From my experience in this industry I have to say that most SWEs do not choose to release buggy code. Most realize the code is buggy and shouldn't be released, but upper management promised the product on a certain date and, damnit, they will release it, buggy or not! I believe that if the SWEs controlled when software would get released, we wouldn't have MS software that is so unstable and so closed off. So when you say hold the SWE responsible, I say is putting the blame on the wrong person. The blame usually belongs on the Upper managers. As always, however, there are exceptions to this.
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Just because software comes with a ridiculous license attached to it, who's to say that I absolutely have to follow the license? Of all the shrink wrapped software that you have bought over the years, how many of those licenses did you follow to the letter? I know, for myself, that number is very small, if at all. With all the little catch phrases and bullshit they put in those licenses, already, it's almost impossible to follow them and still use the software how you want.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
f this guy had a heart attack in front of me, I would do absolutely nothing to help him...
...except maybe piss in his face.
Anyone who takes this guys argument seriously (that its about piracy) should have thier balls removed or thier tubes tied to slow down the spread of the idiocy gene. ----
I'm pretty sure this has said been said before, but I think it needs to be repeated. A lot of the statements that are made here on Slashdot, are being used by the MPAA against us. I think we have a worthwhile and important fight on our hands. Most of us here are Adults and need to start acting a little more responsibly. Name calling is not the way to get our message across.
What we do need to do is get our message out to as many people/places as we can. We need to get some of the Linux friendly corporations to help in this fight. How we do that, I don't know, but it needs to happen. Send in letters to your local papers Opinion Columns. We need to be more pro-active in our defense. Ranting and raving how about how unfair this is, won't do anything except make yourself feel better.
Together we stand, divided we Fall!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
payed a software house to make a closed source DVD player core 'engine'. Available as a binary object module for various enviroments, and no body would have to known about the encryption to make a DVD player.
I believe that if even if they did do this from the start, somebody in the Open Source Community would have created DeCSS anyway. It's just he nature of Open Source... Closed Source != Open Source and Linux/*BSD, etc thrive because of Open Source. If we always settle for closed source solutions to our problems we will be stuck with another Windows, which, nobody wants, IMHO.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
The thing this article really fails to mention is that we developers are also the users. I think the main issue that average user would have with the Linux is getting used to it. I'm sure if someones first exposure to computers was with Linux and not Windows, the state of the average user would be very different.
Linux on the desktop, requires the average user to think outside of the box. It does not follow the status quo.(this is a good thing) Personally, I don't think Linux is ready for the average user migrating from Windows/Mac. Things like setting up PPP on Linux needs simplification, or really properly setting up Linux requires you to be much more intimate with your hardware. i.e. to setup X, you need to know what kind of graphics card you have. More specifically, you need to know what graphics chip that card uses. You also need to know the specifics of your monitor. How many non-tech users do you know that know what the horizontal and vertical refresh rates are? These are things that are hidden in Windows and Macs, as they avg user couldn't give two shits about it. They just want a computer that will allow them access to the internet and to type a document.
I think the trick for Linux Community will be to find a balance to make the geeks happy and make the average user happy. I just fear the more mainstream Linux becomes the less usable it will become for the power user!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
AFAIK, "The Linux movement" is not about software being free(as in free beer). It is about software being free as in Knowledge. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me!
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You going to regulate that?? Want our already overburdened government to do it?? Can we really trust the government to do it?? Would you be suggesting to do this if you were the one that was collecting such wealth??
Sorry folks, but more regulation is not the answer!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
If you believe that DeCSS should be distributed around the internet, and I believe you do. That, to me, means that it is right. So if you feel that it is right to own and distribute, why should you fear saying so with your real name? I have a copy of DeCSS, css-auth, and livid. Currently I don't have a web site to spread them, but I think it is important for people to do this. I also think it important that the Open Source community not be afraid to put their names on this list. It only helps the cause.
Together we stand, divided we fall!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Ahh, they may not advertise for it, for specialized things, it would be desired. ASM, as far as I know, has/is being used for specialized things. Of course, ASM is frowned upon since, by it's nature, is not portable. Yet, where speed is of the utmost importance, ASM is still being used. Hell, I've even seen ASM code on the Mainframe. ASM may not be in the lime light, but that doesn't mean it's not being used or is not desired.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Why is it that everytime we either talk about a new technology or actually have a new technology people start talking about how we will no longer need the old?
COBOL is an old technology. Been around for quite a while now. Yet Pascal, C/C++, BASIC, and countless others have come along since then, yet COBOL is still used just as much today, if not more, than when it was first introduced.
Just because a new technology comes around, that does not make it the best for all possible scenerios. For every problem, there is usually one tool that is more suitable to solving that problem than any other and no tool is the best tool for every problem. Therefore, Assembler/C/C++/etc programmers will be in just as much demand in the future as they have been in the past, no matter how advanced the compilers become. After all, somebody has to be able to code the compilers???
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
The problem I see with caching is that the cache is only available for so long. Let's say you have a program(program X) that is only intended to run 1 a week, 1 a month, or even 1 a day. In between each run, countless numbers of other programs could have run using up the cache. The next time program X runs, it is no longer cached and has to be recompiled before execution. Whereas, had program X been conventially compiled originally, it wouldn't make any difference how frequently the program runs. Granted, I will concede that for programs that are run frequently, the process you and others have described, might produce faster code.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
If I'm understanding what you're saying correctly, a JIT compiler will compile the exact same code each and every time you go to run it. While a convential compiler will compile it one time. Yes the JIT compiler might be able to tune the performance better for each run, but I think it takes a performance hit at the start by having to do the compilation. While the JIT compiler is compiling code, the exact same code compiled with the convential compiler is already executing.
The faster the hardward becomes though, the differences between the two might not be as noticible. Although, the more powerfull the hardware becomes, the more complex the code becomes.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
If Jon Johansson had been a US citizen it is mostly his *father's* rights that would have been violated, not Jon's. It was not Jon's house, and it may not even have legally been Jon's computer.
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Since Jon is a minor, his parents are, technically, responsible for his behaviour.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
How does mentioning a statistic make it Religious flaming, even if the statistic isn't exactley correct? Sometimes hidden between the words an actual message is trying to be made.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
I believe picking a fight with each individual government is a complete waste of all our time. The more appropriate target, IMHO, is the members that make up the MPAA. The governments/courts are just pawns in all this. Fight the ones who are actually bringing all the suits against people.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Be very careful when using the word never, especially when it rests in the hands of politicians. It is very possible that it can happen. Look what's happening on the campuses with Alcohol.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
IIRC, Melissa depended upon Outlook to spread itself. On *nix there is no standard client that everyone uses. The amount of variations of software on all the unices, make targeting a specific app, futile!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
According to the readme.txt file that comes with the DeCSS program it reads:
# - How do I select audio stream? # ######################################### # # # You don't. DeCSS is just a decryptor, # # nothing else. Copy all the files to a # # video_ts folder on your hd, and then # # try playing the movie. #
According to the DMCA, a program whose primary purpose is to circumvent, is illegal. Therefore, as much as I hate to say it, it appears as though DeCSS is illegal. However, css-auth, on the other hand, is not illegal, as that has a purpose other than circumventing.
This is just my interpretation of the programs.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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that most SWEs do not choose to release buggy
code. Most realize the code is buggy and
shouldn't be released, but upper management
promised the product on a certain date and,
damnit, they will release it, buggy or not!
I believe that if the SWEs controlled when software
would get released, we wouldn't have MS software
that is so unstable and so closed off. So when
you say hold the SWE responsible, I say is putting
the blame on the wrong person. The blame usually
belongs on the Upper managers. As always, however,
there are exceptions to this.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
absolutely have to follow the license? Of all
the shrink wrapped software that you have bought
over the years, how many of those licenses did
you follow to the letter? I know, for myself,
that number is very small, if at all. With all
the little catch phrases and bullshit they put in
those licenses, already, it's almost impossible to
follow them and still use the software how you
want.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
f this guy had a heart attack in front of me, I would do absolutely nothing to help him...
...except maybe piss in his face.
Anyone who takes this guys argument seriously (that its about piracy) should have thier balls
removed or thier tubes tied to slow down the spread of the idiocy gene.
----
I'm pretty sure this has said been said before, but I think it needs to be repeated. A lot of the statements that are made here on Slashdot, are being used by the MPAA against us. I think we have a worthwhile and important fight on our hands. Most of us here are Adults and need to start acting a little more responsibly. Name calling is not the way to get our message across.
What we do need to do is get our message out to as many people/places as we can. We need to get some of the Linux friendly corporations to help in this fight. How we do that, I don't know, but it needs to happen. Send in letters to your local papers Opinion Columns. We need to be more pro-active in our defense. Ranting and raving how about how unfair this is, won't do anything except make yourself feel better.
Together we stand, divided we Fall!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
I believe that if even if they did do this from the start, somebody in the Open Source Community would have created DeCSS anyway. It's just he nature of Open Source... Closed Source != Open Source and Linux/*BSD, etc thrive because of Open Source. If we always settle for closed source solutions to our problems we will be stuck with another Windows, which, nobody wants, IMHO.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Linux on the desktop, requires the average user to think outside of the box. It does not follow the status quo.(this is a good thing) Personally, I don't think Linux is ready for the average user migrating from Windows/Mac. Things like setting up PPP on Linux needs simplification, or really properly setting up Linux requires you to be much more intimate with your hardware. i.e. to setup X, you need to know what kind of graphics card you have. More specifically, you need to know what graphics chip that card uses. You also need to know the specifics of your monitor. How many non-tech users do you know that know what the horizontal and vertical refresh rates are? These are things that are hidden in Windows and Macs, as they avg user couldn't give two shits about it. They just want a computer that will allow them access to the internet and to type a document.
I think the trick for Linux Community will be to find a balance to make the geeks happy and make the average user happy. I just fear the more mainstream Linux becomes the less usable it will become for the power user!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Sorry folks, but more regulation is not the answer!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Together we stand, divided we fall!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Why is it that everytime we either talk about a new technology or actually have a new technology people start talking about how we will no longer need the old?
COBOL is an old technology. Been around for quite a while now. Yet Pascal, C/C++, BASIC, and countless others have come along since then, yet COBOL is still used just as much today, if not more, than when it was first introduced.
Just because a new technology comes around, that does not make it the best for all possible scenerios. For every problem, there is usually one tool that is more suitable to solving that problem than any other and no tool is the best tool for every problem . Therefore, Assembler/C/C++/etc programmers will be in just as much demand in the future as they have been in the past, no matter how advanced the compilers become. After all, somebody has to be able to code the compilers???
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
a JIT compiler will compile the exact same code each and every time you go to run it. While a convential compiler will compile it one time. Yes the JIT compiler might be able to tune the performance better for each run, but I think it takes a performance hit at the start by having to do the compilation. While the JIT compiler is compiling code, the exact same code compiled with the convential compiler is already executing.
The faster the hardward becomes though, the differences between the two might not be as noticible. Although, the more powerfull the hardware becomes, the more complex the code becomes.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
If Jon Johansson had been a US citizen it is mostly his *father's* rights that would have been
violated, not Jon's. It was not Jon's house, and it may not even have legally been Jon's computer.
--------------------
Since Jon is a minor, his parents are, technically, responsible for his behaviour.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Notice, we are not some spekky 14 year olds here, many
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This is about the only thing in the post that should have been seen!
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Be very careful when using the word never, especially when it rests in the hands of politicians. It is very possible that it can happen. Look what's happening on the campuses with Alcohol.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
# - How do I select audio stream? #
According to the DMCA, a program whose primary purpose is to circumvent, is illegal. Therefore, as much as I hate to say it, it appears as though DeCSS is illegal. However, css-auth, on the other hand, is not illegal, as that has a purpose other than circumventing.#########################################
# #
# You don't. DeCSS is just a decryptor, #
# nothing else. Copy all the files to a #
# video_ts folder on your hd, and then #
# try playing the movie. #
This is just my interpretation of the programs.
Nothing exists exept atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.