I did try ubuntu desktop 64 approximately a month ago. I was horrified (drama queen:) to find that it responded to ping!
Your point that linux is more secure for reasons which are really unrelated to any feature of linux itself (namely side-effects of its popularity) was interesting. Given that this is so, would you say it's in the best interests of linux developers and users to evangelize linux, at the possible risk of more attention from haX0rs ?
With my own mother, I think alot of that crap she ends up with are from simply mis-clicking links, or possibly on notification windows. Hard to configure against stuff like that.
Not really. Just right-click your mother and choose 'Update Driver'; job done;)
I often see this kind of comment which either implies or explicitly states that linux has no problems with malware and needs no firewall.
How can this be? Are we to believe that the developers of linux had some magical insight unavailable to the windows developers which means that once software is installed it is prevented from doing anything which the user wouldn't want it to? Are we to believe that a linux machine doesn't respond to ping or doesn't have open ports or bugs in software which can cause it to be made to do unexpected things?
Really, this is not a troll.. Yah, I know, it kinda sounds like one.. It's just me wondering if all this apparent fanboyism is really just ppl who close their eyes and pretend to not see problems or if there really are no problems.
I would like to know. I'm thinking of switching over but feel uneasy without fifteen layers of firewall/antivirus/anti-spyware protection...
I've heard that there are chinese p2p programs like ppstream that allow you to watch hundresds of recent movies on demand and there's nothing the Americans can do about it.
In this way you could possibly make it look like 76.74.24.143 was distributing music (riaa.com).
Lol. Never gonna happen. It hasn't occurred to the RIAA that they might want to try competing with the pirates in offering a product that is easily found, downloaded and consumed.
Noone tell them; the last thing we want is an RIAA that has a source of income other than the life savings of innocent dead goldfish.
No. The problem is stupid people *combined with* people lacking moral fibre.
Stupid people as you refer to them are just innocent souls trying to make it through life whilst being used as human cattle by corporations, drug dealers, so-called 'friends' etc..
Without the morally corrupt, the world would be a much less hostile place for those of us who trust others.. (myself excluded.)
No offense but you seem to be describing the brute-force approach to being self-employed. Surely there's a better way which doesn't rely on the 'meet 1000 contacts, get one job' approach?
Complaining that iTunes on the iPod doesn't support Microsoft DRM doesn't pass my sniff test. I simply do not believe there is a customer in the world that would sue over that.
It seems that business is just a means for some company to fuck some other company over using the consumer as a weapon. I'm so tired of their bullshit. Why the fuck can't they all think of the fucking consumer? I don't want one device per file format. wtf is wrong with you ppl? won't someone think of the fucking consumer?
18. On information and belief, persons other than Psystar are involved in Psystarâ(TM)s unlawful and improper activities described in this Amended Complaint. The true names or capacities, whether individual, corporate, or otherwise, of these persons are unknown to Apple. Consequently they are referred to herein as John Does 1 through 10 (collectively the âoeJohn Doe Defendantsâ). On information and belief, the John Doe Defendants are various individuals and/or corporations who have infringed Appleâ(TM)s intellectual property rights, breached or induced the breach of Appleâ(TM)s license agreements and violated state and common law unfair competition laws. Apple will seek leave to amend this complaint to show the unknown John Doe Defendantsâ(TM) true names and capacities when they are ascertained.
Legalese really is the most dry textual representation of ideas possible... not only are we threatening you with all manner of unpleasantness but the very act of reading our threat saps your will to live.
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yah. whilst I agree; please remind us what goatse's communicating, again.
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..or stop snorting the bug powder
I did try ubuntu desktop 64 approximately a month ago. I was horrified (drama queen :) to find that it responded to ping!
Your point that linux is more secure for reasons which are really unrelated to any feature of linux itself (namely side-effects of its popularity) was interesting. Given that this is so, would you say it's in the best interests of linux developers and users to evangelize linux, at the possible risk of more attention from haX0rs ?
Not really. Just right-click your mother and choose 'Update Driver'; job done ;)
I often see this kind of comment which either implies or explicitly states that linux has no problems with malware and needs no firewall.
How can this be? Are we to believe that the developers of linux had some magical insight unavailable to the windows developers which means that once software is installed it is prevented from doing anything which the user wouldn't want it to? Are we to believe that a linux machine doesn't respond to ping or doesn't have open ports or bugs in software which can cause it to be made to do unexpected things?
Really, this is not a troll.. Yah, I know, it kinda sounds like one.. It's just me wondering if all this apparent fanboyism is really just ppl who close their eyes and pretend to not see problems or if there really are no problems.
I would like to know. I'm thinking of switching over but feel uneasy without fifteen layers of firewall/antivirus/anti-spyware protection...
Link? :)
Lol. Never gonna happen. It hasn't occurred to the RIAA that they might want to try competing with the pirates in offering a product that is easily found, downloaded and consumed.
Noone tell them; the last thing we want is an RIAA that has a source of income other than the life savings of innocent dead goldfish.
Do you have one of those children's wind-up tv's which show a single program?
Curiously it doesn't seem to have appeared. Nor has my link to this post. Surely they're not using *manual* moderation? lol
No. The problem is stupid people *combined with* people lacking moral fibre.
Stupid people as you refer to them are just innocent souls trying to make it through life whilst being used as human cattle by corporations, drug dealers, so-called 'friends' etc..
Without the morally corrupt, the world would be a much less hostile place for those of us who trust others.. (myself excluded.)
Quite right. It's just coincidence that drugs are around and skoolkidz (sic) are pimping their asses for drugs.
If you're gonna make such an insightful comment.. could you at least wrap the original comment in some <blockquote>'s so we don't need to scroll?
No offense but you seem to be describing the brute-force approach to being self-employed. Surely there's a better way which doesn't rely on the 'meet 1000 contacts, get one job' approach?
That's not the way things are done around here.. ..and regardless, that comment about you killing the games industry was a joke..
*whoosh*
Nice pants btw
Thanks :) - my favourites are your Greengrocers' apostrophes
Well... *looks around uneasily*.. it's a start but better lynch him to be safe =)
Awesome :)
Wash your mouth out!
It seems that business is just a means for some company to fuck some other company over using the consumer as a weapon. I'm so tired of their bullshit. Why the fuck can't they all think of the fucking consumer? I don't want one device per file format. wtf is wrong with you ppl? won't someone think of the fucking consumer?
Interesting... pasting from the article (something alien to many slashdotters) apparently makes your comments 'off-topic'.
Legalese really is the most dry textual representation of ideas possible... not only are we threatening you with all manner of unpleasantness but the very act of reading our threat saps your will to live.
I far prefer the xml 'spec' for ease-of-reading..
There should be a law which states that Lawyers are not allowed to [ab]use text.
Negative.
By all means, troll to your heart's content but PLEASE make it intelligible so that our minds can experience the troll as yours did..