I am a developer - I run my compiler it generates an EXE - It get quarantined...
It simply is not practical in a "real world" situation except on a locked down one task PC
A firewall, the latest updates, and a user who cannot install/run new programs easily is far more secure (not perfect but more reliable)
I would like to know how the PC was infected : this is the only interesting bit - what happens after is largely irrelevant, once a PC can be persuaded to run arbitrary code then the payload can be anything....but I can't be bothered to register to find out...
No you should buy everything that would be packaged like this online then the economy of scale balance would tip and they manufacturer would refuse to sell with theft resistant packaging to the retail store and we would get it in easier and cheaper packaging....
1st usage anything to do with music 1913 (Illegal radio station) - not in the sense of theft but of running an unlicensed radio station, not illegal due to copyright infringement but for possibly interfering with Naval communications
"This sort of behaviour" is not theft legally, it is "copyright infringement"
Go do some research before writing incorrect replies....
"...more and more people are being wrongly identified as file-sharers..."
Copyright infringement is not theft, is not "piracy", and file-sharing is not automatically copyright infringement
Were they pirates - no Were they stealing - no were they infringing copyright - no were they sharing files - no were they using P2P technology (yes it is built into the game)
Meanwhile the fork maintained by the bulk of the original developers (the community) will carry on under a different name while the original will be shunned and will wither and die...
XP Embedded - Not available to the general user - and 140MB.... for an embedded system!
Try DSL - Fully GUI system, with everything you need for a basic system can boot from a USB key and will work on a 486DX with 16MB RAM - Can run totally in RAM with only 128MB memory - try that with windows...
The GIMP is an example of entrenched *users* who had got used to the interface and a very vocal group of users who did not like it...
The main compliant was that it was not more like (or even exactly the same as) photoshop so you just got a slanging match between one group who wanted it to stay the same and another who wanted to make a clone of photoshop, the large non-vocal group in the middle who just thought the current interface was clunky and awkward and just wanted it improved (but not necessarily to be like photoshop) got drowned out - it was a bad example of OSS, it could not happen with commerical software (if it sells keep it, if it's hurting sales change it)
No it is simpler than that, have an cold calling *opt in* system
If I have not opted in and you cold call me to sell me something I report you, you automatically get a £1000 fine, no ifs no buts
We already have a do not call list both in the US and UK, companies should be hit hard for phoning people on it, automatically without having to chase the phone company or resorting to the courts
Bug squashing, interface tweaking etc. are exactly thing things that OSS projects do well it's mostly the users who fix things so annoyances get fixed, unlike on commercial software where the programmers are insulated from the users and have got used to the annoyances and so can't be bothered to fix them (There are interface annoyances in Vista that I hated in Win 3.1!)
User testing is not needed in OSS as such, the users use it ask for changes or do the changes, there is no separate user testing phase...
The only drudge work that seems to be hard for OSS projects is documentation and help, the kind of people involved do not seem to like doing it (or do not need it) and the kind of people that need it don't know how to do it (and by the time they do they no longer need the help) - translation however does not seem to be a problem
If people are unemployed then yes they will probably not be contributing to OpenSource (or maybe they will fill their spare time....?)
But unless the unemployment rate goes critical I think OpenSource will actually do better than commercial software houses, more companies will be willing to spend a small amount to get cheap good software and less to get expensive commerical software, the OpenSource maintenance and support jobs should flourish
Eric came up with the idea made it work at all...no one was interested
The Japanese liked the idea (fast trains with very little noise) and have spent years doing the research to make it actually buildable.. they also have several systems already up and running, this will be just the first to be an actual commuter system that is fast...
They have a demonstration system that runs at 581km/h and a working urban transit system that runs at 100 km/h
You are missing the point, even if your Version Control system does not do branches/merges at all people will still do them, just on their own machine (or in the IDE) and when they are "right" or Stable they will be merged by hand and become the main branch
All that Git does is let people do this in the version control system easily (and in most cases only in their local copy)
With a VCS that does not handle branches/merges well (or at all) people still branch they just don't back it up anywhere....
Did you not read my compliant - tried to use the Ribbon, wanted to do simple common action could not find it, tried for *10 Minutes* eventually found it.... that is one command out of many and it took 10 minutes not "30 seconds to learn the new UI"
The Ribbon is not obvious or intuitive except for the "common" commands which seem to be all the ones I don't use? the commands I do use are hidden away where I can't find them and have to do more to run them....
I hated the folding menus previously (and disabled them) for the same reason, this is just the same but more so
We do - It's just that the Phone companies don't like using it because it is time consuming
It is very simple faking your CLI should be illegal, If you don't own the number you are claiming to be then it is fraud.... (sending nothing, or an alternative number is fine)
Frank Drake only invented the equation, and he said most of the factors were unknown.......he did not claim that it predicted how many civilisations were out there just if we knew more that we could work it out, we still don't know enough...
You can speed up the user experience of a website by
Speeding up your server (Server side code) - Expensive Speeding up you internet connection - Expensive Speeding up the browser (Client side code) - No cost Simplifying the page - Looks bad
Any website that insists on using Silverlight will fail - as will any that insists on using Flash
Marketing needs to be aware that without an alternative interface they have just lost customers
Anyone who cannot use flash/Silverlight Anyone who does not trust Flash/Silverlight Anyone who blocks Flash/Silverlight All Blind/Visually impaired users
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I am a developer - I run my compiler it generates an EXE - It get quarantined...
It simply is not practical in a "real world" situation except on a locked down one task PC
A firewall, the latest updates, and a user who cannot install/run new programs easily is far more secure (not perfect but more reliable)
I would like to know how the PC was infected : this is the only interesting bit - what happens after is largely irrelevant, once a PC can be persuaded to run arbitrary code then the payload can be anything ....but I can't be bothered to register to find out ...
No you should buy everything that would be packaged like this online then the economy of scale balance would tip and they manufacturer would refuse to sell with theft resistant packaging to the retail store and we would get it in easier and cheaper packaging....
I do have a etymological dictionary thank you ...
Pirate literally "one who attacks"
1st usage to mean steal/theft 1701
1st usage anything to do with music 1913 (Illegal radio station) - not in the sense of theft but of running an unlicensed radio station, not illegal due to copyright infringement but for possibly interfering with Naval communications
"This sort of behaviour" is not theft legally, it is "copyright infringement"
Go do some research before writing incorrect replies ....
"...more and more people are being wrongly identified as file-sharers..."
Copyright infringement is not theft, is not "piracy", and file-sharing is not automatically copyright infringement
Were they pirates - no
Were they stealing - no
were they infringing copyright - no
were they sharing files - no
were they using P2P technology (yes it is built into the game)
Multitouch technology
Microsoft : build it into a table, 2nd stage build a bigger table
Apple : build it into a tablet, 2nd stage build it into a handheld ...says it all really about the market they aim at
Meanwhile the fork maintained by the bulk of the original developers (the community) will carry on under a different name while the original will be shunned and will wither and die ...
XP Embedded - Not available to the general user - and 140MB .... for an embedded system!
Try DSL - Fully GUI system, with everything you need for a basic system can boot from a USB key and will work on a 486DX with 16MB RAM - Can run totally in RAM with only 128MB memory - try that with windows ...
...and I thought they used ECHELON to spy on all traffic Net, Phone, other ....
Which the likes of US companies could do nothing about ....
24 hour time only dates back 6000 years someone will come up with something to replace it soon ...
Oh look a person who lives in the US .... .... 9 to 5 predates the USA
The GIMP is an example of entrenched *users* who had got used to the interface and a very vocal group of users who did not like it ...
The main compliant was that it was not more like (or even exactly the same as) photoshop so you just got a slanging match between one group who wanted it to stay the same and another who wanted to make a clone of photoshop, the large non-vocal group in the middle who just thought the current interface was clunky and awkward and just wanted it improved (but not necessarily to be like photoshop) got drowned out - it was a bad example of OSS, it could not happen with commerical software (if it sells keep it, if it's hurting sales change it)
Sorry you don't seem to be aware that ECHELON is a US/UK/CAN/AUS/NZ joint effort ....
Hmmm ...
Robo callers that you can't hang up ... I knew there was a reason I lived in the UK
Telemarketers that fake CLI
Exemptions from the Do not call list
No it is simpler than that, have an cold calling *opt in* system
If I have not opted in and you cold call me to sell me something I report you, you automatically get a £1000 fine, no ifs no buts
We already have a do not call list both in the US and UK, companies should be hit hard for phoning people on it, automatically without having to chase the phone company or resorting to the courts
Bug squashing, interface tweaking etc. are exactly thing things that OSS projects do well it's mostly the users who fix things so annoyances get fixed, unlike on commercial software where the programmers are insulated from the users and have got used to the annoyances and so can't be bothered to fix them (There are interface annoyances in Vista that I hated in Win 3.1!)
User testing is not needed in OSS as such, the users use it ask for changes or do the changes, there is no separate user testing phase...
The only drudge work that seems to be hard for OSS projects is documentation and help, the kind of people involved do not seem to like doing it (or do not need it) and the kind of people that need it don't know how to do it (and by the time they do they no longer need the help) - translation however does not seem to be a problem
If people are unemployed then yes they will probably not be contributing to OpenSource (or maybe they will fill their spare time ....?)
But unless the unemployment rate goes critical I think OpenSource will actually do better than commercial software houses, more companies will be willing to spend a small amount to get cheap good software and less to get expensive commerical software, the OpenSource maintenance and support jobs should flourish
Eric came up with the idea made it work at all ...no one was interested
The Japanese liked the idea (fast trains with very little noise) and have spent years doing the research to make it actually buildable .. they also have several systems already up and running, this will be just the first to be an actual commuter system that is fast ...
They have a demonstration system that runs at 581km/h and a working urban transit system that runs at 100 km/h
You are missing the point, even if your Version Control system does not do branches/merges at all people will still do them, just on their own machine (or in the IDE) and when they are "right" or Stable they will be merged by hand and become the main branch
All that Git does is let people do this in the version control system easily (and in most cases only in their local copy)
With a VCS that does not handle branches/merges well (or at all) people still branch they just don't back it up anywhere ....
Did you not read my compliant - tried to use the Ribbon, wanted to do simple common action could not find it, tried for *10 Minutes* eventually found it .... that is one command out of many and it took 10 minutes not "30 seconds to learn the new UI"
The Ribbon is not obvious or intuitive except for the "common" commands which seem to be all the ones I don't use? the commands I do use are hidden away where I can't find them and have to do more to run them ....
I hated the folding menus previously (and disabled them) for the same reason, this is just the same but more so
How do I disable the ribbon ....?
We do - It's just that the Phone companies don't like using it because it is time consuming
It is very simple faking your CLI should be illegal, If you don't own the number you are claiming to be then it is fraud.... (sending nothing, or an alternative number is fine)
Frank Drake only invented the equation, and he said most of the factors were unknown .... ...he did not claim that it predicted how many civilisations were out there just if we knew more that we could work it out, we still don't know enough ...
As in I work in IT and it took me 10 minutes to find the Save As option the first time I used the beribboned Office ...
I use OpenOffice because I can find things on the Menus ....
You can speed up the user experience of a website by
Speeding up your server (Server side code) - Expensive
Speeding up you internet connection - Expensive
Speeding up the browser (Client side code) - No cost
Simplifying the page - Looks bad
Guess which one companies recommend.....
This is the problem with the Drake equation
Most of the factors are not known to any great precision
Most of the last factors are not known at all ...since we only have one example, us.
With it you can prove that there are a vast number of civilisations or none just as easily
There are currently 53.4565452112323(56) civilisations in our galaxy ....
They have just lost a potential customer (or two)
Any website that insists on using Silverlight will fail - as will any that insists on using Flash
Marketing needs to be aware that without an alternative interface they have just lost customers
Anyone who cannot use flash/Silverlight
Anyone who does not trust Flash/Silverlight
Anyone who blocks Flash/Silverlight
All Blind/Visually impaired users