I propose a new rule: No one with an IQ of under 120 can have mod points. Obviously, someone like that was just here. Parent was obviously not trolling. Parent was clearly being funny by making a joke and exploring the idea that the organization might be pro-life, which would be a positive stance for the organization to take. I may only have Good karma right now, but it's taken hits before, and it can stand yet another.
By the way, I can't be sure - did my previous post come through as wordplay on the phrase "fucking hard", or did I not make it obvious enough. Re-reading it now, I'm not even sure I would have gotten the joke if someone else had posted it.
If you have anything resembling standards, dating is really, really fucking hard.
What do my standards have to resemble for a date to boil down to nothing more than an energetic session of lovemaking? Is there a set of standards for which (a) hot chicks and (b) guaranteed passionate sex are not mutually exclusive?
Excellent question. It took two hours to master use of the exploit. When knowing exactly how it works, how hard could it have been to isolate and debug the offending code?
Fixed already? *checks date on tfa* That's dated just over 24 hours before your post. Stuff gets fixed that quickly, huh? Nice. Why is it that a community that codes in its free time can fix a vulnerability in 24 hours, but a monopolistic corporation with nigh-unlimited resources for this kind of stuff takes weeks, months, or years to fix stuff in their OS?
Dude! Dude! I know! I know! Apply a "fee processing" fee! Just don't do it recursively, or people will see the infinite loop. But yeah, add a fee processing fee, and you'll be rollin' in it in no time!
Also, well-programmed apps (World of Warcraft comes to mind) are actually self-contained: everything they need is in their own directory, so if you put them on D:, they'll run right of the bat after a reinstall. One can't help but wonder why all apps are not that way.
Because Windows programmers are just that - Windows programmers. If they programmed self-containment into applications, they'd be cross-platform programmers, Of course Windows programmers are going to take advantage of Windows-specific stuff like the Registry if it suits their purposes.
1.1.1 -> 2.0.0 - major release, might very well break functionality, documents may have to be converted from previous versions, UI can change drastically.
Wow. Sounds like back in 2007, Microsoft really wanted to put out a version of MS Office that they could label as "new", but had no good ideas for how to make it better, so they just followed this rule and broke functionality, rewrote the document format, and drastically changed the UI.
"Yes, that is the computer that I use for my daily activities."
"Yes, according to what you have found, that computer was downloading copyrighted material illegally."
"I don't follow, sir. Why are you accusing me? That IP address that you found only identifies the computer. Can you prove that I told the computer to download those files?"
This will be fun. Or horrible, copyright-law-induced torture. Either way, I'm gonna sit back and watch.
Imagine the stereotypical average user actually having any comprehension of what you're talking about.
If the average user was that computer-savvy, Windows users wouldn't get routinely p0wned to begin with.
If you are only relying on free antivirus to offer you protection in this modern age, you are not getting the protection you need to be able to stay clean and have a reasonable chance of avoiding identity theft
If I'm relying only on free antivirus to keep my system clean, then I have no business running a computer, and I need to learn more.
Good thing I also have basic skills like not downloading shady attachments, not executing random executables, and double-checking through web research whether a certain app that I'm interested will actually do what I want to to do. Because good grief, if I'm invariably going to destroy my OS if I don't have an antivirus, maybe my habits need to be changed instead of my application. I'll stick with my Firefox and my Ubuntu and my knowledge of how to refrain from destroying my OS to begin with.
I realize that I'm not exactly target audience (having, y'know, a few brain cells dedicated to computer competency), but hey, if Symantec wants to try to sell me their software, they can go right ahead and try.
Also, I'm pretty sure Microsoft will never release their OS in Esperanto. I noticed that language option in Ubuntu, and I might just have to try it one of these days, if I ever decide to learn a decent bit of Esperanto. Yeah, I know, this has no proprietary value, but it's definitely some geeky fun.
However it'd really be something if Ubuntu were translated into Klingon.:D
1.) Statutory rape is just that - A rapist who has committed "statutory rape" is considered only to have done so only because there's a law that says so, no matter how much the activities differed from what rape really is.
2.) Linus' post on the Minix newsgroup announcing the project was on 25 August 1991, which is not quite yet 18 years ago. Technically, Linux is still underage enough to be statutorily raped.;P
I have to agree. Give me my Linux drivers, and it's equally useful as Windows, but without the crashing and malware risks.
Take away the Windows drivers, and Linux still wins (well, mostly). For example, I have a strange resolution on my laptop: 1280x800. Windows 7 did not support my screen's resolution on a fresh install of RC1, nor did it support the scroll or middle-click features of my touchpad. Ubuntu has my whole touchpad, except for the horizontal scroll bar, and Ubuntu supports my resolution on a fresh install. Actually, if it weren't for that darn Broadcom wireless card that needs the B43-fwcutter thingy that can't legally be included with Ubuntu, but I need in order to connect to a wireless network, I'd be fine. If I had a wireless card for which the Linux driver could be included on a fresh install, I would say that Ubuntu 9.04 is better in every way than Windows 7.
On just the local machine (that is, minus networking), right after fresh install, I can definitely say that Ubuntu is better than Windows.
Sorry if that second part (the "minus drivers" comparison) is invalid because of stuff included in the Linux kernel. I'm not quite sure what constitutes a "driver" vs. what constitutes a "abstraction of hardware into software."
And I would have to say that it's far easier to install Linux (because technically, Ubuntu counts) than it is to install Windows 7.
Oh my- of all the times to need mod points! Very funny, sir!
Your car analogy: Microsoft races with an SUV, but they drained the gas from your foreign, fuel-efficient model from overseas that does everything better, and then claimed to have won the race.
I know there's no example of a monopoly in there, but I'm tired and I just wanted to get something out that sounded vaguely like the current thread's discussion....
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Considering the last point we'll probably see mass produced flying cars when we see flying pigs.
But swine flu already, so where's the frickin' car?
Apparently, it had enough KE.
I propose a new rule: No one with an IQ of under 120 can have mod points. Obviously, someone like that was just here. Parent was obviously not trolling. Parent was clearly being funny by making a joke and exploring the idea that the organization might be pro-life, which would be a positive stance for the organization to take.
I may only have Good karma right now, but it's taken hits before, and it can stand yet another.
I see, I see....
By the way, I can't be sure - did my previous post come through as wordplay on the phrase "fucking hard", or did I not make it obvious enough. Re-reading it now, I'm not even sure I would have gotten the joke if someone else had posted it.
If you have anything resembling standards, dating is really, really fucking hard.
What do my standards have to resemble for a date to boil down to nothing more than an energetic session of lovemaking? Is there a set of standards for which (a) hot chicks and (b) guaranteed passionate sex are not mutually exclusive?
How much testing went into that 24 hour old fix?
Excellent question. It took two hours to master use of the exploit. When knowing exactly how it works, how hard could it have been to isolate and debug the offending code?
Fixed already?
*checks date on tfa*
That's dated just over 24 hours before your post. Stuff gets fixed that quickly, huh? Nice.
Why is it that a community that codes in its free time can fix a vulnerability in 24 hours, but a monopolistic corporation with nigh-unlimited resources for this kind of stuff takes weeks, months, or years to fix stuff in their OS?
I had mod points almost a week ago, and I run Ubuntu.
Maybe you're just unlucky or something....
Calm down! Get a hold of yourself.
Oh, you'll handle this? Alright....
Dude! Dude! I know! I know! Apply a "fee processing" fee! Just don't do it recursively, or people will see the infinite loop. But yeah, add a fee processing fee, and you'll be rollin' in it in no time!
Also, well-programmed apps (World of Warcraft comes to mind) are actually self-contained: everything they need is in their own directory, so if you put them on D:, they'll run right of the bat after a reinstall. One can't help but wonder why all apps are not that way.
Because Windows programmers are just that - Windows programmers. If they programmed self-containment into applications, they'd be cross-platform programmers, Of course Windows programmers are going to take advantage of Windows-specific stuff like the Registry if it suits their purposes.
Oh yeah. Of course. My thinking was flawed. There's no other way that "slashdotting" could have started if /.ers didnt' rtfa.
Clearly, I am new here.
You must be new here, despite that ID number. Slashdotters don't rtfa. They barely rtfs.
Saves time that way. :)
And to think, yesterday was Day 3 of my last set of mod points.... Nice humorously insightful comment, AC! I lol'd.
1.1.1 -> 2.0.0 - major release, might very well break functionality, documents may have to be converted from previous versions, UI can change drastically.
Wow. Sounds like back in 2007, Microsoft really wanted to put out a version of MS Office that they could label as "new", but had no good ideas for how to make it better, so they just followed this rule and broke functionality, rewrote the document format, and drastically changed the UI.
"Yes, that is the computer that I use for my daily activities."
"Yes, according to what you have found, that computer was downloading copyrighted material illegally."
"I don't follow, sir. Why are you accusing me? That IP address that you found only identifies the computer. Can you prove that I told the computer to download those files?"
This will be fun. Or horrible, copyright-law-induced torture. Either way, I'm gonna sit back and watch.
Imagine the stereotypical average user actually having any comprehension of what you're talking about. If the average user was that computer-savvy, Windows users wouldn't get routinely p0wned to begin with.
If you are only relying on free antivirus to offer you protection in this modern age, you are not getting the protection you need to be able to stay clean and have a reasonable chance of avoiding identity theft
If I'm relying only on free antivirus to keep my system clean, then I have no business running a computer, and I need to learn more.
Good thing I also have basic skills like not downloading shady attachments, not executing random executables, and double-checking through web research whether a certain app that I'm interested will actually do what I want to to do. Because good grief, if I'm invariably going to destroy my OS if I don't have an antivirus, maybe my habits need to be changed instead of my application. I'll stick with my Firefox and my Ubuntu and my knowledge of how to refrain from destroying my OS to begin with.
I realize that I'm not exactly target audience (having, y'know, a few brain cells dedicated to computer competency), but hey, if Symantec wants to try to sell me their software, they can go right ahead and try.
Billy was not above poking fun at himself either, and it was an image he cultivated.
This is true. The show Pitchmen shows a lot of this, and it's quite funny to watch him joke about his legendary voice.
The fact that he, and his pitch style was so recognizable speaks volumes.
Do you mean "volumes" as in "books of information", or "volumes" as in "loud noises"? With Billy's pitch style, that could go either way.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
Also, I'm pretty sure Microsoft will never release their OS in Esperanto. I noticed that language option in Ubuntu, and I might just have to try it one of these days, if I ever decide to learn a decent bit of Esperanto. Yeah, I know, this has no proprietary value, but it's definitely some geeky fun.
However it'd really be something if Ubuntu were translated into Klingon. :D
"Statutory rape," you say?
1.) Statutory rape is just that - A rapist who has committed "statutory rape" is considered only to have done so only because there's a law that says so, no matter how much the activities differed from what rape really is.
2.) Linus' post on the Minix newsgroup announcing the project was on 25 August 1991, which is not quite yet 18 years ago. Technically, Linux is still underage enough to be statutorily raped. ;P
I have to agree. Give me my Linux drivers, and it's equally useful as Windows, but without the crashing and malware risks.
Take away the Windows drivers, and Linux still wins (well, mostly). For example, I have a strange resolution on my laptop: 1280x800. Windows 7 did not support my screen's resolution on a fresh install of RC1, nor did it support the scroll or middle-click features of my touchpad. Ubuntu has my whole touchpad, except for the horizontal scroll bar, and Ubuntu supports my resolution on a fresh install. Actually, if it weren't for that darn Broadcom wireless card that needs the B43-fwcutter thingy that can't legally be included with Ubuntu, but I need in order to connect to a wireless network, I'd be fine. If I had a wireless card for which the Linux driver could be included on a fresh install, I would say that Ubuntu 9.04 is better in every way than Windows 7.
On just the local machine (that is, minus networking), right after fresh install, I can definitely say that Ubuntu is better than Windows.
Sorry if that second part (the "minus drivers" comparison) is invalid because of stuff included in the Linux kernel. I'm not quite sure what constitutes a "driver" vs. what constitutes a "abstraction of hardware into software."
And I would have to say that it's far easier to install Linux (because technically, Ubuntu counts) than it is to install Windows 7.
Oh my- of all the times to need mod points! Very funny, sir!
Your car analogy: Microsoft races with an SUV, but they drained the gas from your foreign, fuel-efficient model from overseas that does everything better, and then claimed to have won the race.
I know there's no example of a monopoly in there, but I'm tired and I just wanted to get something out that sounded vaguely like the current thread's discussion....
See sig for appropriate score for this post. >_
Also, WTF does "expressed permission" mean? As opposed to ... "impressed permission"?
As opposed to "implied" permission, genius.