You don't need code analysis to know that MS-DOS does not contain CP/M code. Jeez, it barely rates as an operating system. A hack programmer who knew nothing about OS design and objected to DR's prices set out to build a clone and failed utterly. If MS hadn't needed to license an OS in a hurry, it would have gone nowhere. .
So you don't mind if (for example) people know that you think Obama is a socialist, government is too big, and taxes are too high, but the fact that you're a Republican is something you want to keep to yourself?
I used what the IT department gave me. Even if I'd had root access on my Sun workstation, I didn't have time to experiment with desktops. I didn't get to that until I moved to Borland and had to create various Linux environments so I could document Kylix.
Speaking as someone who there: In the 60s and 70s, people didn't consider the Apollo program as part of the MIC. Too bad really, because then we'd have a Mars colony instead of billion-dollar jet fighters built for a war that never happened.
Re:CDE and LessTif are both LGPL, but v2 vs. v3?
on
CDE Open Sourced
·
· Score: 1
Trust me, you shouldn't waste your time evaluating CDE. Not with a gazillion Linux desktops under active development — as opposed to legacy software that's going OS because its creators can't be bothered to maintain it.
Speaking as a former CDE user, I can assure you that it is horrible. I used it when I worked at Sun in in 1998, and it drove me crazy. Eventually, Sun replaced it with GNOME (branded as "Java Desktop" of all stupid names).
From there, I went to using KDE and GNOME. The change was a powerful argument for the advantages of Open Source development as opposed to the committee-based design model used to create CDE. Not that KDE and GNOME didn't have their problems (and still do) but they showed creativity, coherence, and an ongoing desire to make the product better — all missing from CDE.
What, you don't like overprocessed pseudoburgers and paper fries? That's more of an aesthetic statement than a social one.
But to really implement your "stop manipulating me" boycott, you'd have to refrain from buying anything that has a national brand on it. Kind of hard to do.
Generally, a corporation having access with data means they'd be able to better market and serve you.
Which is exactly what political parties and candidates do. The only difference is that corporations want your money, and the politicos want your votes.
Collectivism? Why is everything that the right doesn't like is assumed to come from the mind of Karl Marx? If your neighborhood watch goes around noting the license plates of guys who cruise for hookers, is that collectivism?
Social morality has always had an element of peer pressure and groupthink. That's as true for right wing value systems and left wing ones.
I wonder what a given neighborhood would look like if we overlaid sex offenders and criminal records with Obama voters. This is entirely feasible and entirely legal as well.
They'll be exactly the same!
OK, I'm actually an Obamatron, but I couldn't resist the chance to play right-wing troll.
I'm also an independent, so my status as an "Obama voter" is not in any database.
I've never even heard of a brute force attack succeeding for something like this. Presumably iCloud is set up to respond intelligently to repeated login failures. I'm a little surprised that somebody who edits a major tech site doesn't realize that this is standard practice.
FHP is a subsidiary of the Swedish conglomerate Aktiebolaget Electrolux. That's a major concern that can hardly avoid taking a position on issues.
You might have a point with these other companies. But as a consumer, do fasteners, Portland cement, and metal paint form a big part of your buying decisions? No, you buy things like food and clothes. Are you boycotting Kraft Foods? (Difficult, since they own half the brands in a typical supermarket.) How about J.C. Penney?
Big companies have sound business reasons for taking stands on social issues. It's a kind of marketing.
Slashdot Mirror
You don't need code analysis to know that MS-DOS does not contain CP/M code. Jeez, it barely rates as an operating system. A hack programmer who knew nothing about OS design and objected to DR's prices set out to build a clone and failed utterly. If MS hadn't needed to license an OS in a hurry, it would have gone nowhere.
.
OK, let me backtrack: exactly how has the government "taken sides" on the gay marriage issue?
So you don't mind if (for example) people know that you think Obama is a socialist, government is too big, and taxes are too high, but the fact that you're a Republican is something you want to keep to yourself?
I used what the IT department gave me. Even if I'd had root access on my Sun workstation, I didn't have time to experiment with desktops. I didn't get to that until I moved to Borland and had to create various Linux environments so I could document Kylix.
OK, you're right. This article proves that he always had an open mind. That definitively disqualifies him as a skeptic.;
So "worst possible candidate" means "capable of being elected".
Speaking as someone who there: In the 60s and 70s, people didn't consider the Apollo program as part of the MIC. Too bad really, because then we'd have a Mars colony instead of billion-dollar jet fighters built for a war that never happened.
Trust me, you shouldn't waste your time evaluating CDE. Not with a gazillion Linux desktops under active development — as opposed to legacy software that's going OS because its creators can't be bothered to maintain it.
That's why they open-sourced it. Last chance to keep it from dying.
Speaking as a former CDE user, I can assure you that it is horrible. I used it when I worked at Sun in in 1998, and it drove me crazy. Eventually, Sun replaced it with GNOME (branded as "Java Desktop" of all stupid names).
From there, I went to using KDE and GNOME. The change was a powerful argument for the advantages of Open Source development as opposed to the committee-based design model used to create CDE. Not that KDE and GNOME didn't have their problems (and still do) but they showed creativity, coherence, and an ongoing desire to make the product better — all missing from CDE.
What, you don't like overprocessed pseudoburgers and paper fries? That's more of an aesthetic statement than a social one.
But to really implement your "stop manipulating me" boycott, you'd have to refrain from buying anything that has a national brand on it. Kind of hard to do.
So, people who think that serial killers should be executed are just being judgmental?
The guy only found out that it was a social engineering attack after the hacker called him. He initially assumed it was a brute force attack.
I'm guessing that "worst possible candidate" means "not Ron Paul"?
If your opinions are that private, WTF are you doing on Slashdot?
"Independent" is an identification too, and one that will actually get you more attention than being with a party. Whoever gets the indy vote wins.
Generally, a corporation having access with data means they'd be able to better market and serve you.
Which is exactly what political parties and candidates do. The only difference is that corporations want your money, and the politicos want your votes.
Collectivism? Why is everything that the right doesn't like is assumed to come from the mind of Karl Marx? If your neighborhood watch goes around noting the license plates of guys who cruise for hookers, is that collectivism?
Social morality has always had an element of peer pressure and groupthink. That's as true for right wing value systems and left wing ones.
Actually many Jews and Gays are pretty conservative these days, and will certainly vote for Romney. Dunno about the Gypsies.
I wonder what a given neighborhood would look like if we overlaid sex offenders and
criminal records with Obama voters. This is entirely feasible and entirely legal as well.
They'll be exactly the same!
OK, I'm actually an Obamatron, but I couldn't resist the chance to play right-wing troll.
I'm also an independent, so my status as an "Obama voter" is not in any database.
You don't eat Oreo cookies? How sad.
I know I'm being manipulated. The right response is to resist the manipulation, not waste time on one-person boycotts.
I've never even heard of a brute force attack succeeding for something like this. Presumably iCloud is set up to respond intelligently to repeated login failures. I'm a little surprised that somebody who edits a major tech site doesn't realize that this is standard practice.
FHP is a subsidiary of the Swedish conglomerate Aktiebolaget Electrolux. That's a major concern that can hardly avoid taking a position on issues.
You might have a point with these other companies. But as a consumer, do fasteners, Portland cement, and metal paint form a big part of your buying decisions? No, you buy things like food and clothes. Are you boycotting Kraft Foods? (Difficult, since they own half the brands in a typical supermarket.) How about J.C. Penney?
Big companies have sound business reasons for taking stands on social issues. It's a kind of marketing.
Yeah, because people blaming others for their own mistakes was invented in 1963.
Name one.