If my computer used hardware based encryption, I would use PGP and the hardware based encryption. It would be preferable to sending it plaintext. And if the government decides it wants to peek in on my email, PGP will make sure their plans fail.
I'm sorry but Slackware does not cut it.
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Slackware was my very first distribution, and it taught me to love linux. Last year I decided to change to a different distribution and learned that Slack has a bit of catching up to do. I currently use S.u.S.E and i'm in heaven. I can update on the internet and easily use rpms. When the guys at Slack.com decide to add redhat-like and S.u.S.E-like features its distribution I will come back and not a second before.
Standards are great, and I am in favor with many things being standardized. But you forget one thing, the standard must be well designed for it to be safe for the users. A problematic trend is standards developed by popular view rather than harsh scientific scrutiny are being chosen. I hope you feel safe driving over a bridge using our current trends of standard setting. Also i'm sure you will be the first one to buy brakes from a company using Microsoft embedded chips.
To sum it up: Listening to popular view is dumb (case and point) the Black Plague: the people decide cats are evil and cause the plague so they kill the cats who kill the rats who actually cause the plague. Brilliant! Let us engineers/scientist set the standards not the idiots. (sorry to be blunt)
A disgusting problem with the computer industry is sloppy computer scientists. In other fields of science I notice a strive for efficiency and high standards. A major software power like Microsoft should try to attain the highest standards of quality, but they fail to. Windows is bloated, buggy, and (excluding Windows NT) is still a shell for 16 bit dos. Although Windows NT is more stable,it has more security holes than swiss cheese. Should we run our nation's infrastructure on that?
The funny thing is most people believe Microsoft is the best form of software around. Even some computer scientists I know. If I design a bridge that collapses, but is user friendly I would loose my engineering license. On the other hand, Microsoft, who does similar things, makes billions of dollars. Does this say anything about the computer industry?
I'm sorry to say that our industry is substandard when you compare it with other sciences. We have to wake up or Microsoft will dominate the OS marke... oh damn too late.:(
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If my computer used hardware based encryption, I would use PGP and the hardware based encryption. It would be preferable to sending it plaintext. And if the government decides it wants to peek in on my email, PGP will make sure their plans fail.
Slackware was my very first distribution, and it taught me to love linux. Last year I decided to change to a different distribution and learned that Slack has a bit of catching up to do. I currently use S.u.S.E and i'm in heaven. I can update on the internet and easily use rpms. When the guys at Slack.com decide to add redhat-like and S.u.S.E-like features its distribution I will come back and not a second before.
Standards are great, and I am in favor with many things being standardized. But you forget one thing, the standard must be well designed for it to be safe for the users. A problematic trend is standards developed by popular view rather than harsh scientific scrutiny are being chosen. I hope you feel safe driving over a bridge using our current trends of standard setting. Also i'm sure you will be the first one to buy brakes from a company using Microsoft embedded chips.
To sum it up:
Listening to popular view is dumb (case and point) the Black Plague: the people decide cats are evil and cause the plague so they kill the cats who kill the rats who actually cause the plague. Brilliant!
Let us engineers/scientist set the standards not the idiots. (sorry to be blunt)
Why do they put up articles like this? It is like soaking yourself in gasoline, smoking, and then wondering why there are so many flames.
I've never owned a hayes, but since my modem was compatible, I could use it with any OS. :( ATH
- Thank you hayes
A disgusting problem with the computer industry is sloppy computer scientists. In other fields of science I notice a strive for efficiency and high standards. A major software power like Microsoft should try to attain the highest standards of quality, but they fail to. Windows is bloated, buggy, and (excluding Windows NT) is still a shell for 16 bit dos. Although Windows NT is more stable ,it has more security holes than swiss cheese. Should we run our nation's infrastructure on that?
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The funny thing is most people believe Microsoft is the best form of software around. Even some computer scientists I know. If I design a bridge that collapses, but is user friendly I would loose my engineering license. On the other hand, Microsoft, who does similar things, makes billions of dollars. Does this say anything about the computer industry?
I'm sorry to say that our industry is substandard when you compare it with other sciences. We have to wake up or Microsoft will dominate the OS marke... oh damn too late.