I think the source of this trouble is that when you use exceptionally popular programs like FireFox or 7zip you're seeing software that really isn't representative of FOSS. These are definitely in the top 99%.
When you start digging down into niche software that serves a tiny market segment you're getting into an area where few people are interested in using it and even fewer are interested in contributing. I do agree that these areas are currently best served by commercial apps. The whole FOSS thing works because so many people are contributing and it's easy to get support from one of the masses of people using it or working on it. On smaller projects you find yourself doing your own support - which isn't necessarily awful, it's just a real time sink.
BitTorrent is believed to be harboring weapons of mass destruction. These weapons are believed to be capable of destroying all of the internet tubes. The government has no choice but to authorize the ISPs to use lethal force to prevent these terrorists from succeeding.
No, what happened is that Russia saw Germany coming. They were concerned about it and were in talks with the west to sign some sort of pact. We took too long and Russia signed a pact with Germany. It wasn't about helping Germany as much as it was prevent Germany from attacking them. The Germans attacked them anyway and we ended up helping Russia significantly through the Lend-Lease program. Anyone that can't remember that we were allies and that Germany was split in two and half of Europe ended up Russian as a result is crazy.
Have people just never watched a World War II movie or what? How could you possibly not know that Germany and Japan were the two countries we were fighting? All of those people should just be banned from voting. They've obviously forgotten the most significant event in our nation's history since the civil war and as such don't deserve to vote.
Nevertheless it's still a depressing example of the state of America. I can understand how you'd miss a few. I managed to get 90%... but I can't imagine missing half of them. Self-identified or not, you'd still expect them to do at least a little *better*, not worse.
I've always felt the same way. For a long time our company was able to control the risk of data walking out the door by limiting who had CD burners. Nothing worth taking could fit on a floppy...
Unfortunately, we haven't updated our policies and anyone could bring or take anything. Firewalls and e-mail scanning are all designed to protect anything from outside coming in... those don't work so well when someone just slaps a thumbdrive with the latest worm in their machine. 'Cause lets be honest - no matter how good your virus scanning is they're always playing catchup. If you get something before there's a new virus definition for it - you're screwed.
Well that's what happens when this Bittorrent thing gets outta hand. Everything gets copied everywhere. It's insanity and it must be stopped. Thank God these companies are doing something about it!
This same tired argument gets dragged out every time this comes up. There are A LOT of WoW users and WoW's not even the only app to use BitTorrent type tech. Steam does as well. (yes, 4 year old link. I spent 5 seconds googling, do your own research.)
It hasn't even been proven that all of the music / programs / movies getting downloaded are truly being pirated. Tons of people bought Spore and then downloaded cracked versions to avoid activation issues. When I used file sharing apps to get music I already owned about 90% of the stuff I was downloading. I was just too lazy to bring my CDs to work to rip them. It was easier to just DL it. Same with movies. How many people have DVD ripping software compared to how many people have bittorrent?
meh, just more media sensationalism. No different than how they report anything else. Everything from Google and Apple is a world changing testament to mankind's ability to innovate. Everything from Microsoft is obviously just some sad ripoff of someone else's tech.
The election was treated the same way. Ridiculously insignificant and borderline facts get prime time coverage.
That would break google's rule about the number of words on their front page. Google is hardcore about making their front page as simple as possible. I like it. I hate Yahoo and everything else that has 10,000 articles surrounding the search box.
The entire concept of mapping space using coordinates is pretty insane. Everything is moving relative to everything else. Good luck space cartographers!
Which was exactly my point in saying that people developing on 64bit boxes get the short end of the stick... again.
I remember a couple years back when it seemed like everything was going 64bit. There was talk of Windows 7 being 64bit only, all the processors supported it, we had XP 64 and then Vista started right out with a 64bit version, wow! Then the reality of the fact that none of the people writing software wanted to bother to make them work in 64bit set in. Even worse, it seems like the few that have updated their applications to support it have rolled that support into a new version and are forcing people to upgrade. It's the same garbage the hardware manufacturers pulled with Vista all over again.
You don't have to chop firewood when you have a lighsaber. You just stick that slice o' tree right into your fireplace, jam your lightsaber into the middle of it and wait for it to light on fire. Mission Accomplished.
I wouldn't be so sure. Look at Intel... AMD had it on the ground. The P4 was getting its ass handed to it regularly and everyone knew it. Gaming PCs were almost exclusively AMD. It got to the point where people laughed when you said you wanted to build an Intel based machine. ... fast forward a few years and Core 2 has crushed AMD. Intel has not only come back but has completely turned the table. AMD is only just now reaching 3 GHz with their top of the line chips - Intel reached that nearly a year ago. Intel's upcoming i7 chips look to be just as dominant. From what I've seen AMD isn't even going to have a prayer until the end of 2009.
I wouldn't discount Microsoft just yet. They may be be staggering now but I wouldn't be surprised if they made a come back.
I had to pick my top three. Slashdot sigs have a really brief length limit. Unfortunately that's probably a good thing. Most bulletin boards are 50% signature garbage.
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Ah curse you early morning post... top 1% was, in fact, what I meant... but you already know that!
I think the source of this trouble is that when you use exceptionally popular programs like FireFox or 7zip you're seeing software that really isn't representative of FOSS. These are definitely in the top 99%.
When you start digging down into niche software that serves a tiny market segment you're getting into an area where few people are interested in using it and even fewer are interested in contributing. I do agree that these areas are currently best served by commercial apps. The whole FOSS thing works because so many people are contributing and it's easy to get support from one of the masses of people using it or working on it. On smaller projects you find yourself doing your own support - which isn't necessarily awful, it's just a real time sink.
BitTorrent is believed to be harboring weapons of mass destruction. These weapons are believed to be capable of destroying all of the internet tubes. The government has no choice but to authorize the ISPs to use lethal force to prevent these terrorists from succeeding.
No, what happened is that Russia saw Germany coming. They were concerned about it and were in talks with the west to sign some sort of pact. We took too long and Russia signed a pact with Germany. It wasn't about helping Germany as much as it was prevent Germany from attacking them. The Germans attacked them anyway and we ended up helping Russia significantly through the Lend-Lease program. Anyone that can't remember that we were allies and that Germany was split in two and half of Europe ended up Russian as a result is crazy.
Have people just never watched a World War II movie or what? How could you possibly not know that Germany and Japan were the two countries we were fighting? All of those people should just be banned from voting. They've obviously forgotten the most significant event in our nation's history since the civil war and as such don't deserve to vote.
Nevertheless it's still a depressing example of the state of America. I can understand how you'd miss a few. I managed to get 90%... but I can't imagine missing half of them. Self-identified or not, you'd still expect them to do at least a little *better*, not worse.
I've always felt the same way. For a long time our company was able to control the risk of data walking out the door by limiting who had CD burners. Nothing worth taking could fit on a floppy...
Unfortunately, we haven't updated our policies and anyone could bring or take anything. Firewalls and e-mail scanning are all designed to protect anything from outside coming in... those don't work so well when someone just slaps a thumbdrive with the latest worm in their machine. 'Cause lets be honest - no matter how good your virus scanning is they're always playing catchup. If you get something before there's a new virus definition for it - you're screwed.
On top of that, recommending DNSSEC is starting to sound like recommending that everyone start playing Duke Nukem Forever.
No one likes patching sinking ships but it's better than nothing. Doing nothing and waiting for DNSSEC are nearly the same thing.
roflmao what have I started? Funniest thing I've read all week. A+++ would read again. oh, just did.
Well that's what happens when this Bittorrent thing gets outta hand. Everything gets copied everywhere. It's insanity and it must be stopped. Thank God these companies are doing something about it!
This same tired argument gets dragged out every time this comes up. There are A LOT of WoW users and WoW's not even the only app to use BitTorrent type tech. Steam does as well. (yes, 4 year old link. I spent 5 seconds googling, do your own research.)
It hasn't even been proven that all of the music / programs / movies getting downloaded are truly being pirated. Tons of people bought Spore and then downloaded cracked versions to avoid activation issues. When I used file sharing apps to get music I already owned about 90% of the stuff I was downloading. I was just too lazy to bring my CDs to work to rip them. It was easier to just DL it. Same with movies. How many people have DVD ripping software compared to how many people have bittorrent?
The arachnid was sent in order to know if spiders can survive and makes webs in space...
makes? I makes teh webs and yous gives mes teh bugs. Otherwise, I eats other spiders.
meh, just more media sensationalism. No different than how they report anything else. Everything from Google and Apple is a world changing testament to mankind's ability to innovate. Everything from Microsoft is obviously just some sad ripoff of someone else's tech.
The election was treated the same way. Ridiculously insignificant and borderline facts get prime time coverage.
That would break google's rule about the number of words on their front page. Google is hardcore about making their front page as simple as possible. I like it. I hate Yahoo and everything else that has 10,000 articles surrounding the search box.
The entire concept of mapping space using coordinates is pretty insane. Everything is moving relative to everything else. Good luck space cartographers!
Which was exactly my point in saying that people developing on 64bit boxes get the short end of the stick... again.
I remember a couple years back when it seemed like everything was going 64bit. There was talk of Windows 7 being 64bit only, all the processors supported it, we had XP 64 and then Vista started right out with a 64bit version, wow! Then the reality of the fact that none of the people writing software wanted to bother to make them work in 64bit set in. Even worse, it seems like the few that have updated their applications to support it have rolled that support into a new version and are forcing people to upgrade. It's the same garbage the hardware manufacturers pulled with Vista all over again.
From the guy that cut the tree down and chopped it into slices with a chainsaw.
So people developing on a 64-bit platform are still screwed... Well I guess that's just another reason for me not to use Flash.
You don't have to chop firewood when you have a lighsaber. You just stick that slice o' tree right into your fireplace, jam your lightsaber into the middle of it and wait for it to light on fire. Mission Accomplished.
My eyes.... my eyes....!
MA! THE MEATLOAF! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZWfDtNRvA4
I wouldn't be so sure. Look at Intel... AMD had it on the ground. The P4 was getting its ass handed to it regularly and everyone knew it. Gaming PCs were almost exclusively AMD. It got to the point where people laughed when you said you wanted to build an Intel based machine.
... fast forward a few years and Core 2 has crushed AMD. Intel has not only come back but has completely turned the table. AMD is only just now reaching 3 GHz with their top of the line chips - Intel reached that nearly a year ago. Intel's upcoming i7 chips look to be just as dominant. From what I've seen AMD isn't even going to have a prayer until the end of 2009.
I wouldn't discount Microsoft just yet. They may be be staggering now but I wouldn't be surprised if they made a come back.
Windows 7ven of 9 will be the Linux killer. Linux and mac users will switch en masse. Resistance is futile.
I had to pick my top three. Slashdot sigs have a really brief length limit. Unfortunately that's probably a good thing. Most bulletin boards are 50% signature garbage.
I missed the part where that was funny. I miss the days where, in addition to being retarded, AC's were funny.
Probably nothing that the sub in your home theater system or the subs in your neighbor kid's trunk don't already do.