But honestly, what place doesn't have some unsecured Wi-Fi connection to connect to? In your office you usually have a 'Net connection, in the car, it would be very scary to be driving down a highway and see someone with an EEE trying to connect to an open Wi-Fi network while driving, at most restaurants you can manage to get a decent Wi-Fi connection from other restaurants or the restaurants has Wi-Fi too. About the only way that 3Gs is going to convince the average person who needs it (which are usually in the city where most unsecured Wi-Fi connections are....) is if they are commuting by train or something.
so no one on slashdot is really interested in the low end machine other than to talk about it's price
And it is the only way you can get a device with a decent OS (Linux) in a typical large store. Most of us don't like/hate/will return Vista so it makes since to support an OS we all like by getting a subnotebook as about the only other way you can get Linux pre-installed is go to a specialty computer store or online.
I can see this model becoming used in schools where the schools bribe students with a laptop to do well on standardized tests. Or perhaps giving every student a laptop and free wi-fi access at the schools, however if your GPA slips below something your MAC address gets banned until it starts going back up.
I'm hoping that a new administration with fresh ideas
Sorry, I don't think anyone but a republican or democrat will win the '08 election. So unless we can get a few representives in congress from the Pirate Party, I would say that if Obama or McCain ends up winning it will be the same. To use a quote from the Ubuntu forums No matter who you vote for, government still wins .
It would be like if you were saying that it was illegal for you to own a typewriter because you can type your own books on there. P2P is a method used for freedom of speech (because with a traditional server you need a fast 'Net connection and some more software) with P2P almost anyone can post and receive messages to the entire world.
They will probably say something about terrorists, because as we know every.torrent file you download from The Pirate Bay helps funds terrorists!!!!!!
And they will also then manipulate the facts into lies by saying that (perhaps) some region free DVD players sales go to help terrorists and then region free == terrorist supporting.
In the end it is rather sad as who pays for pirated materials? Just about everyone, well... pirates them!
Wouldn't though HTTP be a more logical way to start? Then move in to online videos, and FTP by citing that Al-Queda has a website and has the capability to use online videos to make a terrorist out of YOU!!!1!!1!*shift*One!!11!
What, so I'll have to go back to BUYING the seasons of the shows I like? Argh!
Of course not, HTTP and FTP Warez sites exist. Now though, it is going to make it hard for me to get download speeds of anything faster then 2 KB/Second when Ubuntu 8.10 comes out....
And the reason that P2P has anything to do with controlling the Internet is what? Seriously, unless WikiLeaks starts to go P2P, I don't know of any P2P site that has government documents that would be a threat to power.
So what is next for this? Will JavaScript 2 be outlawed because it is an advancement over JavaScript 1 in the way P2P is an advancement over standard downloads? Or the way that Vista is an advancement over... wait, never mind.
Ummm... No. My only other account was Webmaster404 and in the end it wouldn't ever let me post saying that somehow I was configured to use a proxy which allowed all incoming connections, which, I use no proxy, so after a month of not posting I made this account.
You forget though, the NSA has a large budget and access to super computers. What might take us years to crack may only take months or less for a few huge clusters of computers or some super computers to break. Plus, as everything the NSA does is "a matter of national security" they can request a super computer to do that.
how are the criminals supposed to get their money?
Fear, and adware. For example, if this virus becomes really widespread, the malware author could create a rouge anti-virus program that promises to get rid of it, and might even get rid of it, the downside is, it infects the host machine with adware giving the author $$$. Otherwise he can simply modify the script to not only encrypt it but add some adware into there. If you have root, there isn't much you can't do.
Yes, lets go to our MUDs and MMORPGs! Then we won't have to worry about any child ever getting on the servers because most won't know the difference between Fira and Firaga!
Hmm? I would say it would take less time and effort to find the malicious changes to the Linux kernel then it is for MS to fix all the (hopefully) non-malicious changes to Windows. Basically, the system isn't perfect, but it is Linux or Windows if you want an OS (yes, there are Macs but they are more expensive then most computers and the OS doesn't work on non-Macs without a bit of hacking) and it seems that Linux is much more secure then Windows can ever hope to be.
Well when you think about it, 1 patch just happens to be the number that most people will use. For example, a hardware business may put in one patch to get a device to work, a software company may put in one patch to make other things work, an individual may put in one patch to fix an obvious bug, etc. The kernel, though needed is not what the end-user generally uses, so for the most part it is in the background as a stable kernel should be, making it less of a chance someone would find many bugs to have to fix.
It's a pretty good time to be alive if you're a geek.
I disagree. Now, it seems like you don't ever "own" any of your devices, your phone is somehow tied into your cell provider, your computer is the *AA's if you don't use Linux, the makers of game consoles constantly try to brick you if you use a modchip, and all your media you haven't pirated or downloaded off of a DRM-Free site is tied to your account. So no, it isn't the greatest time, because now, you don't own a single thing.
Even though we all flame MS.. why do we still use the products.. in our home, our office and on our phones
Err... All my computers have Linux installed as the primary OS and either use WINE to emulate any necessary Windows applications (which interestingly enough aren't made by MS). In most people's office they would rather be using Linux and free software but the people who outrank them (AKA: Those who don't have a clue what an operating system even is....) insist on spending money on MS's products to make the company look better and so the computer illiterate people don't have to learn anything.
Ummm... actually Gates made MS a decent company, it wasn't until he let the chair-thrower Steve Ballmer take over the company that MS started to become really "evil". Now before they were just a software company that made crappy software, now we have MS as a software company that produces crappy software with DRM/Trusted Computing and just about everything else to make your computer become MS's and the government's computer (with a bit of it devoted to the *AA).
On July 1, he will start spending most of his time at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation." After that date he will be devoting his "20% time" to Microsoft.
Are you sure that that isn't just what he says he will be doing and he is really trying to become the Debian project leader?
Slashdot Mirror
Ummmm... Switch to Linux/Mac/BSD/Plan 9/Solaris/Hurd/Syllable/FreeDOS/Haiku/Windows 95?
How nice now... The first quantum computer on the market will have to use diamonds.... So what will that mean? A $8 million price tag?
But honestly, what place doesn't have some unsecured Wi-Fi connection to connect to? In your office you usually have a 'Net connection, in the car, it would be very scary to be driving down a highway and see someone with an EEE trying to connect to an open Wi-Fi network while driving, at most restaurants you can manage to get a decent Wi-Fi connection from other restaurants or the restaurants has Wi-Fi too. About the only way that 3Gs is going to convince the average person who needs it (which are usually in the city where most unsecured Wi-Fi connections are....) is if they are commuting by train or something.
And it is the only way you can get a device with a decent OS (Linux) in a typical large store. Most of us don't like/hate/will return Vista so it makes since to support an OS we all like by getting a subnotebook as about the only other way you can get Linux pre-installed is go to a specialty computer store or online.
I can see this model becoming used in schools where the schools bribe students with a laptop to do well on standardized tests. Or perhaps giving every student a laptop and free wi-fi access at the schools, however if your GPA slips below something your MAC address gets banned until it starts going back up.
Sorry, I don't think anyone but a republican or democrat will win the '08 election. So unless we can get a few representives in congress from the Pirate Party, I would say that if Obama or McCain ends up winning it will be the same. To use a quote from the Ubuntu forums No matter who you vote for, government still wins .
It would be like if you were saying that it was illegal for you to own a typewriter because you can type your own books on there. P2P is a method used for freedom of speech (because with a traditional server you need a fast 'Net connection and some more software) with P2P almost anyone can post and receive messages to the entire world.
I know! But really I just was bored and wanted to post but at the time there wasn't any good posts to reply too... So I made my own.
They will probably say something about terrorists, because as we know every .torrent file you download from The Pirate Bay helps funds terrorists!!!!!!
And they will also then manipulate the facts into lies by saying that (perhaps) some region free DVD players sales go to help terrorists and then region free == terrorist supporting.
In the end it is rather sad as who pays for pirated materials? Just about everyone, well... pirates them!
Wouldn't though HTTP be a more logical way to start? Then move in to online videos, and FTP by citing that Al-Queda has a website and has the capability to use online videos to make a terrorist out of YOU!!!1!!1!*shift*One!!11!
Of course not, HTTP and FTP Warez sites exist. Now though, it is going to make it hard for me to get download speeds of anything faster then 2 KB/Second when Ubuntu 8.10 comes out....
And the reason that P2P has anything to do with controlling the Internet is what? Seriously, unless WikiLeaks starts to go P2P, I don't know of any P2P site that has government documents that would be a threat to power.
So what is next for this? Will JavaScript 2 be outlawed because it is an advancement over JavaScript 1 in the way P2P is an advancement over standard downloads? Or the way that Vista is an advancement over... wait, never mind.
There is Moonlight for Linux and as there are ports of Linux for PowerPC CPUs and Moonlight is open source, you would only have to upgrade your OS.
Ummm... No. My only other account was Webmaster404 and in the end it wouldn't ever let me post saying that somehow I was configured to use a proxy which allowed all incoming connections, which, I use no proxy, so after a month of not posting I made this account.
You forget though, the NSA has a large budget and access to super computers. What might take us years to crack may only take months or less for a few huge clusters of computers or some super computers to break. Plus, as everything the NSA does is "a matter of national security" they can request a super computer to do that.
Fear, and adware. For example, if this virus becomes really widespread, the malware author could create a rouge anti-virus program that promises to get rid of it, and might even get rid of it, the downside is, it infects the host machine with adware giving the author $$$. Otherwise he can simply modify the script to not only encrypt it but add some adware into there. If you have root, there isn't much you can't do.
Yes, lets go to our MUDs and MMORPGs! Then we won't have to worry about any child ever getting on the servers because most won't know the difference between Fira and Firaga!
Hmm? I would say it would take less time and effort to find the malicious changes to the Linux kernel then it is for MS to fix all the (hopefully) non-malicious changes to Windows. Basically, the system isn't perfect, but it is Linux or Windows if you want an OS (yes, there are Macs but they are more expensive then most computers and the OS doesn't work on non-Macs without a bit of hacking) and it seems that Linux is much more secure then Windows can ever hope to be.
Well when you think about it, 1 patch just happens to be the number that most people will use. For example, a hardware business may put in one patch to get a device to work, a software company may put in one patch to make other things work, an individual may put in one patch to fix an obvious bug, etc. The kernel, though needed is not what the end-user generally uses, so for the most part it is in the background as a stable kernel should be, making it less of a chance someone would find many bugs to have to fix.
I disagree. Now, it seems like you don't ever "own" any of your devices, your phone is somehow tied into your cell provider, your computer is the *AA's if you don't use Linux, the makers of game consoles constantly try to brick you if you use a modchip, and all your media you haven't pirated or downloaded off of a DRM-Free site is tied to your account. So no, it isn't the greatest time, because now, you don't own a single thing.
Wow, the moderators must be really off today, I try for a +5 funny and end up with a -1 troll mod, whats next? A +5 insightful for this post?
Err... All my computers have Linux installed as the primary OS and either use WINE to emulate any necessary Windows applications (which interestingly enough aren't made by MS). In most people's office they would rather be using Linux and free software but the people who outrank them (AKA: Those who don't have a clue what an operating system even is....) insist on spending money on MS's products to make the company look better and so the computer illiterate people don't have to learn anything.
Ummm... actually Gates made MS a decent company, it wasn't until he let the chair-thrower Steve Ballmer take over the company that MS started to become really "evil". Now before they were just a software company that made crappy software, now we have MS as a software company that produces crappy software with DRM/Trusted Computing and just about everything else to make your computer become MS's and the government's computer (with a bit of it devoted to the *AA).
Are you sure that that isn't just what he says he will be doing and he is really trying to become the Debian project leader?