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MS Passport and... Visa
HeUnique writes "Well, people have seen it coming. According to this story Microsoft is extending the Passport authentication system to process Credit card payment (currently: Visa and MasterCard) through a deal with Arcot Systems. Of course, with the ever-changing privacy terms that some companies keep changing without notifying their user - it won't take much long until they'll take your credit cards info for 'verification' and who knows what they'll do with it.. sigh.."
In a nutshell: "Microsoft and Arcot plan to offer, later this fall, a service that will let banks require computer users to type in their Passport username and password to authenticate Visa or MasterCard credit cards." Take the word "require" in that sentence with a grain of salt, I guess. Favorite quote: "People will start trusting the system now that it's linked to credit cards."
Sure.
Credits: onby
1. Introduction
As everyone knows, Open Source software is the wave of the future. With the market share of GNU/Linux and *BSD increasing every day, interest in Open Source Software is at an all time high.
Developing software within the Open Source model benefits everyone. People can take your code, improve it and then release it back to the community. This cycle continues and leads to the creation of far more stable software than the 'Closed Source' shops can ever hope to create.
So you're itching to create that Doom 3 killer but don't know where to start? Read on!
2. First Steps
The most important thing that any Open Source project needs is a Sourceforge page. There are tens of thousands of successful Open Source projects on Sourceforge; the support you receive here will be invaluable.
OK, so you've registered your Sourceforge project and set the status to '0: Pre-Thinking About It', what's next?
3. Don't Waste Time!
Now you need to set up your SourceForge homepage. Keep it plain and simple - don't use too many HTML tags, just knock something up in VI. Website editors like FrontPage and DreamWeaver just create bloated eye-candy - you need to get your message to the masses!
4. Ask For Help
Since you probably can't program at all you'll need to try and find some people who think they can. If your project is a game you'll probably need an artist too. Ask for help on your new Sourceforge pages. Here is an example to get you started:
"Hi there! Welcom to my SorceForge page! I am planing to create a Fisrt Person Shooter game for Linux that is going to kick Doom 3's ass! I have loads of awesome ideas, like giant robotic spiders! I need some help thouh as I cant program or draw. If you can program or draw the tekstures please get in touch! K thx bye!"
Thousands of talented programmers and artists hang out at Sourceforge ready to devote their time to projects so you should get a team together in no time!
5. The A-Team
So now you have your team together you are ready to change your projects status to '1: Pre-Bickering'. You will need to discuss your ideas with your team mates and see what value they can add to the project. You could use an Instant Messaging program like MSN for this, but since you run Linux you'll have to stick to e-mail.
Don't forget that YOU are in charge! If your team doesn't like the idea of giant robotic spiders just delete them from the project and move on. Someone else can fill their place and this is the beauty of Open Source development. The code might end up a bit messy and the graphics inconsistant - but it's still 'Free as in Speech'!
6. Getting Down To It
Now that you've found a team of right thinking people you're ready to start development. Be prepared for some delays though. Programming is a craft and can take years to learn. Your programmer may be a bit rusty but will probably be writing "hello world" programs after school in no time.
Closed Source games like Doom 3 use the graphics card to do all the hard stuff anyhow, so your programmer will just have to get the NVidia 'API' and it will be plain sailing! Giant robot spiders, here we come!
7. The Outcome
So it's been a few years, you still have no files released or in CVS. Your programmer can't get enough time on the PC because his mother won't let him use it after 8pm. Your artist has run off with a Thai She-Male. Your project is still at '1: Pre-Bickering'...
Congratulations! You now have a successful Open Source project on Sourceforge! Pat yourself on the back, think up another idea and do it all again! See how simple it is?
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IN TEH FUCHAR, LITERSY WLIL EB OPSHANAL!!!!!111
No no no
First they get Passport,
Then you get their money,
Then you get the power,
Then you get the women.
dead body.
now I just have to hack some idiots pass port account just to get a credit card info. SWEEET!
I'll just email my credit card info to CowboyNeal
Jesus, the ironytroll is on the loose again! Get a life, man!
Szo
Red Leader Standing By!
19 And then I saw a wall of sort of swirling ducks in many colors, but mostly a plaid pattern, you know?
20 And there was a noise as of many syrupy sproingy things.
Nice guy, was old John, but a bit too fond of odd mushrooms...
End of lesson. You may press the button.
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Man, you left out the cherry:
...) contributing hacky pieces of code, nobody ever written. OR at least their surenames seem to reflect that diversity.
8. The project really kicked as, as we have developers from all over the world (Afganistan, Albania,
9. Time for an IPO, following VA and Mandrake.
10. Now, I'm sure you can even beat Loki. Just tell your developers you will pay them SOMEDAY. You can't believe it noe, but they will be working for at least a year.
11. Now you have to pick up a license. You better contact OSI man, otherwise these guys will not certify you as an "OSI-compliant Ultra Wide SCSI, etc.". Don't miss the opportunity, and nowadays you can stick a nice OSI logo up you site!!!
12. Well the IPO didn't go that well, but now you can request funding from the great FSF, just write everything in perl, the OO language.
There was a kid a year or so ago who got hold of billg's credit card number and ordered a case of Viagra to be delivered to the great man's house.
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