When i got my most recent credit card, the questions they asked me had never been written down by me ever anywhere, and should not have been on public record. It was actually kind of creepy.
If the average functioning human mind can read emotional states of other people, can look at other people in the eye and carry on a "normal" conversation, isn't a person who can't somehow "impaired" compared to one who can
If he can factor large primes in his head and a normal person cant, would you still consider him impaired? Autistic folks have many gifts that "normal" people dont, so calling them impaired is about as silly as calling you impaired because youre not a quantum physicist.
So you worry that being able to add on features or remove them makes chrome bloated, but then extol Opera's kitchen-sink approah (not that I have anything against Opera)
A lot of people seem to have this line of thought, and it makes no sense to me. How does having a streamlined browser with the ability to add missing features at the user's discretion make the browser itself bloated?
This particular malware is not because of a security problem with the OS. It is more of a social engineering thing - trying to trick unsuspecting users to install a malicious script by hiding it as a theme or screensaver.
You mean like almost every piece of malware made for windows in the last several years?
I dont think thats a simple instruction at all; how did they discover the name of the package? What if the package had gone on to purposefully screw up dpkg so that the command would fail? What if it installed additional components not covered by the package installer?
You dont think a specially designed package could work its way into the innards of your system?
On Windows and the like, things are so complicated that Anti-virus software is almost required to remove some of their malware.
This shows me that you really dont know that much about it; most AV software is rubbish once a successful infection has occured. The best way to remove viruses is either by hand with tools such as Autoruns, Process Explorer, or recovery console, or using automated kits like SDFix, Combofix, or (so ive heard) Malwarebytes.
Once theres real money in doing deep down infections of linux boxes, youll start seeing packages which install rootkit drivers, and require live-booting to remove.
Its been said before, and Ill say it again-- Wine Is Not an Emulator. And its not just a tagline-- many things run near- or better-than- native speed-- I had World of Warcraft running on a dualboot, vista / ubuntu system. The vista system got 1/2 the FPS in directx mode than ubuntu, reading off of an NTFS partition using OpenGL and Wine.
In case thats not clear-- Vista, running its native graphics API on its native filesystem type, got 1/2 the FPS of a linux distro using the "secondary" API, a non-native filesystem, and so-called "emulation".
I really dont get what his response has to do with the legal issues. If ownership was shared as Arrington already stated, it doesnt matter if he couldnt deliver AFAIK-- you cant just oust a co-owner like that and claim 100% ownership.
Arrington's post is a hell of a lot more convincing than Rathakrishnan's. Arrington claims "ownership is shared, you cant do crap without us". Rathakrishnan's brilliant response is "you suck, you were too slow, and i dont have time for your silly 'laws'." Any bets on which holds more weight in the inevitable lawsuit?
Wait, so your plan is...
1) Market device with awesome features at super low price
2) right before launch, assure everyone it wont be $500.
3) Announce the device is canceled right before the biggest sales day of the year
4) Have the manufacturerer release 3 weeks later after everyone has done their shopping, at $500
5) ???
6) Profit!
Most people at airports dont seem afraid, or reassured, they tend to simply be irritated at what the average citizen can recognize as silly and ineffective.
I dont know what part of the population the TSA hopes to fool, but its not the majority.
Isnt it built into the salary? I assume when youre getting hired you get these details-- if the terms arent good enough for what youre offered, find another employer. If being reachable is an issue regardless of pay, find a new field.
IT personnel get hooked to pagers 24/7. Collar and leash optional.
Couple of points...
This isnt a teaching or accounting job where, if something goes wrong you can just fix it the next day. If the mail server goes down at 8pm, you can either get it back up ASAP or explain the next day why all of your boss's high-powered contacts' emails bounced and they got pissed. When IT problems develop after hours it actually matters-- so being "reachable" seems pretty reasonable to me. That said if youre a developer and youre being leashed to a phone, that would be a different story.
Also, this may differ for others, but as a consultant, I really enjoy the flexibility I get at my job. Im technically reachable 24/7, but thats not necessarily an issue-- a lot of times Id rather solve that VPN issue remotely from my house at 8pm while enjoying a snack and some music, than wake up early to rush to the client site. Being reachable has its benefits.
And Im not entirely sure that unions are the answer here-- is it being suggested that Unions will magically make the issue of "network disruption at night" disappear? Or will it simply add a whole new wonderful layer of bureaucracy to the mix? Im happily NOT employed by the government, and I have no desire to bring red tape into my job.
Slashdot Mirror
Use Bing instead of Google search
And you're more comfortable with microsoft having this info because.....
Also, you arently honestly suggesting hotmail over gmail are you?
info on your driver's license
When i got my most recent credit card, the questions they asked me had never been written down by me ever anywhere, and should not have been on public record. It was actually kind of creepy.
If the average functioning human mind can read emotional states of other people, can look at other people in the eye and carry on a "normal" conversation, isn't a person who can't somehow "impaired" compared to one who can
If he can factor large primes in his head and a normal person cant, would you still consider him impaired? Autistic folks have many gifts that "normal" people dont, so calling them impaired is about as silly as calling you impaired because youre not a quantum physicist.
I can see why this would lead to success in programming, but they would fail at many other professions.
Programming involves a very high level of abstraction, so im not really clear how you got from A to B there.
So you worry that being able to add on features or remove them makes chrome bloated, but then extol Opera's kitchen-sink approah (not that I have anything against Opera)
A lot of people seem to have this line of thought, and it makes no sense to me. How does having a streamlined browser with the ability to add missing features at the user's discretion make the browser itself bloated?
This particular malware is not because of a security problem with the OS. It is more of a social engineering thing - trying to trick unsuspecting users to install a malicious script by hiding it as a theme or screensaver.
You mean like almost every piece of malware made for windows in the last several years?
If gnome-look is hosting .debs and not reviewing them, it seems to me like theyre inviting disaster.
I dont think thats a simple instruction at all; how did they discover the name of the package? What if the package had gone on to purposefully screw up dpkg so that the command would fail? What if it installed additional components not covered by the package installer?
On Windows and the like, things are so complicated that Anti-virus software is almost required to remove some of their malware.
This shows me that you really dont know that much about it; most AV software is rubbish once a successful infection has occured. The best way to remove viruses is either by hand with tools such as Autoruns, Process Explorer, or recovery console, or using automated kits like SDFix, Combofix, or (so ive heard) Malwarebytes.
Once theres real money in doing deep down infections of linux boxes, youll start seeing packages which install rootkit drivers, and require live-booting to remove.
With no way to download software from anywhere else than that said approved app store.
Yes, its a pity that theres not some file that specifies which repositories are used, which would be changeable by the user...
The problem are there are many such niches-- audio professionals, video editors, people who need CAD, custom PoS apps, gamers, etc.
Its been said before, and Ill say it again-- Wine Is Not an Emulator. And its not just a tagline-- many things run near- or better-than- native speed-- I had World of Warcraft running on a dualboot, vista / ubuntu system. The vista system got 1/2 the FPS in directx mode than ubuntu, reading off of an NTFS partition using OpenGL and Wine.
In case thats not clear-- Vista, running its native graphics API on its native filesystem type, got 1/2 the FPS of a linux distro using the "secondary" API, a non-native filesystem, and so-called "emulation".
I really dont get what his response has to do with the legal issues. If ownership was shared as Arrington already stated, it doesnt matter if he couldnt deliver AFAIK-- you cant just oust a co-owner like that and claim 100% ownership.
Arrington's post is a hell of a lot more convincing than Rathakrishnan's. Arrington claims "ownership is shared, you cant do crap without us". Rathakrishnan's brilliant response is "you suck, you were too slow, and i dont have time for your silly 'laws'." Any bets on which holds more weight in the inevitable lawsuit?
Wait, so your plan is...
1) Market device with awesome features at super low price
2) right before launch, assure everyone it wont be $500.
3) Announce the device is canceled right before the biggest sales day of the year
4) Have the manufacturerer release 3 weeks later after everyone has done their shopping, at $500
5) ???
6) Profit!
Good luck with that
Apple tends to have a higher build quality, and an OS that isnt free. They also tend to not go around screwing prominent bloggers.
Most people at airports dont seem afraid, or reassured, they tend to simply be irritated at what the average citizen can recognize as silly and ineffective.
I dont know what part of the population the TSA hopes to fool, but its not the majority.
That wasnt central america, it was (IIRC) Indonesia.
You trust your ISP? I sure don't. Perhaps I am asking for abuse
Attempting to go to http://www.wasdjfioaiofjiwji.com/ and getting a lovely Cox-sponsored yahoo search seems like abuse to me. Go google.
Thats not because of the constitution, thats because of anti-discrimination laws.
Unless noscript has an exploit, or you run into an infected PDF, or one of those malicious jpegs that can infect you from several years ago...
Good thing MACs cant be changed or spoofed, or what a mess THAT would make ;)
Which seems like the best solution of all that have been proposed so far. People DO have a choice in this...
Isnt it built into the salary? I assume when youre getting hired you get these details-- if the terms arent good enough for what youre offered, find another employer. If being reachable is an issue regardless of pay, find a new field.
IT personnel get hooked to pagers 24/7. Collar and leash optional.
Couple of points...
This isnt a teaching or accounting job where, if something goes wrong you can just fix it the next day. If the mail server goes down at 8pm, you can either get it back up ASAP or explain the next day why all of your boss's high-powered contacts' emails bounced and they got pissed. When IT problems develop after hours it actually matters-- so being "reachable" seems pretty reasonable to me.
That said if youre a developer and youre being leashed to a phone, that would be a different story.
Also, this may differ for others, but as a consultant, I really enjoy the flexibility I get at my job. Im technically reachable 24/7, but thats not necessarily an issue-- a lot of times Id rather solve that VPN issue remotely from my house at 8pm while enjoying a snack and some music, than wake up early to rush to the client site. Being reachable has its benefits.
And Im not entirely sure that unions are the answer here-- is it being suggested that Unions will magically make the issue of "network disruption at night" disappear? Or will it simply add a whole new wonderful layer of bureaucracy to the mix? Im happily NOT employed by the government, and I have no desire to bring red tape into my job.