This (misspelling to bypass filters and reach human readers) is a good way to illustrate the difference between an algorithm and innate intelligence: intelligence can compensate for inexactness quite well.
DC == Diners Club. If there was a way the majors could filter "CheckCards" and other faux credit cards, they would do it. I've been in on very high level discussions with some of the majors on this very issue.
BTW, Check Cards, Debit Cards by any other name, are very dangerous: the money is debited from your checking account immediately. Why does this matter? Because theft happens, and, just as bad, mistakes happen.
For example, I've seen "settlement" programs (programs that submit payment transactions to the credit card processors) get stuck in loops and repeat the same charge hundreds of times. Not fun (unless your transaction happens to be a refund...). Credit card users may have been temporarily inconvenienced by maxed out cards (pretty bad, I know), but Debit Card holders actually have the money transferred out of their accounts - and if checks bounce because of it, oh well!
Don't use Debit Cards. Learn restraint and use Credit Card or Charge Cards (Amex, DC) responsibly.
In 1997 my company decided to pursue what is now called the ASP model - renting our software over the Internet and managing the servers for our clients. We initially worked with Citrix Winframe (now Windows Terminal Server) and Microsoft development tools. Our target market was small to medium-sized operations and our competition had lowball entry pricing. We even developed a successful product using this model - but then quickly scrapped everything. Know why?
Microsoft's licensing scheme would have killed us. We would have to buy a client license for every client machine, a server license for every connection to the server, and a Citrix license on top of all this. We would have paid these, but even without charging for our application and services we would have been unable to compete on price. There must be another way.
[Enter stage left: Linux.]
We were already a Unix shop. Some of our programmers were playing with RedHat 5.x. Then, it hit us: no client license fees for Linux. Would Linux prove robust enough for mission critical applications? Yep.
This is a compelling business reason for choosing Linux (or other OS/FS alternative). Yes, we had technical reasons, too (having the source is terrific), but the business realities sealed the deal.
Microsoft may have changed its technologies to focus on the Internet, but its pricing strategies are stuck in a 1983 standalone time warp.
Good point. 'I' am not the sum of my parts -- confusing mere cell-life with organism life is a mistake. I don't care what happens to my individual cells, as long as 'I' as an organism continue.
The next question is: is there 'me' beyond my biology. I should hope so.
When I read the report last night I was looking for some hint as to what common mechanism between Windows and Linux provided the vehicle for this virus. Then, at the end of the article I read, it was disclosed that the virus was written in assembly language.
So, it's not a cross-platform virus afterall. It's an x86 platform virus and bypasses the operating system altogether.
Sorry. Insults not called for. I have no idea how intelligent you are.
That said, I still take issue with your complaint that ads appear on these search pages. These ads are clearly marked as such and do not influence the search results provided by Google. No harm, no foul.
A few times I have found what I wanted via the ads and not the results (however, one gross exception was Ximian's buying ads on searches for KDE). And I've never been even slightly confused as to what was an ad or what was a result.
You're an idiot. Sorry, but it's true. Or, a troll.
http://www.google.com/search?q=flowers does indeed show JustFlowers on the top of every page -- but within in the "Sponsored Link" box. The search results themselves are unaffected by ads. Pay a little more attention before castigating a truly useful web service.
What is it about Inter-Tainment that people want it all for free?
I'd rather complain that sports franchises bilk communities out of massive amounts of tax dollars and yet still charge local residents to attend games. Why not let locals come free, or at a reduced fare?
If Yahoo started charging for views: so what? Don't like it? Don't pay. Where is the crime? What's that sucking sound?
Great. Whatever you can do to stay in business. Just realize that you'll lose some audience in doing so. However, if the alternative is going out of business, that's acceptable.
I've seen harsh reactions to, for example, C|Net's (and, thereby, ZDNet's) new large block ads. These remind me of print ads in magazines. I don't mind them (as long as they don't take over my browser with pop ups, home page changes, and other evil methods).
These new advertising methods are the price people will have to pay for "free" (new word:) Inter-tainment. The free ride is over. Fine.
I really wanted to use the Brooklyn_bridge_owner id for the first Mir pieces auction -- but I didn't want to actually submit my credit card for personal authentication (required for bids of $15,000 or more -- which is why most of these bids are stopping at $14,999.99).
It's singular, not plural: "The Book of Revelation". It's "The revelation of Jesus Christ...". One revelation. It's a common mistake, but it is a mistake. Why does it matter? It's another case of the significance of words. Once I realized the revelation was singular I understood the book at a much deeper level.
Of all the metaphors to use...why NJ? Following the trend (albeit backwards) of ESR's Cathedral and the Bazaar?
I couldn't read the whole thing (the passioned, self-important writing style is disturbingly odd) but I will react to the sentiment that revolutions...fail the very ones who worked so hard to create them. In the case of Free Software and/or Open Source (depending on your politics) the revolution cannot be co-opted. Did the hackers start the trend? Yes. Have people tried to profit off their labor (with or without adding value)? Yes. Have some of these profiteers failed? Of course. But the software is still Free, still Open.
Once Free the software cannot be imprisoned. Once Opened it cannot be shut. (There's another metaphor-in-waiting from Rev 3 ready for the taking, Jon; "...Who opens and no one shuts").
Whether or not the profiteers find the way to make money or not is irrelevant to the fact that the hackers have branched off from the closed way. The only thing that can stop FS/OS would be the end of hacking, the end of scratching at itches.
Here's another metaphor to examine: the history of the Open and Closed Brethren [AKA Grace Brethren and Plymouth Brethren].
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This (misspelling to bypass filters and reach human readers) is a good way to illustrate the difference between an algorithm and innate intelligence: intelligence can compensate for inexactness quite well.
Thanks for the April Fools joke...
BTW, Check Cards, Debit Cards by any other name, are very dangerous: the money is debited from your checking account immediately. Why does this matter? Because theft happens, and, just as bad, mistakes happen.
For example, I've seen "settlement" programs (programs that submit payment transactions to the credit card processors) get stuck in loops and repeat the same charge hundreds of times. Not fun (unless your transaction happens to be a refund...). Credit card users may have been temporarily inconvenienced by maxed out cards (pretty bad, I know), but Debit Card holders actually have the money transferred out of their accounts - and if checks bounce because of it, oh well!
Don't use Debit Cards. Learn restraint and use Credit Card or Charge Cards (Amex, DC) responsibly.
For more information see: Clark Howard's Consummer Action website. Search for Debit cards.
None of the major auto rental companies allow people to rent autos without a valid major credit card (V/MC/AMEX/DS/DC/CB/JCB/et al) today. Trust me.
Microsoft's licensing scheme would have killed us. We would have to buy a client license for every client machine, a server license for every connection to the server, and a Citrix license on top of all this. We would have paid these, but even without charging for our application and services we would have been unable to compete on price. There must be another way.
[Enter stage left: Linux.]
We were already a Unix shop. Some of our programmers were playing with RedHat 5.x. Then, it hit us: no client license fees for Linux. Would Linux prove robust enough for mission critical applications? Yep.
This is a compelling business reason for choosing Linux (or other OS/FS alternative). Yes, we had technical reasons, too (having the source is terrific), but the business realities sealed the deal.
Microsoft may have changed its technologies to focus on the Internet, but its pricing strategies are stuck in a 1983 standalone time warp.
Better, More direct link to video (this skips the pop-up and confusing main page.)
http://www.mirreentry.com
Good point. 'I' am not the sum of my parts -- confusing mere cell-life with organism life is a mistake. I don't care what happens to my individual cells, as long as 'I' as an organism continue.
The next question is: is there 'me' beyond my biology. I should hope so.
- Embrace
- Extend
- Extinguish
?So, it's not a cross-platform virus afterall. It's an x86 platform virus and bypasses the operating system altogether.
[Aside: why am I responding to an AC?] It was more than implied in the article:
That said, I still take issue with your complaint that ads appear on these search pages. These ads are clearly marked as such and do not influence the search results provided by Google. No harm, no foul.
A few times I have found what I wanted via the ads and not the results (however, one gross exception was Ximian's buying ads on searches for KDE). And I've never been even slightly confused as to what was an ad or what was a result.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q= troll+slashdot+equinox
http://www.google.com/search?q=flowers does indeed show JustFlowers on the top of every page -- but within in the "Sponsored Link" box. The search results themselves are unaffected by ads. Pay a little more attention before castigating a truly useful web service.
MLB (I had to look that TLA up...) is NOT a public service or an inalienable right.
When we're charged to vote in a presidential election -- that's a crime. Paying to listen to MLB or mLB, for that matter, is annoying, but not unfair.
What is it about Inter-Tainment that people want it all for free?
I'd rather complain that sports franchises bilk communities out of massive amounts of tax dollars and yet still charge local residents to attend games. Why not let locals come free, or at a reduced fare?
If Yahoo started charging for views: so what? Don't like it? Don't pay. Where is the crime? What's that sucking sound?
I've seen harsh reactions to, for example, C|Net's (and, thereby, ZDNet's) new large block ads. These remind me of print ads in magazines. I don't mind them (as long as they don't take over my browser with pop ups, home page changes, and other evil methods).
These new advertising methods are the price people will have to pay for "free" (new word:) Inter-tainment. The free ride is over. Fine.
Here.
I found it using Google.
I really wanted to use the Brooklyn_bridge_owner id for the first Mir pieces auction -- but I didn't want to actually submit my credit card for personal authentication (required for bids of $15,000 or more -- which is why most of these bids are stopping at $14,999.99).
I couldn't read the whole thing (the passioned, self-important writing style is disturbingly odd) but I will react to the sentiment that revolutions...fail the very ones who worked so hard to create them. In the case of Free Software and/or Open Source (depending on your politics) the revolution cannot be co-opted. Did the hackers start the trend? Yes. Have people tried to profit off their labor (with or without adding value)? Yes. Have some of these profiteers failed? Of course. But the software is still Free, still Open.
Once Free the software cannot be imprisoned. Once Opened it cannot be shut. (There's another metaphor-in-waiting from Rev 3 ready for the taking, Jon; "...Who opens and no one shuts").
Whether or not the profiteers find the way to make money or not is irrelevant to the fact that the hackers have branched off from the closed way. The only thing that can stop FS/OS would be the end of hacking, the end of scratching at itches.
Here's another metaphor to examine: the history of the Open and Closed Brethren [AKA Grace Brethren and Plymouth Brethren].
Why did the uppercase 'not' dissapear? I swearf I typed one!
OK...maybe I goofed...