IIS7 is a generation ahead of Apache in features and performance and even 'gasp' stability...
Any facts to back this up?
In fact you don't even need SOURCE, as assembly and binaries are just as readable to uber geeks as Source Code is.
So, you'd rather dig through assloads of decompiled/disassembled code (that may or may not have been optimised to hell by the compiler) to try and fix a bug, or to try and figure out what the developer was thinking at that point? Me, I'd rather have the source, then I can read the comments (including the bits that say/* HACK: poking this bit causes bad things to happen */) rather than having to try and work it out for myself. Of course compiled code isn't 'worthless' or 'unreadable', but people (well, most of, some I have my doubts about) aren't "freaking retarded" for just wanting the source in front of them. Especially since the source can at least be edited and recompiled on a machine with a different architecture, or is it a hobby of yours to dig through x86 disassembly and make it work on something like SPARC?
And I know I'm feeding the troll, and there's a reason you got the -1, Flamebait. But, it's early and I'm annoyed. Congratulations, you got a response, guess that makes me as much of a fuckwit as you.
Give me an app's uncompiled sourcecode, prior to compilation into object & machine code, & it's MUCH simpler to spot areas of vulnerability &/or potential faults - by far, vs. trying to disassemble an app that is already in executable format + tracing it to find weaknesses.
That's the point, is it not? It's easier to spot the vulnerabilities and you have the ability to fix them (if you can, or you can file a bug report with the devs.), removing said vulnerabilities.
Whereas in a piece of closed software, you might be able to trace through the disassembly and find a fault or vulnerability, but you can't (easily) fix it. And trying to file a bug report to the person who wrote the software may cause more problems, considering how many licence agreements specifically say it is illegal to decompile or disassemble the software. (I'd find an example, but legalese makes my brain hurt. (IANAL, IAANAOSD (I Also Am Not An Open Source Dev.)))
FC8 on the family PC, running CUPS. prints fine to the Canon Pixma MP150 (that was, until not so long ago, an expensive paperweight.) openSUSE11 on my PC, prints across the network just fine to the same canon printer.
Unless you actually provide some facts, I'm going to carry on believing you're spouting the same old crap about "do to anything in linux, you have to recompile x and hack y."
Ah, I stand corrected. As you can probably tell, I've not used F9 that much. (I was in fact only going off what I remembered the one time I installed it.)
AFAIK, KDE4 isn't the default KDE for Fedora 9, but I could be wrong. But if so, you can probably change it in the install.
Also, the reason that the gnome stuff is installed is because there are so many apps that rely on it, Evolution, Firefox, etc. (As far as I can see, anyway.)
Then again, I run openSUSE with KDE4.0 as my default DE, and I quite like it. (There are a few bits that need a bit of a polish, but I don't know enough to change them), but there are always Gnome apps I'm relying on and I don't mind this so much. (However, I can't stand using gnome as my default desktop... but, to each their own.)
(Hmm... was there a point to this post? note to self: don't internet while tired.)
It's been done... there's a mod on thebestcasescenario.com/forums/ that uses a raid array of flash discs to boot from... can't find the link at the moment, but will post it when I get home.
taking steps to reduce the number of people making unauthorised copies of their content: fair enough, they rely on that content to make them money.
Suing the living shit out of kids/dead people/et al for downloading an mp3: a little bit over the top, IMO...
I can understand someone who makes their living from producing content wanting to protect their income. However, the knee-jerk reaction from the recording associations is increasingly wild and they're likely to end up kicking themselves in the face, so to speak.
Offtopic: I think the 'kid' who needs to grow up is you. Who else is hiding behind a mask and throwing insults at people? How very childish.
not really... you'd just end up squashing the same crap into a smaller area... (This does, of course, depend on whether the person who is writing the code is a code-chimp or not... so YMMV...)
Seriously though, what is the whole facebook thing about? I've never understood it. I'm almost permanently in IRC, so maybe it happened while I wasn't looking.
At my local PC store (Scan), you have to buy a motherboard/CPU/other major component to be able to buy the OEM version. I'm not sure what policy would be in use at other computer stores, but I'm guessing it would be similar.
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Any facts to back this up?
So, you'd rather dig through assloads of decompiled/disassembled code (that may or may not have been optimised to hell by the compiler) to try and fix a bug, or to try and figure out what the developer was thinking at that point? /* HACK: poking this bit causes bad things to happen */) rather than having to try and work it out for myself.
Me, I'd rather have the source, then I can read the comments (including the bits that say
Of course compiled code isn't 'worthless' or 'unreadable', but people (well, most of, some I have my doubts about) aren't "freaking retarded" for just wanting the source in front of them. Especially since the source can at least be edited and recompiled on a machine with a different architecture, or is it a hobby of yours to dig through x86 disassembly and make it work on something like SPARC?
And I know I'm feeding the troll, and there's a reason you got the -1, Flamebait. But, it's early and I'm annoyed. Congratulations, you got a response, guess that makes me as much of a fuckwit as you.
</delirious rant>
aaaand there goes any karma I had.
ex-employee, maybe?
That's the point, is it not?
It's easier to spot the vulnerabilities and you have the ability to fix them (if you can, or you can file a bug report with the devs.), removing said vulnerabilities.
Whereas in a piece of closed software, you might be able to trace through the disassembly and find a fault or vulnerability, but you can't (easily) fix it. And trying to file a bug report to the person who wrote the software may cause more problems, considering how many licence agreements specifically say it is illegal to decompile or disassemble the software. (I'd find an example, but legalese makes my brain hurt. (IANAL, IAANAOSD (I Also Am Not An Open Source Dev.)))
what? on /.?
dear god man, are you mad?
...for now.
I'm only 17 and I used tapes until about 5 years ago... ô.o
Amstrad 464plus... mmmm, BASIC....
on what ancient version?
FC8 on the family PC, running CUPS. prints fine to the Canon Pixma MP150 (that was, until not so long ago, an expensive paperweight.)
openSUSE11 on my PC, prints across the network just fine to the same canon printer.
Unless you actually provide some facts, I'm going to carry on believing you're spouting the same old crap about "do to anything in linux, you have to recompile x and hack y."
openSUSE 11 has KDE4 as it's default.
I've had no problems with it, apart from those that can be blamed on the lack of memory in this box.
I believe the correct term is "cook".
Ah, I stand corrected.
As you can probably tell, I've not used F9 that much. (I was in fact only going off what I remembered the one time I installed it.)
AFAIK, KDE4 isn't the default KDE for Fedora 9, but I could be wrong. But if so, you can probably change it in the install.
Also, the reason that the gnome stuff is installed is because there are so many apps that rely on it, Evolution, Firefox, etc. (As far as I can see, anyway.)
Then again, I run openSUSE with KDE4.0 as my default DE, and I quite like it. (There are a few bits that need a bit of a polish, but I don't know enough to change them), but there are always Gnome apps I'm relying on and I don't mind this so much. (However, I can't stand using gnome as my default desktop... but, to each their own.)
(Hmm... was there a point to this post? note to self: don't internet while tired.)
It's been done...
there's a mod on thebestcasescenario.com/forums/ that uses a raid array of flash discs to boot from...
can't find the link at the moment, but will post it when I get home.
taking steps to reduce the number of people making unauthorised copies of their content: fair enough, they rely on that content to make them money.
Suing the living shit out of kids/dead people/et al for downloading an mp3: a little bit over the top, IMO...
I can understand someone who makes their living from producing content wanting to protect their income. However, the knee-jerk reaction from the recording associations is increasingly wild and they're likely to end up kicking themselves in the face, so to speak.
Offtopic:
I think the 'kid' who needs to grow up is you. Who else is hiding behind a mask and throwing insults at people? How very childish.
and we can't have that, can we?
Can you trust the vacuum tube manufacturers?!
You'll have to start making your own tubes.
Nobody takes your drivel seriously either, so.... what's your point?
Vista, I'm not sure about, but XP certainly seems to be...
not really... you'd just end up squashing the same crap into a smaller area... (This does, of course, depend on whether the person who is writing the code is a code-chimp or not... so YMMV...)
try a food website...
:P
tirami.su
well, they probably deserve it with that taste in music...
(I kid! I kid!)
*dons flame-proof coveralls, ducks and runs*
I'm one of the other 3.
Yay, I'm in a minority!
Seriously though, what is the whole facebook thing about? I've never understood it.
I'm almost permanently in IRC, so maybe it happened while I wasn't looking.
At my local PC store (Scan), you have to buy a motherboard/CPU/other major component to be able to buy the OEM version. I'm not sure what policy would be in use at other computer stores, but I'm guessing it would be similar.
a beowolf cluster of those...
Anyone else think that they've started acting like that since Ballmer took over?
But, yes, their actions seem more and more desperate as the days go by. (Well, it seems like it to me...)