Let's RTFA for a change. It says: "Thirty-six percent from the high school group admitted to meeting with a stranger they had met online" (empasis mine). That is, these "children" are between 16 and 18. Also, I strongly suspect that those strangers are mostly other kids just like them. Talk about spin.
This may be so in the US, but it's certainly not the case in many European countries, Sweden included (IIRC). The US is a pretty special case when it comes to copyright, anyway.
No, seriously. Trying an application I can understand but an OS? To make any meaningful statement about the usability particular OS, I'd have to seriously use it a couple of months at least. After all, it took me couple of years just to get away from Windows.
Is the MPAA evil? yes.
Is the RIAA evil? yes.
Is downloading movies and songs illegal? yes. But is it evil? Besides, downloading movies and songs is not necessarily illegal. You could already have a legally obtained copy in your possession, for instance.
This guy says there is nothing wrong with Vista and then goes on to explain what he thinks is wrong with it? "Too complex", "burdened by things people don't need", "slow", "in-your-face" UAC. Doesn't sound like "nothing" to me.
This doesn't answer my question. Every countries on Earth distributes FUD and propaganda, that wasn't the issue. The Estonians accused Russia of a very specific thing and now it turns out that, apparently, these accusations were quite groundless. In the modern world, this is not unusual. The really interesting question is why those accusations have been picked up and presented as the absolute truth by the media.
http://www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/frameset.php?pageid=http%3A//www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/press/300507.php Who or what is mi2g? What credentials do they have beyond a dubious website?
Even more, the Russian secret service didn't need to be involved in it, all they needed to do is accuse the Estonians in a major newspaper and the people who had the knowledge and resources would act themselves. Are you saying that the terrible Russian attack on Estonia was actually an accusation in a major newspaper? That's all?
I'd love to see a software license that says something to the effect of "This software will not be used to wage war or to kill any humans". It wouldn't be an open-source license, though. From the Open Source Definition: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor.
Maybe if you would knew a bit of that situation you wouldn't say that. Because the one who got caught was also an ethnic Russian. Born in Estonia to Russian parents. Ah, I see. This, of course, proves beyond any doubt that he was a sleeper agent planted in Estonia by the KGB. Also, it is a well-known fact that every ethnic Russian is directly controlled by the Russian government anyway.
And he said he got the idea from various blogs and forum posts which called people to attack Estonian servers. These blogs and forums were in Russian servers. Right. It is safe to assume that this entirely non-obvious idea was planted on those blogs by Russian secret services. Only their weird minds could have conceived of something like that.
Besides the IP addresses showed the majority of the attacks to be from Russia. The guy in Estonia was just easier to arrest. I sincerely hope that the valiant Estonian government will ultimately manage to get them all. As a first step, I'd suggest arresting the Estonian prosecutors who are obviously just Russian puppets. Why else would they say that "they have no other suspects" and that "the attacks were botnet-driven and launched from servers all over the globe"?
So on what basis did Estonia accuse Russia of staging those attacks? This story was picked up all over the world and nobody bothered to check if they actually had anything resembling a proof?
... it turns out Vista patched less than half the vulnerabilities than Windows XP did in its first year... According to the new Microsoft report, Vista also had fewer patches in its first year than other OSes...
"We have information", "We suspect, but cannot confirm", "We do not know who executed these attacks or why", "other information related to the attack was not mentioned and is unlikely to be forthcoming". WTF? I suspect but cannot confirm that this is complete bullshit. I do not know who invented this bullshit or why. I will not mention other information related to this bullshit and it is unlikely to be forthcoming.
Getting information from the internet is qualitatively different than getting it from a library since you get so much more of it so much faster. It shouldn't be surprising that the way people process this information is also qualitatively different. Things like "impatience in search and navigation, and zero tolerance for any delay in satisfying their information needs" are a direct result of this. I don't see why this is necessarily bad; it's just different.
Spending money on things for the good of the government, but that is something the average person wouldnt want to pay for himself, is what the government is for. There, fixed that for you.
Napoleon, on the other hand, stated that although the policy of "four legs good, two legs better" would not undergo significant changes, it might be extended to include "three legs nice".
It should be noted that only the UN certifies elections, and generally doesn't send observers to countries such as those in western Europe, the US and Japan as these countries have a long tradition of democracy. Long? Let's see. Portugal: democratic since 1974. Spain: since 1978. Eastern Germany: since 1990. Japan, Italy, western Germany: since about 1945. Long indeed...
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Let's RTFA for a change. It says: "Thirty-six percent from the high school group admitted to meeting with a stranger they had met online" (empasis mine). That is, these "children" are between 16 and 18. Also, I strongly suspect that those strangers are mostly other kids just like them. Talk about spin.
This may be so in the US, but it's certainly not the case in many European countries, Sweden included (IIRC). The US is a pretty special case when it comes to copyright, anyway.
No, seriously. Trying an application I can understand but an OS? To make any meaningful statement about the usability particular OS, I'd have to seriously use it a couple of months at least. After all, it took me couple of years just to get away from Windows.
Is the RIAA evil? yes.
Is downloading movies and songs illegal? yes. But is it evil? Besides, downloading movies and songs is not necessarily illegal. You could already have a legally obtained copy in your possession, for instance.
This guy says there is nothing wrong with Vista and then goes on to explain what he thinks is wrong with it? "Too complex", "burdened by things people don't need", "slow", "in-your-face" UAC. Doesn't sound like "nothing" to me.
This doesn't answer my question. Every countries on Earth distributes FUD and propaganda, that wasn't the issue. The Estonians accused Russia of a very specific thing and now it turns out that, apparently, these accusations were quite groundless. In the modern world, this is not unusual. The really interesting question is why those accusations have been picked up and presented as the absolute truth by the media.
So on what basis did Estonia accuse Russia of staging those attacks? This story was picked up all over the world and nobody bothered to check if they actually had anything resembling a proof?
... it turns out Vista patched less than half the vulnerabilities than Windows XP did in its first year ... According to the new Microsoft report, Vista also had fewer patches in its first year than other OSes ...
Man, that's one of the best nethack quotes I've ever seen. I almost choke every morning when I get up and see that I still don't have any gold.
"Relatively fixed" is not the same as zero-sum.
At least it means there won't be a "Who wants to be a millionaire" in WOW.
"We have information", "We suspect, but cannot confirm", "We do not know who executed these attacks or why", "other information related to the attack was not mentioned and is unlikely to be forthcoming". WTF? I suspect but cannot confirm that this is complete bullshit. I do not know who invented this bullshit or why. I will not mention other information related to this bullshit and it is unlikely to be forthcoming.
A self-proclaimed lawyer is threatening real lawyers with legal action? Not sure if this is gonna work out.
Getting information from the internet is qualitatively different than getting it from a library since you get so much more of it so much faster. It shouldn't be surprising that the way people process this information is also qualitatively different. Things like "impatience in search and navigation, and zero tolerance for any delay in satisfying their information needs" are a direct result of this. I don't see why this is necessarily bad; it's just different.
...is plug in the monkey!
Why would they want to terraform it? You meant marsoform, didn't you.
Napoleon, on the other hand, stated that although the policy of "four legs good, two legs better" would not undergo significant changes, it might be extended to include "three legs nice".
He really didn't have a leg to stand on in the first place.