Perhaps you don't understand GPL but its viral nature is great for its copyright owners, I can make a product that if any other company tries to improve they have to pay me for copyright OR release all their changes for free. If oracle GPL solaris, they get to keep their hold on it and see what the Linux community can do with it, while any company wanting to make money of the code base has to pay them.
You only give up half your income if your loaded, in which case you can afford to leave anyway. It's this horrible socialism that means we don't have to spend 17% (that's an average i'd guess the poor pay even more as they can't afford insurance) of our income on health-care (even those taxed 50% still only give 14%, the majority 11%, the poor 6%). We seam to have an education system that leaves fewer behind than America.
Seriously 'socialism' isn't that bad, sure you get screwed by the government a bit and our economy is up the shitter, but your free to leave if you don't like it. We're not talking about communism or the taking away of individuals freedoms to support the government, just 40% tax in return for education, health care and various other necessary services. Sure the government are a corrupt bunch of thieving cunts, but you get that under any system.
2Mb is slow for what? you can stream video/audio, browse the web, the basic connectivity you 'need' in this day and age (wikipedia for kids, Google maps for services, etc)
The London Stock Exchange had to stop trading for more than seven hours due an issue with its new trading platform, co-developed with Microsoft.
They had specificially chosen windows for reliability
The incident could prove to be particularly embarrassing for Microsoft who at the end of 2006 launched a huge advertising campaign stating that the London Stock Exchange had chosen Windows over Linux because of reliability issues. An opinion obviously not shared by the New York Stock Exchange who has been using Linux and AIX for over a year without any outage at all.
note the NYSE is has been running for years with no major outages (even most 'major' outages last an hour not a day)
june 3, 2008: OMX Nordic Exchange and the Oslo Stock Exchange
The OMX Nordic Exchange and the Oslo Stock Exchange opened five and a half hours late due to a problem with the trading system. Just the day before, the start of trading had been delayed by 40 minutes due to the same problem. Stock exchanges in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo were all affected (they use the same backend system).
oh OMX = NASDAQ OMX, but finding out what software they're running is a bit tricky unless microsoft are gloating about the switch (as they were in with LSE)
There are these things called disclaimers, put up a big disclaimer on the front page (and at the bottom of every other page) saying "we are in no way associated with wikipedia or the wikimedia foundation"
I can't say i had much respect for the higher ups at wikipedia before this, i can say i have almost none now
New generations ARE replacing us, sure i was a pc gamer (clan et all), when i go home my brother and his friends 17/18ish, are all competing for rankings on halo2/3. I'd say a lot xbox live users, would be classified as hardcore gamers, hell they are prepared to pay money just to play against others. Steam doesn't seam to be dead (1.5 million concurrent players on a weekday isn't bad) and last time i looked none of the hl / hl2 mods were casual.
Softcore gaming only complements hardcore gaming, you can't play wiisport or wiiplay for 14-16hrs (bf2). The only thing that could possibly be taking away hardcore gamers (and i don't think this is the case for many other than me) is Linux, while i could still play steam et al on wine, i generally just play the odd flash game when I'm bored instead of a full blown gaming sesh
But with linux (and I'd guess solaris) its easy to let apply just security updates without risking functionality, in fact very few distros would even try and give functionality updates to an installed system, the same can't be said of windows.
Great! I can't wait for the Firefox mind-control extension, you could just feel lucky and Google will take you to some unnamed website full of whatever you wanted.
Because, then the pirates get M16s and are better trained to kill those who resist. But then again they will probably shoot anybody using a water cannon on them anyway. Assuming the pirates have the upperhand (surprise AND training) means that the best solution will avoid firefights between sailors and pirates: The fence (cant you just were gloves?) The foam (wont it just wash off at sea tho?) But assuming the sailors have sufficient advanced warning, tools with a longer range than rifles will probably be best. An organized international protection of the ships, there seam to be plenty of navies prepared to be there, but the seam to be lacking the organization to do much. A don't negotiate with pirates policy, where there is no money to be made, it may not be worth capturing a ship if instead of getting your ransom you get a shitload of angry marines.
btw a full clip is pretty useless, you'd probably want to put it in a magazine before firing a small arm.
The FA was lacking on details but i think that in this day and age, with unmodifiable system files, drm, copy protection simply booting into the OS gives you limited access to your machine, vbootin allows users to run applications at system level which probably defeats all of the above.
Additionally its small size and the claim that its undetectable from within windows means that if used its installed on a rooted box (the POC code can't do this but a modified version could sit in a fake bootmgr, do some tricks then run the real bootmgr), it can remain hidden indefinably.
bios password set bios to only boot of HDD secure OS grenade inside case to deal with physical tampering
Alternatively FDE works well unless the computer is stolen while on (you may even be able to get some sort of card to wipe the ram using a battery when the case is opened)
please say there is a gui checkbox somewhere in the actual app. not that i care i prefer to rock the kde (3.5) but having to run unrelated programs to change settings is going to put newbies off gnome.'. ubuntu.'. linux
I did say of its time, I meant the "5th generation" of consoles (sega saturn vs ps vs n64). Apart from Wikipedia all I can offer as numbers is the fact that everybody I knew who owned a PS had it chipped (you could get it done for a £10). While I'm sure piracy was possible on the n64 it would require cartridges which are harder to get than cd-rs.
While the xbox (and xbox360) can be soft-modded, this can only be done if you don't want to play online, so I suspect the piracy rates to be much lower than ps1 (again no numbers just anecdotes, i.e nobody else I know bother cracking the xbox (and when I did it, it was just to play with Linux)).
Funny how the PlayStation was the most pirated console of its time, yet it still beat the n64 which I'd assume was a real pain to pirate for. Now the DS is pirate to hell, and the psp is losing, oh how the tables have turned.
I wasn't old enough to have worked on the Y2k stuff, But I'm old enough to remember all the hype, yet a quick read of Wikipedia shows that those countries that took failed to take y2k seriously (Italy, Russia, China ) fared no worse than those that spent billions on it (UK, US, Australia). Your own anecdote is pretty much my point, your entire department worked overtime, got free pizza, snacks, beer, to sit around and do nothing because the you/your higher-ups thought something might go horribly wrong. I'm not saying that there weren't y2k bugs, just that the entire issue was played up and overhyped, just that y2k simply didn't do enough damage to be ranked up there with malware and cyber attacks
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Perhaps you don't understand GPL but its viral nature is great for its copyright owners, I can make a product that if any other company tries to improve they have to pay me for copyright OR release all their changes for free. If oracle GPL solaris, they get to keep their hold on it and see what the Linux community can do with it, while any company wanting to make money of the code base has to pay them.
Actually recently riot police have been done due to footage caught on cctv AND footage submitted by individuals
does that mean you can get away with it if the referee is swiss?
You only give up half your income if your loaded, in which case you can afford to leave anyway. It's this horrible socialism that means we don't have to spend 17% (that's an average i'd guess the poor pay even more as they can't afford insurance) of our income on health-care (even those taxed 50% still only give 14%, the majority 11%, the poor 6%). We seam to have an education system that leaves fewer behind than America.
Seriously 'socialism' isn't that bad, sure you get screwed by the government a bit and our economy is up the shitter, but your free to leave if you don't like it. We're not talking about communism or the taking away of individuals freedoms to support the government, just 40% tax in return for education, health care and various other necessary services. Sure the government are a corrupt bunch of thieving cunts, but you get that under any system.
And nobody has to setup the wireless or satellite connections? :S
I'm on virgin media you insensitive clod!
2Mb is slow for what? you can stream video/audio, browse the web, the basic connectivity you 'need' in this day and age (wikipedia for kids, Google maps for services, etc)
I said at least 1. from here
September 8, 2008: London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange had to stop trading for more than seven hours due an issue with its new trading platform, co-developed with Microsoft.
They had specificially chosen windows for reliability
The incident could prove to be particularly embarrassing for Microsoft who at the end of 2006 launched a huge advertising campaign stating that the London Stock Exchange had chosen Windows over Linux because of reliability issues. An opinion obviously not shared by the New York Stock Exchange who has been using Linux and AIX for over a year without any outage at all.
note the NYSE is has been running for years with no major outages (even most 'major' outages last an hour not a day)
june 3, 2008: OMX Nordic Exchange and the Oslo Stock Exchange
The OMX Nordic Exchange and the Oslo Stock Exchange opened five and a half hours late due to a problem with the trading system. Just the day before, the start of trading had been delayed by 40 minutes due to the same problem. Stock exchanges in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo were all affected (they use the same backend system).
oh OMX = NASDAQ OMX, but finding out what software they're running is a bit tricky unless microsoft are gloating about the switch (as they were in with LSE)
There are these things called disclaimers, put up a big disclaimer on the front page (and at the bottom of every other page) saying "we are in no way associated with wikipedia or the wikimedia foundation"
I can't say i had much respect for the higher ups at wikipedia before this, i can say i have almost none now
20hrs some weeks may not be hardcore (IMO if you regularly played >4 sessions by yourself it is) but its defiantly more than casual.
New generations ARE replacing us, sure i was a pc gamer (clan et all), when i go home my brother and his friends 17/18ish, are all competing for rankings on halo2/3. I'd say a lot xbox live users, would be classified as hardcore gamers, hell they are prepared to pay money just to play against others. Steam doesn't seam to be dead (1.5 million concurrent players on a weekday isn't bad) and last time i looked none of the hl / hl2 mods were casual.
Softcore gaming only complements hardcore gaming, you can't play wiisport or wiiplay for 14-16hrs (bf2). The only thing that could possibly be taking away hardcore gamers (and i don't think this is the case for many other than me) is Linux, while i could still play steam et al on wine, i generally just play the odd flash game when I'm bored instead of a full blown gaming sesh
But, it's all shiny?! :S
But with linux (and I'd guess solaris) its easy to let apply just security updates without risking functionality, in fact very few distros would even try and give functionality updates to an installed system, the same can't be said of windows.
Didn't atleast one of those suffer major down time after switching from unix to windows?
Great! I can't wait for the Firefox mind-control extension, you could just feel lucky and Google will take you to some unnamed website full of whatever you wanted.
shh, there are no midichlorians, god dammit!
the best we can do is try to forget!
Because, then the pirates get M16s and are better trained to kill those who resist. But then again they will probably shoot anybody using a water cannon on them anyway. Assuming the pirates have the upperhand (surprise AND training) means that the best solution will avoid firefights between sailors and pirates:
The fence (cant you just were gloves?)
The foam (wont it just wash off at sea tho?)
But assuming the sailors have sufficient advanced warning, tools with a longer range than rifles will probably be best.
An organized international protection of the ships, there seam to be plenty of navies prepared to be there, but the seam to be lacking the organization to do much.
A don't negotiate with pirates policy, where there is no money to be made, it may not be worth capturing a ship if instead of getting your ransom you get a shitload of angry marines.
btw a full clip is pretty useless, you'd probably want to put it in a magazine before firing a small arm.
The FA was lacking on details but i think that in this day and age, with unmodifiable system files, drm, copy protection simply booting into the OS gives you limited access to your machine, vbootin allows users to run applications at system level which probably defeats all of the above.
Additionally its small size and the claim that its undetectable from within windows means that if used its installed on a rooted box (the POC code can't do this but a modified version could sit in a fake bootmgr, do some tricks then run the real bootmgr), it can remain hidden indefinably.
bios password set
bios to only boot of HDD
secure OS
grenade inside case to deal with physical tampering
Alternatively FDE works well unless the computer is stolen while on (you may even be able to get some sort of card to wipe the ram using a battery when the case is opened)
did you file a bug report, you do know that the point of an RC is to catch bugs, which is what you just described right?!
whats up with 64bit flash? it seams to work ok here (debian lenny), well other than being flash.
computers will always need security support, at some point people will care less about shinny and switch to Debian.
please say there is a gui checkbox somewhere in the actual app. not that i care i prefer to rock the kde (3.5) but having to run unrelated programs to change settings is going to put newbies off gnome .'. ubuntu .'. linux
I did say of its time, I meant the "5th generation" of consoles (sega saturn vs ps vs n64). Apart from Wikipedia all I can offer as numbers is the fact that everybody I knew who owned a PS had it chipped (you could get it done for a £10). While I'm sure piracy was possible on the n64 it would require cartridges which are harder to get than cd-rs.
While the xbox (and xbox360) can be soft-modded, this can only be done if you don't want to play online, so I suspect the piracy rates to be much lower than ps1 (again no numbers just anecdotes, i.e nobody else I know bother cracking the xbox (and when I did it, it was just to play with Linux)).
Funny how the PlayStation was the most pirated console of its time, yet it still beat the n64 which I'd assume was a real pain to pirate for. Now the DS is pirate to hell, and the psp is losing, oh how the tables have turned.
I wasn't old enough to have worked on the Y2k stuff, But I'm old enough to remember all the hype, yet a quick read of Wikipedia shows that those countries that took failed to take y2k seriously (Italy, Russia, China ) fared no worse than those that spent billions on it (UK, US, Australia). Your own anecdote is pretty much my point, your entire department worked overtime, got free pizza, snacks, beer, to sit around and do nothing because the you/your higher-ups thought something might go horribly wrong.
I'm not saying that there weren't y2k bugs, just that the entire issue was played up and overhyped, just that y2k simply didn't do enough damage to be ranked up there with malware and cyber attacks