1154 items found for "Hitler". 211 items found for "Lenin". 155 items found for "Mao". 155 items found for "Stalin". 83 items found for "Mussolini". 3 items found for "Krushchev". 1 items found for "Pol Pot".
What's the point, you ask? Maybe this just goes to show that as far as 20th century dictators go, Hitler and his Germany continue to hold an enduring fascination.
I wish I had a nickel for everytime I've walked into the living room while my Dad was watching a WWII movie or documentary about the Germans. I've been known to joke: "Ahhh... where would cable TV be without the nazis".
The citric acid is a much better electrolyte. Although I really prefer to power my servers with a large bank of "6-cent batteries". Just take a nickel and a penny, soak some paper in vinegar, and put the paper between the two coins. Instant electricity.
Those supporting then end of communism have no choice but to support trading with the biggest country in the world.
This reminds me of an argument I had with a room-mate something like 8 years ago. My position was "we don't need to trade with them" to which he indignantly replied "they don't need to trade with us".
The bottom line? Both countries are big enough and have enough natural resources that neither really *needs* to trade with the other.
So, in the absence of any real pressing need, it all comes down to politics, and the politics of this deal suck. Wake up and smell the coffee! I have had too many experience with shoddily made goods from China. Ever hear of Peterbilt trucks? Best trucks made in America. Well, there was a fairly well known case where the brakes on a Peterbilt failed, seriously injuring some people. The cause? Mismarked bolts from China that were not really the SAE grade that they said they were. Peterbilt not at fault. Overseas suppliers at fault. This is just one small example.
Just try buying small steel items that are not made in China these days. Do we really want *more* of this??? What happens if a war breaks out? Remember Rosie the Riviter? If all are plants are in China, where is Rosie gonna rivet? It was the industrial might of the US that saved us from Hitler, and don't you forget it.
37 Linux ACs and 11 logged-in Linux users, with Linux at the bottom for those who posted more than once (37 people did that). This is from a sample of 313. Rearranging these numbers, we can easily form 31337, thus proving that Linux is an 31337 OS. It's eerie, isn't it?
You mean it was a worm written by a cracker, not a virus written by a hacker?
Anyhow, I never really cared much for language purism. Language evolves. That's not to say that these distinctions aren't important within certain technological circles. If I were writing a technical article for some journal on computer security, I would want to get it right. But for the mainstream, "virus written by a hacker" is plainly the accepted terminology.
Another way to look at this is that "virus" is being used as a general term for all potentially destructive computer programs, and that "trojan", "worm" and "hostile applet" are just subclasses of "virus".
Now you/. people can sit there and gripe all day about what people ought to say, but you're not going to win.
Wouldn't it be more interesting to simply look at these things as linguistic trends rather than errors?
In a sense, English and other languages are the first collaborative Open Source project ever. Yet so many/.ers fail to realize that, and refuse to participate, because they are hung up on language purism.
And therein lies the fundamental problem with Communism/Socialism: Figuring out who is a greedy bastard, and who isn't.
In its most extreme form, it resulted in one neighbor turning the other in because they were afraid that they might get turned in. Remember the Soviet Union? What a paradise that was.
If I were moderating, I'd probably moderate you up as Funny, because this must be a joke.
Red Hat doesn't have a monopoly on operating system or office software on the dominant microcomputer architecture. MS has both.
Well, that's what the government would like you to think. To which I respond: BeOS, x86 solaris, Linux and BSD.
BeOS in particular is a sad case, not of someone being crushed by MS, but being crushed by free software. I mean, if the "alternative to MS" market were not flooded with free operating systems, Be would probably be quite profitable.
Bill Gates pissed off the two groups who matter most in this administration: liberal academics, and politicians.
He pissed off the liberal academics by being a successful dropout. I mean, Laurence Lessig as a friend of the court???!!! Come on, the guy wants to nationalize the software industry for crying out loud.
He pissed off the politicians by not giving them money.
Both groups were left with the nagging revelation that they just aren't as important as they thought they were. So, as long as these two groups hold the reins of power in Washington they are naturally going to do what they can to get Gates.
Will someone please explain why it's wrong for MS to bundle a free IE with Windows, but it's right for RedHat to bundle a free OS with some office software?
A lot of good come-backs, and I don't feel like replying to all of them, so I chose this one.
I based my "good turnaround" statement on the assumption that they only treated this problem as a "bug" starting with ILOVEYOU.
To they guy who wrote about extension hiding: You're right. Hiding extensions by default is ultra lame. It's one of the first things I turn off when I bring up a new Windows box.
To the people who remarked that the attachments are usually from friends: You're right. On some occasions I have opened attachments from friends. When it was somebody in the next cube, I suppose this was excusable because I could lean over and ask "hey, is this gonna crash my computer?", but when my sister who isn't necessarily tech savvy, and who lives half way accross the country sent me one, it was high risk and I knew it. I've ocasionaly chided her for sending me some that gave me pause. OTOH, if several copies of the *same* attachment suddenly appeared in my inbox from different people with associated text that looked "canned" I would probably be quite suspicious. Recognizing these things is, to a certain extent, a learned skill, like learning how to tell spam by looking at the subject line.
Finally, I think a lot of the issues with Windows stem from the fact that it was developed primarily as a single-user desktop OS, with networking and security as an afterthought. Likewise, the problems with *NIX on the desktop is that it was developed primarily for networking and security, with usability as an afterthought.
When MS tries to build a secure OS, it's like US auto companies trying to build small, fuel efficient cars.
So, if you want a smooth-riding automatic that might break down a bit more often, use Windows. If you don't mind being a bit uncomfortable and you know how to use a stick-shift, then *NIX.
Just to add one thing. ZIP is not on the list. For years I've been telling people to ZIP things anyway, and if you really need to send an EXE as an attachment you can still ZIP it. The user will have to intentionally unZIP it, which will make them think before running it.
E-mail without attachments? I don't think so. It said *certain* file types. If somebody wrote a program for linux that allowed shell scripts to run when you double-click 'em, do you really think it would be any more secure?
MS e-mail has been insecure because it has been customary to allow users to easily open attachments of any type. Period. Not because MS mail programs are poorly written or anything of that nature.
Now some people have abused that privelege, and users have not understood it. So the only real solution is to place some restrictions on it. I use MS mail programs and have never had any security problems. I never open attachments from strangers either!
Also, this is really not a bad turn-around time for a patch. Admitedly, it is longer than the turn-arounds for most open source bugfixes, but not by a ridiculous ammount of time, especially when you consider that the security hole is entirely fixable via user education anyway.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of documented tricks for wrapping GPL'd software inside non-GPL'd software "safely"; see Tom C.'s "condom" library for an example of how you can do it.
Can you give us a link for that? I really don't feel like doing a web search for "condom".
If you're not a spammer, you don't care. If you are a spammer, I could care less what you think about the credibility of my website. It doesn't work anyway, since most spam is automated. Having something like that there is rather like having "beware of dog" or "protected by Harris Security Inc" in your window. Besides, I didn't just read it; I asked the guy where he got it, and based on his past online behavior he seemed credible. OTOH, I don't have a copy of the US Code handy, you can't search for it online (at least not anywhere that I'm aware of. as far as I know, all searchable law databases are proprietary), and I haven't had time to visit a law library. Also, I have heard of a similar law in the mainstream press, and it has even been used to successfully prosecute telemarketers who refuse to remove people from their calling lists. It's mostly the chapter and subsection that I'm not sure of. So for me this is kind of like saying "God so loved the world..." John 3: 16 and not being sure about the chapter and verse, but still believing the truth of the statement.
I've never looked it up and verified it, but I got this little bit of legalese from some guy on USENET a long time ago, and have had it on my homepage ever since:
By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation.
IANAL, but maybe somebody out there is and can verify or debunk this.
Also, how many people here would care if someone got the blueprints to your house and made an exact duplicate without your permission?
The owner probably wouldn't care. The architect is another matter.
Any how, my take on the DeCSS issue has always been that people spoiled it by failing to make clear their intent. If they tout it purely as a means of playing DVDs on Linux I have no problem with it; unfortunately, it's been caught up by the anti-intellectual property zealots. As I've said: "If we take away intellectual property, intellectuals will have no property. Where have we seen that before?"
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1154 items found for "Hitler".
211 items found for "Lenin".
155 items found for "Mao".
155 items found for "Stalin".
83 items found for "Mussolini".
3 items found for "Krushchev".
1 items found for "Pol Pot".
What's the point, you ask? Maybe this just goes to show that as far as 20th century dictators go, Hitler and his Germany continue to hold an enduring fascination.
I wish I had a nickel for everytime I've walked into the living room while my Dad was watching a WWII movie or documentary about the Germans. I've been known to joke: "Ahhh... where would cable TV be without the nazis".
Worse yet: You're standing at an ATM, and somebody attacks you and cuts off your finger or gouges out your eyes.
The citric acid is a much better electrolyte. Although I really prefer to power my servers with a large bank of "6-cent batteries". Just take a nickel and a penny, soak some paper in vinegar, and put the paper between the two coins. Instant electricity.
Would you like to buy some?
*mismarked* bolts. get it?
Those supporting then end of communism have no choice but to support trading with the biggest country in the world.
This reminds me of an argument I had with a room-mate something like 8 years ago. My position was "we don't need to trade with them" to which he indignantly replied "they don't need to trade with us".
The bottom line? Both countries are big enough and have enough natural resources that neither really *needs* to trade with the other.
So, in the absence of any real pressing need, it all comes down to politics, and the politics of this deal suck. Wake up and smell the coffee! I have had too many experience with shoddily made goods from China. Ever hear of Peterbilt trucks? Best trucks made in America. Well, there was a fairly well known case where the brakes on a Peterbilt failed, seriously injuring some people. The cause? Mismarked bolts from China that were not really the SAE grade that they said they were. Peterbilt not at fault. Overseas suppliers at fault. This is just one small example.
Just try buying small steel items that are not made in China these days. Do we really want *more* of this??? What happens if a war breaks out? Remember Rosie the Riviter? If all are plants are in China, where is Rosie gonna rivet? It was the industrial might of the US that saved us from Hitler, and don't you forget it.
Egad! I've mentioned Hitler. Thread over. :)
37 Linux ACs and 11 logged-in Linux users, with Linux at the bottom for those who posted more than once (37 people did that). This is from a sample of 313. Rearranging these numbers, we can easily form 31337, thus proving that Linux is an 31337 OS. It's eerie, isn't it?
You mean it was a worm written by a cracker, not a virus written by a hacker?
Anyhow, I never really cared much for language purism. Language evolves. That's not to say that these distinctions aren't important within certain technological circles. If I were writing a technical article for some journal on computer security, I would want to get it right. But for the mainstream, "virus written by a hacker" is plainly the accepted terminology.
Another way to look at this is that "virus" is being used as a general term for all potentially destructive computer programs, and that "trojan", "worm" and "hostile applet" are just subclasses of "virus".
Now you /. people can sit there and gripe all day about what people ought to say, but you're not going to win.
Wouldn't it be more interesting to simply look at these things as linguistic trends rather than errors?
In a sense, English and other languages are the first collaborative Open Source project ever. Yet so many /.ers fail to realize that, and refuse to participate, because they are hung up on language purism.
Considering that people have been fighting in wars for the last few thousand years without ill effects...
The folks at Narcotics Anonymous might be able to help you. Good luck kicking your crack habit.
No, they should just use an ordinary wooden level. You know, the kind you get from a hardware store with the little bubble in it.
"Damn-it! No wonder my mother board exploded. The sonofabitch was half a bubble off!"
screw the greedy bastards!
And therein lies the fundamental problem with Communism/Socialism: Figuring out who is a greedy bastard, and who isn't.
In its most extreme form, it resulted in one neighbor turning the other in because they were afraid that they might get turned in. Remember the Soviet Union? What a paradise that was.
If I were moderating, I'd probably moderate you up as Funny, because this must be a joke.
Actually, Hamlet is in the public domain, so you can do that.
Red Hat doesn't have a monopoly on operating system or office software on the dominant microcomputer architecture. MS has both.
Well, that's what the government would like you to think. To which I respond: BeOS, x86 solaris, Linux and BSD.
BeOS in particular is a sad case, not of someone being crushed by MS, but being crushed by free software. I mean, if the "alternative to MS" market were not flooded with free operating systems, Be would probably be quite profitable.
And I seem to recall digging around in some MS sample code last year and my eyes bugged out when I saw #ifdef WIN64.
Bill's no dummy.
Bill Gates pissed off the two groups who matter most in this administration: liberal academics, and politicians.
He pissed off the liberal academics by being a successful dropout. I mean, Laurence Lessig as a friend of the court???!!! Come on, the guy wants to nationalize the software industry for crying out loud.
He pissed off the politicians by not giving them money.
Both groups were left with the nagging revelation that they just aren't as important as they thought they were. So, as long as these two groups hold the reins of power in Washington they are naturally going to do what they can to get Gates.
Will someone please explain why it's wrong for MS to bundle a free IE with Windows, but it's right for RedHat to bundle a free OS with some office software?
Plainly the government has no clue.
A lot of good come-backs, and I don't feel like replying to all of them, so I chose this one.
I based my "good turnaround" statement on the assumption that they only treated this problem as a "bug" starting with ILOVEYOU.
To they guy who wrote about extension hiding: You're right. Hiding extensions by default is ultra lame. It's one of the first things I turn off when I bring up a new Windows box.
To the people who remarked that the attachments are usually from friends: You're right. On some occasions I have opened attachments from friends. When it was somebody in the next cube, I suppose this was excusable because I could lean over and ask "hey, is this gonna crash my computer?", but when my sister who isn't necessarily tech savvy, and who lives half way accross the country sent me one, it was high risk and I knew it. I've ocasionaly chided her for sending me some that gave me pause. OTOH, if several copies of the *same* attachment suddenly appeared in my inbox from different people with associated text that looked "canned" I would probably be quite suspicious. Recognizing these things is, to a certain extent, a learned skill, like learning how to tell spam by looking at the subject line.
Finally, I think a lot of the issues with Windows stem from the fact that it was developed primarily as a single-user desktop OS, with networking and security as an afterthought. Likewise, the problems with *NIX on the desktop is that it was developed primarily for networking and security, with usability as an afterthought.
When MS tries to build a secure OS, it's like US auto companies trying to build small, fuel efficient cars.
So, if you want a smooth-riding automatic that might break down a bit more often, use Windows. If you don't mind being a bit uncomfortable and you know how to use a stick-shift, then *NIX.
Just to add one thing. ZIP is not on the list. For years I've been telling people to ZIP things anyway, and if you really need to send an EXE as an attachment you can still ZIP it. The user will have to intentionally unZIP it, which will make them think before running it.
E-mail without attachments? I don't think so. It said *certain* file types. If somebody wrote a program for linux that allowed shell scripts to run when you double-click 'em, do you really think it would be any more secure?
MS e-mail has been insecure because it has been customary to allow users to easily open attachments of any type. Period. Not because MS mail programs are poorly written or anything of that nature.
Now some people have abused that privelege, and users have not understood it. So the only real solution is to place some restrictions on it. I use MS mail programs and have never had any security problems. I never open attachments from strangers either!
Also, this is really not a bad turn-around time for a patch. Admitedly, it is longer than the turn-arounds for most open source bugfixes, but not by a ridiculous ammount of time, especially when you consider that the security hole is entirely fixable via user education anyway.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of documented tricks for wrapping GPL'd software inside non-GPL'd software "safely"; see Tom C.'s "condom" library for an example of how you can do it.
Can you give us a link for that? I really don't feel like doing a web search for "condom".
Hey control, why is this thing headed for Jupiter? Oh no!!! it was supposed to be meters...
At least one way is by providing services to commercial content providers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ for example.
More info is availabe at Google of course. Try this: http://www.google.com/websearch_progr ams.html
Essentially, people pay for the right to frame customized Google results.
...If you used the GPL, the answer to your question is at the bottom of it. Have a nice talk with management, and ask if they will sign.
If you're not a spammer, you don't care. If you are a spammer, I could care less what you think about the credibility of my website. It doesn't work anyway, since most spam is automated. Having something like that there is rather like having "beware of dog" or "protected by Harris Security Inc" in your window. Besides, I didn't just read it; I asked the guy where he got it, and based on his past online behavior he seemed credible. OTOH, I don't have a copy of the US Code handy, you can't search for it online (at least not anywhere that I'm aware of. as far as I know, all searchable law databases are proprietary), and I haven't had time to visit a law library. Also, I have heard of a similar law in the mainstream press, and it has even been used to successfully prosecute telemarketers who refuse to remove people from their calling lists. It's mostly the chapter and subsection that I'm not sure of. So for me this is kind of like saying "God so loved the world..." John 3: 16 and not being sure about the chapter and verse, but still believing the truth of the statement.
I've never looked it up and verified it, but I got this little bit of legalese from some guy on USENET a long time ago, and have had it on my homepage ever since:
By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation.
IANAL, but maybe somebody out there is and can verify or debunk this.
Also, how many people here would care if someone got the blueprints to your house and made an exact duplicate without your permission?
The owner probably wouldn't care. The architect is another matter.
Any how, my take on the DeCSS issue has always been that people spoiled it by failing to make clear their intent. If they tout it purely as a means of playing DVDs on Linux I have no problem with it; unfortunately, it's been caught up by the anti-intellectual property zealots. As I've said: "If we take away intellectual property, intellectuals will have no property. Where have we seen that before?"