I went throught very briefly the article. I don't think we live on the same planet.
First his views on taping movies have changed as another/. user remarker. In 1982 in was against tape recorders and now appreciates a TiVo.
But when you think about it, using a TiVo is a worse action than copying a CD. When you use a TiVo you can tape a program skip ads, while the program is perhaps broadcasted free for you just because of the ads. By skipping the ads you break the broadcast business model.
But by copying a CD/DVD under fair use (e.g. backup), you just protect yourself. You still have paid for the right to see it. You don't break any model as long as you don't do something like distributing it.
So who's the thief?
Comparing Cognac with digital information isn't at all the same. Anyway most analogies fail, and this one also. We are talking about an easily reproducible thing here. And that changes completely your model. When will folk get it?
I would also like to know where he sees Moore laws being "brought down". I truly don't think so. Wait for the products to reach the masses and you will see that it isn't true at all.
Yes she is. All the women I know (including mine) who had a child in Norway in the past year were 2 months out of work before the birth, usualy because of health related reasons.
And in most cases the father only took 4 weeks off.
It's perhaps only my personal experience.
Ah of course, time have changed, because my grand-ma used to work up to the birth, and only had 3 days recovering after it.
The reason I would not be comfortable doing my banking and shopping with another browser is from my knowledge of the quality of work undertaken on the Internet Explorer team. I know some of you will probably disagree with that view but I stand by the fact that the Internet Explorer team takes security extroardinarily seriously.
So if you let me turn (bend?) that in my own understanding:
he trusts IE because of the knowledge of the quality of work the team does
he has priviledge access to knowledge, being part of the team
I conclude from that that one should only trust software that one can have access to. As I don't have access to closed source software, I am left with Open Source.
It's been a long time and I don't remind that well. I just know that it was during that part of the year, because it was my first year with Internet access, and it was a big thing even at that time.
We had Solaris workstations, and Netscape was big. Aahhh the old days.
So my comment is even more valid now: 10 years java experience is almost impossible. Except that many people require that on job descriptions:)
version number has nothing to do with reliability. There are many software out there using a 0.x version number and who are better than software over the 1.0 mark in the same domain.
Gaim works fine most of the time, and I've advised it successfuly to many windows users, who have no idea how their computer works let alone what open source is.
of course there are the occasional disconnections, but that only require to click reconnect.
"To answer some questions that I've received today, firstly as far as I know the rather aggressive lawyer who contacted me yesterday is not part of Penguin Puttnam but is working with Katie Tarbox on future projects and trying to gain control of my domain name for these projects."
Called by friend of friend to help 'fix the Internet'. Come in. Windows Me machine (arggg), with 64 Mo (arggggg).
Everything so slow. I fix the connection.
Me: if you upgrade to 128M or more you will have a better experience. And it's cheap.
Them: ughh how do you do that?
Me: I can do it for you. Let's check which type of RAM do you have, to order a compatible one...
I take the RAM, note down the number and the motherboard name. I put back the RAM into its place, one side first. Push and attach the plastic 'lock'. Push the other side, attach the other lock.
Both locks are in place. OK.
Close the box. Boot. Smells of burn....
Arggg.
PC won't boot. Open box. Search for the burnt component. The RAM is burnt. The slot is melted.
Why could that be possible? I plugged it correclty!? Or so did I think. I found then out that this crappy motherboard has an interesting feature. Usually if you put your RAM upside down, it wouldn't fit because of the little RAM hole / slot appendice that prevents you from doing so. But with that mobo if you use the wrong side (e.g. because of lack of light) and push one side after the others, and attach the plastic locks, you will see that by pushing the second side of the RAM, the appendice would act as a lever and the other side of the RAM would be pulled out of its slot. This would pull out the plastic lock on the first slot while still being attached to the RAM! You don't even see it getting out of the slot. And you don't see of course that your RAM half fits in the slot.
In other words, it looks like it's plugged into the slot while the RAM is not. As there was only one used slot, and the light was not good, I couldn't see that one of the sides was up.
I felt so ashamed. I am still.
I wasn't able to find out if the motherboard was affected until I bought some replacement RAM, which thankfully revealed that the motherboard was still working.
Bad story but nice ending (even it if cost me 20$ + time). So good for me wanting to help them out.
There are many hacks to do to improve a software development. Integrate stuff together, get new ideas that can improve your productivity.
These are hacks not in their realization quality but in the form they are introduced. Someone has an idea, hacks something and here you go. Suddendly your bug tracker is integrated with your pager and each blocker bug state change is sent to the project leader's communication device.
And I believe craftmen are capable of doing this kind of specialized, high quality input, loving work.
- gaim-encryption tells you if the other side has encryption capabiltiies. If I send something encrypted, and the other one hasn't the plugin, I don't think it is sent in plain text. - encryption is regulated (and forbidden in some countries)
Same idea. What about someone going into the wild with a tool to fry any RFID he/she finds. I would believe some freedom activits capable of doing that.
If your tool doesn't work when your RFID is fried, and some people find a way to multi-fry them in a massive way, that could cause high damage.
Once again a day dreamer that knows nothing of consistant business models.
Apple is a hardware company. They make money of their hardware. iTunes for windows exists solely to sell iPods.
If they start opening their software, they will kill their primary source of revenue. The same way that Microsoft by enhancing too much IE almost killed its OS service. They were creating a universal thin client, putting in danger their OS business.
But back to the point. The web is full of articles explaining why this is a bad idea. Read them first. I don't understand how this is rated 3. Moderators should know...
Do you have data about that? I have my own access point with 128 bits keys and I would hate if one day was sufficient to break it, even when no weak IV packets are sent.
DVDs could be much better. I imagine a service where you build your DVDs on demand, specifying the languages you want on them. At least until the support is big enough to contain them all.
For example I want to buy the "Once upon a time... life" [1] DVD in Spanish, French and English for my kid. I used to love that, and I think it is a great way for a kid to learn languages to look at the same program in different languages.
A version of this DVD in each language exists, but there's no version that combines all of them. So I won't buy it.
Apache represents a big share of web server, and a high number of servers run on Unix/Linux/*BSD. Have you seen an attack compromising Apache and targetting Windows clients?
No.
Have you seen an attack compromising IIS and targetting Windows clients?
Yes.
That should tell you about market share vs security.
You are to tell me that (Unices) admin people do a better job at upgrading their machines, so you can't compare that with desktop people. Of course web admins are suposedly doing a better job at protecting their machines. But that's not what most studies reveal (many server machines are still unpatched), even in the Linux world.
So I agree to say that Linux would be more under attack if it had a bigger share on the desktop. But I wouldn't say for sure that it would automatically be as insecure as Windows.
Just to know that there is far more application diversity on the desktop would mean that an attack would not reach 100% of the potential target group.
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I went throught very briefly the article. I don't think we live on the same planet.
/. user remarker. In 1982 in was against tape recorders and now appreciates a TiVo.
First his views on taping movies have changed as another
But when you think about it, using a TiVo is a worse action than copying a CD. When you use a TiVo you can tape a program skip ads, while the program is perhaps broadcasted free for you just because of the ads. By skipping the ads you break the broadcast business model.
But by copying a CD/DVD under fair use (e.g. backup), you just protect yourself. You still have paid for the right to see it. You don't break any model as long as you don't do something like distributing it.
So who's the thief?
Comparing Cognac with digital information isn't at all the same. Anyway most analogies fail, and this one also. We are talking about an easily reproducible thing here. And that changes completely your model. When will folk get it?
I would also like to know where he sees Moore laws being "brought down". I truly don't think so. Wait for the products to reach the masses and you will see that it isn't true at all.
Yet you see advertising everywhere on TV, in the streets.
I guess that as long as you pay to express yourself, you're free to do it...
You know. I am not Norwegian. And people here have too much oil. That makes their life easy (rimes with lazy...). :)
(I meant before the birth.)
Yes she is. All the women I know (including mine) who had a child in Norway in the past year were 2 months out of work before the birth, usualy because of health related reasons.
And in most cases the father only took 4 weeks off.
It's perhaps only my personal experience.
Ah of course, time have changed, because my grand-ma used to work up to the birth, and only had 3 days recovering after it.
In Norway you can split it between the mother and the father almost the way you want. And it's up to a year.
Of course the mother is out of work in the last months before the pregnancy, and that the father cannot have it. At least not yet.
http://blogs.msdn.com/dmassy/archive/2004/07/23/1
The best argument so far:
So if you let me turn (bend?) that in my own understanding:
I conclude from that that one should only trust software that one can have access to. As I don't have access to closed source software, I am left with Open Source.
if they were smart, they would open source it.
That would be one less thing to support, and the insurance that other plaftorms would be supported.
My bad :)
:)
It's been a long time and I don't remind that well. I just know that it was during that part of the year, because it was my first year with Internet access, and it was a big thing even at that time.
We had Solaris workstations, and Netscape was big.
Aahhh the old days.
So my comment is even more valid now: 10 years java experience is almost impossible. Except that many people require that on job descriptions
Thanks for the fix.
10 years Java development? I tought that the first release of Java was in March 1995...
version number has nothing to do with reliability.
There are many software out there using a 0.x version number and who are better than software over the 1.0 mark in the same domain.
Gaim works fine most of the time, and I've advised it successfuly to many windows users, who have no idea how their computer works let alone what open source is.
of course there are the occasional disconnections, but that only require to click reconnect.
Extract from Katie.com:
"To answer some questions that I've received today, firstly as far as I know the rather aggressive lawyer who contacted me yesterday is not part of Penguin Puttnam but is working with Katie Tarbox on future projects and trying to gain control of my domain name for these projects."
Don't lose time messing up with the wrong target.
Why don't you exchange your battery 1h5min with your friend's 10min one?
Ever sinve P2P came out, and music labels started they fight against it, I saw almost nowhere artists tell us what they think.
In one way, engineers/hackers/nerds thinking what is best for them is not better than labels/lawyers doing the same.
A new distribution solution should involve all actors: artists, customers, distributors (whatever those become after the change).
Called by friend of friend to help 'fix the Internet'. Come in. Windows Me machine (arggg), with 64 Mo (arggggg).
Everything so slow. I fix the connection.
Me: if you upgrade to 128M or more you will have a better experience. And it's cheap.
Them: ughh how do you do that?
Me: I can do it for you. Let's check which type of RAM do you have, to order a compatible one...
I take the RAM, note down the number and the motherboard name. I put back the RAM into its place, one side first. Push and attach the plastic 'lock'. Push the other side, attach the other lock.
Both locks are in place. OK.
Close the box. Boot. Smells of burn....
Arggg.
PC won't boot. Open box. Search for the burnt component. The RAM is burnt. The slot is melted.
Why could that be possible? I plugged it correclty!? Or so did I think. I found then out that this crappy motherboard has an interesting feature. Usually if you put your RAM upside down, it wouldn't fit because of the little RAM hole / slot appendice that prevents you from doing so. But with that mobo if you use the wrong side (e.g. because of lack of light) and push one side after the others, and attach the plastic locks, you will see that by pushing the second side of the RAM, the appendice would act as a lever and the other side of the RAM would be pulled out of its slot. This would pull out the plastic lock on the first slot while still being attached to the RAM! You don't even see it getting out of the slot. And you don't see of course that your RAM half fits in the slot.
In other words, it looks like it's plugged into the slot while the RAM is not. As there was only one used slot, and the light was not good, I couldn't see that one of the sides was up.
I felt so ashamed. I am still.
I wasn't able to find out if the motherboard was affected until I bought some replacement RAM, which thankfully revealed that the motherboard was still working.
Bad story but nice ending (even it if cost me 20$ + time). So good for me wanting to help them out.
There are many hacks to do to improve a software development. Integrate stuff together, get new ideas that can improve your productivity.
These are hacks not in their realization quality but in the form they are introduced. Someone has an idea, hacks something and here you go. Suddendly your bug tracker is integrated with your pager and each blocker bug state change is sent to the project leader's communication device.
And I believe craftmen are capable of doing this kind of specialized, high quality input, loving work.
Search Ugly Woman on Google (safe off).
:)
You're welcome.
Ouch you meant eLection.
Sorry man. Don't know about that. I guess getting caught with one of these beauties before being in the oval circle would do the job
- gaim-encryption tells you if the other side has encryption capabiltiies. If I send something encrypted, and the other one hasn't the plugin, I don't think it is sent in plain text.
- encryption is regulated (and forbidden in some countries)
what about an auto agreement with akamai or something similar?
I didn't gain anything, but by looking at some advertising sites, I reached more than 3 inches :)
use gaim-encryption or any other similar product.
Same idea. What about someone going into the wild with a tool to fry any RFID he/she finds. I would believe some freedom activits capable of doing that.
If your tool doesn't work when your RFID is fried, and some people find a way to multi-fry them in a massive way, that could cause high damage.
Once again a day dreamer that knows nothing of consistant business models.
Apple is a hardware company. They make money of their hardware. iTunes for windows exists solely to sell iPods.
If they start opening their software, they will kill their primary source of revenue. The same way that Microsoft by enhancing too much IE almost killed its OS service. They were creating a universal thin client, putting in danger their OS business.
But back to the point. The web is full of articles explaining why this is a bad idea. Read them first. I don't understand how this is rated 3. Moderators should know...
Do you have data about that?
I have my own access point with 128 bits keys and I would hate if one day was sufficient to break it, even when no weak IV packets are sent.
For example I want to buy the "Once upon a time... life" [1] DVD in Spanish, French and English for my kid. I used to love that, and I think it is a great way for a kid to learn languages to look at the same program in different languages.
A version of this DVD in each language exists, but there's no version that combines all of them. So I won't buy it.
[1] http://www.procidis.com/gb/debut.html
No.
Have you seen an attack compromising IIS and targetting Windows clients?
Yes.
That should tell you about market share vs security.
You are to tell me that (Unices) admin people do a better job at upgrading their machines, so you can't compare that with desktop people. Of course web admins are suposedly doing a better job at protecting their machines. But that's not what most studies reveal (many server machines are still unpatched), even in the Linux world.
So I agree to say that Linux would be more under attack if it had a bigger share on the desktop. But I wouldn't say for sure that it would automatically be as insecure as Windows.
Just to know that there is far more application diversity on the desktop would mean that an attack would not reach 100% of the potential target group.