regrets about deleting my Facebook ac

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > > On 24 May 2011, at 11:43, Daniel C. wrote: > >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Lars Rasmussen >> wrote: >>> I once had a FB account, and the pings of regret of from permanently >>> deleting my account(no small feat) are few. >> >> Th

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Andrew McNabb
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:40:59AM -0600, Lars Rasmussen wrote: > > I once had a FB account, and the pings of regret of from permanently > deleting my account(no small feat) are few. I have no regrets about deleting my Facebook account a year ago, but I do occasionally get annoyed by family membe

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 24 May 2011, at 11:43, Daniel C. wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Lars Rasmussen > wrote: >> I once had a FB account, and the pings of regret of from permanently >> deleting my account(no small feat) are few. > > The time for me to delete my own facebook account is approaching > ra

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Lars Rasmussen
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Daniel C. wrote: > The time for me to delete my own facebook account is approaching > rapidly.  I've heard it's a tremendous pain; do you have any advice? I used this post - it was a while back when I deleted my account: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/security/p

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Lars Rasmussen wrote: > I once had a FB account, and the pings of regret of from permanently > deleting my account(no small feat) are few. The time for me to delete my own facebook account is approaching rapidly. I've heard it's a tremendous pain; do you have an

Re: [OT]Did the whole list get raptured today?

2011-05-24 Thread Lars Rasmussen
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:46 AM, AJ ONeal wrote: > Maybe I'll copy them (my friend did the uploading) somewhere else. > > However, it's probably about time for you to get FB and Twitter accounts. > Shun the non-believer... shun!!! shun!!! Stuart, it's not time for you to get a FB account. Watch

Re: [OT] Funniest cartoon ever... Part 2?

2011-05-24 Thread Scott Edwards
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:12 AM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Ok so Bagley has a follow up to his previous cartoon. > I'm posting here since we were talking about it last week. > http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/51868958-82/bagley-cartoon-facebook-lake.html.csp > > Now thats funny! I can see a ca

[OT] Funniest cartoon ever... Part 2?

2011-05-24 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Ok so Bagley has a follow up to his previous cartoon. I'm posting here since we were talking about it last week. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/51868958-82/bagley-cartoon-facebook-lake.html.csp Now thats funny! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org