they'd probably be wrong about where the problem is 90% of the time anyway.
I think you're on to something there... instead of educating people on the correct terminology just teach the name of something that is prone to having problems so they can be right *most* of the time.
Now all we need is for computers to be able to literally self-destruct, short circuit and cause property damage, perhaps burn a house down. That is what it is going to take for people to take security seriously. People don't care if there computer is part of a botnet as long as they can check their emails and look at dancing pandas on YouTube, that will change if they think their computer can explode because of it.
You would think that after two decades
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They pay 150 people $50k a year to do this when if they promised people a few hundred Texas Hold 'Em chips per report they could have millions doing it for free.
I would listen to Bill; Windows is a success (nefarious means aside). I would listen to Jobs. I would listen to Torvalds. But I would not listen to someone who is only well-known for being wrong. His stance on where operating systems and kernels are heading hasn't proven to be correct in the past and as he hasn't made any remarkable breakthroughs since then so I see no reason why that would change.
I shudder to think what the outcome would have been if Linus *was* his student. Would there still be Linux? What projects-with-potential *has* he stifled through his ignorance? We will never know.
He's the guy that argued with Torvalds back in 1992, right? The one who claimed that "Linux is obsolete" and Torvalds should "[b]e thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design." (link)
Therefore, I'm not inclined to listen to anything he has to say about kernels/operating systems.
Why has the WMF gone after WikipediaArt but not Wikipedia Review or Wikipedia Watch? These two websites have been notorious for "outing" the real identities of editors and encouraging vote-stacking etc.
You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
We've all had a good laugh at that clause but they may actually be close to breaching it.
The only thing I pirate are episodes of a TV series, it only started showing here about a month ago (5 months after it started showing in the US). At the end of the first series I bought the DVDs of the season, and I intend to do the same for the second. I've tried to find a legit way to watch it, mainly because I would like to contribute towards the ratings of the series. I've tried watching it through NBC's website, Amazon, Hulu, and many other websites but no one will offer it to viewers outside of the US.
I'm a fan of the show, I want to watch it legitimately and if I could I would pay to do so.
It just goes to show how far behind with the times the entire industry is that people *want* to pay them and can't, so they break the law instead.
This was touched on in the trial, again. and again, and again and again. Ultimately the IFPI said that Google is working with them to stop piracy.
"Kennedy was asked why they haven't sued Google the same way as TPB. He said that Google said they would partner IFPI in fighting piracy and he has a team of 10 people working with Google every day, and if Google hadn't announced they were a partner, IFPI would have sued them too." (src)
First it's 84% of IT pros and now it's 83% of businesses? Might have something to do with these surveys being carried out on a submission basis, where the only people who respond are a minority that are either passionate "must-have-the-latest-version" fanatics or passionate "anything-other-than-XP-sucks" fanatics. The apathetic majority isn't taken into account.
Everyone was expecting that and was prepared for it. A week later, everyone's forgotten about it. Also with this timing if something starts going wrong now it will be difficult to get anyone to fix it until Tuesday.
Goddammit. You forget to log out for two minutes and jerkface co-workers are uploading AP owned media on your YouTube account and allowing embedding. Status = currently sending out cease and desist letters.
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they'd probably be wrong about where the problem is 90% of the time anyway.
I think you're on to something there ... instead of educating people on the correct terminology just teach the name of something that is prone to having problems so they can be right *most* of the time.
I seem to recall MDY Industries taking pre-emptive legal action against Blizzard. It doesn't work as well as you might think.
How many rumours of Apple wanting to buy companies is Slashdot going to post this week?
Now all we need is for computers to be able to literally self-destruct, short circuit and cause property damage, perhaps burn a house down. That is what it is going to take for people to take security seriously. People don't care if there computer is part of a botnet as long as they can check their emails and look at dancing pandas on YouTube, that will change if they think their computer can explode because of it.
People would have figured out how to spell it.
They pay 150 people $50k a year to do this when if they promised people a few hundred Texas Hold 'Em chips per report they could have millions doing it for free.
That's the idea; if you drink exploding water you can't commit suicide.
0% of people who commited suicide in the last year drunk water with Lithium in it.
I would listen to Bill; Windows is a success (nefarious means aside). I would listen to Jobs. I would listen to Torvalds. But I would not listen to someone who is only well-known for being wrong. His stance on where operating systems and kernels are heading hasn't proven to be correct in the past and as he hasn't made any remarkable breakthroughs since then so I see no reason why that would change.
I shudder to think what the outcome would have been if Linus *was* his student. Would there still be Linux?
What projects-with-potential *has* he stifled through his ignorance? We will never know.
He's the guy that argued with Torvalds back in 1992, right? The one who claimed that "Linux is obsolete" and Torvalds should "[b]e thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design." (link)
Therefore, I'm not inclined to listen to anything he has to say about kernels/operating systems.
Microsoft charging more if they discover Ubuntu on a separate partition.
Why has the WMF gone after WikipediaArt but not Wikipedia Review or Wikipedia Watch? These two websites have been notorious for "outing" the real identities of editors and encouraging vote-stacking etc.
We've all had a good laugh at that clause but they may actually be close to breaching it.
but most Geeks don't have a high pain threshold.
The only thing I pirate are episodes of a TV series, it only started showing here about a month ago (5 months after it started showing in the US). At the end of the first series I bought the DVDs of the season, and I intend to do the same for the second. I've tried to find a legit way to watch it, mainly because I would like to contribute towards the ratings of the series. I've tried watching it through NBC's website, Amazon, Hulu, and many other websites but no one will offer it to viewers outside of the US.
I'm a fan of the show, I want to watch it legitimately and if I could I would pay to do so.
It just goes to show how far behind with the times the entire industry is that people *want* to pay them and can't, so they break the law instead.
There goes the argument that games are only pirated because companies insist on draconian DRM.
The only thing that product will do is make farting noises when you press it, but it will still be a product.
First it's 84% of IT pros and now it's 83% of businesses? Might have something to do with these surveys being carried out on a submission basis, where the only people who respond are a minority that are either passionate "must-have-the-latest-version" fanatics or passionate "anything-other-than-XP-sucks" fanatics. The apathetic majority isn't taken into account.
If the lawmakers find a hole they gain nothing. If they miss a hole they lose nothing.
If companies miss a hole they gain nothing, if they find a hole they gain $8 billion.
Guess which side is willing to devote more resources to poke holes in laws?
It seemed like a good idea until they read the last two panels.
As I recall, some of their code was made open source in 2007, although not deliberately.
you'd have to miss by an awful lot ... You'd then also have to not be able to read ...
You overestimate the capabilities of the average voter.
Everyone was expecting that and was prepared for it. A week later, everyone's forgotten about it. Also with this timing if something starts going wrong now it will be difficult to get anyone to fix it until Tuesday.
Goddammit. You forget to log out for two minutes and jerkface co-workers are uploading AP owned media on your YouTube account and allowing embedding. Status = currently sending out cease and desist letters.