Your best best is to create a search engine yourself then, that crawls the entire web. Then you can be sure your personal information is safe in your personal search engine.
Since cable bandwidth is shared, wouldn't the time of the test matter? I've noted (very unscientifically) that my Internet seems slower between roughly 7-9pm (on Charter in Los Angeles area).
Those of the developer's users that are affected by this are users of the Express product, and this makes them not actual Microsoft customers since Express is available for free download.
They are still using a Microsoft product. The point of Express is to provide a coding environment for beginners and hope they upgrade, which I'm sure some eventually do. Besides, anyone interested in the products is probably already a Windows customer at the very least.
Funny you should say doublethink, since that is from the novel 1984. The emails from Microsoft remind me of something out of 1984 (or perhaps more accurately, the movie Brazil... bureaucrats glibly enforcing a policy without reason).
Yeah that's the first thing I thought of. However I find myself missing the hard drive light. The hard drive in my Powerbook is so quiet that sometimes I can't tell when it's chugging away on something. I miss the "at a glance" view of hard drive activity.
Soldier: Those lights are blinking out in sequence. Buck Murdock: I see. Soldier: What should we do? Buck Murdock: Make them blink in sequence.
Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug! --Buck Murdock
If the IT products we purchased were secure out of the box, we wouldn't have to spend billions every year making them secure.
If they are secure out of the box, then effort and money will have gone into making them secure out of the box. Thus a security industry will still be necessary, just more integrated with the development of a product.
You're right! I'm going to write and submit an article called "how to defragment your hard disk". That doesn't have anything to do with those subjects either.
With rather strict standards for article/submission acceptance on slashdot, I tend to agree with the original poster. Which article does not look like the others? This one.
I really think it is inappropriate to turn this into a political question so soon, but since you ask, I will give a very simple response.
First, firearms are not banned in this country because the founders of our country believed that everyone should have a reasonable right to defend themselves.
Second, take a look at Japan. Don't you think there are some fundamental differences in Japanese society and culture versus the U.S.? Are swords banned in Japan? I think a sword could do plenty of damage. Are cars legal in Japan? Cars kill infinitely more people than guns every single day.
Murder has nothing to do with the tools used. It is a society problem.
My simple opinion.
I express my deepest sympathies to all those involved at Virginia Tech today.
No, you mostly are fighting computer opponents in WoW. Also, most WoW players I know prefer to fight alongside their friends rather than forming random groups or joining guilds. WoW actually proves this guy's point.
Yahoo's primary stuff should not get slashdotted, but the little niche apps like this I'm sure are more vulnerable, especially if their popularity is underestimated.
So let me get this straight. You became a paying member of Flickr while they were owned by Yahoo yet you refuse to sign up for a Yahoo ID because you don't like or trust Yahoo? Sorry if I fail to understand your reasoning here.
Would you consider a candidate's stand on privacy important enough to sway your vote?
Yes, but this candidate's support of national health care cancels it out. I don't want to be forced to pay for other people's health care (especially filtered through government bureaucracy, ugh).
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Your best best is to create a search engine yourself then, that crawls the entire web. Then you can be sure your personal information is safe in your personal search engine.
The answer to the question is the same for "Why are drugs illegal?"
Huh? Remedy is an expensive commercial system. Why would he want that? (much less under WINE).
Maybe it's the price.
Yes. It's the price.
Since cable bandwidth is shared, wouldn't the time of the test matter? I've noted (very unscientifically) that my Internet seems slower between roughly 7-9pm (on Charter in Los Angeles area).
Sorry, but anyone who chooses to work for the IRS is also a jerk in my eyes.
How do you feel about the IRS ruining boxer Joe Louis' life? They refused to let him deduct the proceeds of two fights that he donated to the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
But Joe obeyed and didn't cause any trouble. That's what's important, right? Obedience?
To me this sounds like the "master" disciplining the "slave" for having the temerity to question authority.
Actually I think the developer was pretty reasonable, considering that Microsoft never did two simple things:
1. Tell him exactly what in the license agreement he was violating.
2. Explain Microsoft's position to his users.
What's ironic is that the dev's users are MICROSOFT CUSTOMERS. So essentially, Microsoft is refusing to communicate with their customers.
Funny you should say doublethink, since that is from the novel 1984. The emails from Microsoft remind me of something out of 1984 (or perhaps more accurately, the movie Brazil... bureaucrats glibly enforcing a policy without reason).
Yeah that's the first thing I thought of. However I find myself missing the hard drive light. The hard drive in my Powerbook is so quiet that sometimes I can't tell when it's chugging away on something. I miss the "at a glance" view of hard drive activity.
Soldier: Those lights are blinking out in sequence.
Buck Murdock: I see.
Soldier: What should we do?
Buck Murdock: Make them blink in sequence.
Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping*. I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing*! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug! --Buck Murdock
This doesn't make sense:
If the IT products we purchased were secure out of the box, we wouldn't have to spend billions every year making them secure.
If they are secure out of the box, then effort and money will have gone into making them secure out of the box. Thus a security industry will still be necessary, just more integrated with the development of a product.
But everyone here loves Google. If this were Yahoo there would be 400 comments, 90% negative. Slashdotters ignore their beloved Google doing evil.
You're right! I'm going to write and submit an article called "how to defragment your hard disk". That doesn't have anything to do with those subjects either.
Or use Ruby with Gruff.
With rather strict standards for article/submission acceptance on slashdot, I tend to agree with the original poster. Which article does not look like the others? This one.
I really think it is inappropriate to turn this into a political question so soon, but since you ask, I will give a very simple response.
First, firearms are not banned in this country because the founders of our country believed that everyone should have a reasonable right to defend themselves.
Second, take a look at Japan. Don't you think there are some fundamental differences in Japanese society and culture versus the U.S.? Are swords banned in Japan? I think a sword could do plenty of damage. Are cars legal in Japan? Cars kill infinitely more people than guns every single day.
Murder has nothing to do with the tools used. It is a society problem.
My simple opinion.
I express my deepest sympathies to all those involved at Virginia Tech today.
Where does this anniversary stuff come from? Yahoo's 10 year anniversary was TWO YEARS AGO. Maybe this is a 12 year anniversary feature!
I know many media execs
Not the right ones, apparently.
No, you mostly are fighting computer opponents in WoW. Also, most WoW players I know prefer to fight alongside their friends rather than forming random groups or joining guilds. WoW actually proves this guy's point.
Yahoo's primary stuff should not get slashdotted, but the little niche apps like this I'm sure are more vulnerable, especially if their popularity is underestimated.
So let me get this straight. You became a paying member of Flickr while they were owned by Yahoo yet you refuse to sign up for a Yahoo ID because you don't like or trust Yahoo? Sorry if I fail to understand your reasoning here.
2. Psychologically, signing up for a "Yahoo ID" seems like a much bigger commitment than "making an account on Flickr."
Huh? Psychologically? Is this a fancy way of saying "has no basis in fact"?
If this is a "psychology" issue, I have a psychology word: crazy. As in, Flickr users are crazy.
Would you consider a candidate's stand on privacy important enough to sway your vote?
Yes, but this candidate's support of national health care cancels it out. I don't want to be forced to pay for other people's health care (especially filtered through government bureaucracy, ugh).
Let the flames begin...