Just like tasers, this will give nincompoops of military the freedom to hurt civilians and innocent people on the grounds that it won't 'harm' or 'kill' them.
It just gives them more incentive to be trigger happy against the civilians because the aggressors (read: military or police personnel) won't fear consequences of being court martialed for murder and there will be less public outcry against 'harmless' methods of crowd control.
This is just an alternative to the golden military rule: "Double check your fucking target", turning it into "Shoot your fucking target, if it happens to be the wrong one, just apologize".
Where is your Freedom of Speech when you need it? Or is the American Freedom of Speech subject to the approvals of big corporations?
Not any different than freedom of speech that is subject to approval of governments.
Usually a stunt like that lacks lots of real world practicality. Software development is a delicate craft, and it requires patience and attention to detail. It's difficult to attain that by pitting two programmers against each other. You can be certain of bugs, memory leaks and security vulnerabilities for example.
Besides, won't it damage cooperation and teamwork?
Your competition should be with the competing companies in the market, not a civil war within.
This is what they call theatrical security: No real outcome, no real benefit, just a stage to let people gradually abandon their rights of privacy. Nothing to see here, move along people...
Reminds me of when people used to write all sorts of fake alerting messages on the internet to distort intelligence scanners and fill them with false positives.
Like this:
bomb terrorist Osama George Bush Saddam nuclear improvised explosive devices infidels
Bullshit, those storm chasers are not motivated by movies and shows like Twister and Storm Chasers. Everybody knows they are motivated by xkcd. See: http://xkcd.org/752/
Let's not turn the Xbox360 into the next Wii....
Hopefully developers don't feel a pressure of hype that forces them to try and squeeze motion control into games just to have that 'compatible with Kintec' label.
This man speaks the truth.
If Gates did all of these horrible things when he was heading Microsoft, what on earth MORE should he be doing to atone? He's freaking saving lives in Africa!
The sentence is crystal clear:
"The 'fears' surrounding Oracle's acquisition of MySQL hadn't stopped people from using it because let's be honest; most developers don't know about that"
It takes guts to admit you're wrong. You have none.
Believe me, my country's been invaded. I've seen things with my own eyes. I've also seen how 'good' soldiers of the invading force (although very few in numbers) refused to raise weapons against civilians.
If you are a good person deep inside, you will not hurt civilians, simple as that.
If, however, you think of Iraqis as lower beings (as those US soldiers did) then you won't care if you killed civilians or not; you know you have the backing of the biggest force in the world.
So, yeah, I know what I'm talking about; we've been on the wrong end of guns, cannons and missiles; and yes we've seen soldiers in the battle field being able to distinguish between right and wrong and opt not to kill civilians. Why your army doesn't care is obvious: They're not trained to care, they're not trained to judge.
No, the troops are human beings with a brain. They are the ones pulling the trigger. They are equally guilty.
If you fire your weapon without making sure who your target was, then you deserve as much blame as the one who told you to fire.
The 'fears' surrounding Oracle's acquisition of MySQL hadn't stopped people from using it because let's be honest; most developers don't know about that/don't know the consequences/aren't familiar with other free databases.
The developers, much like the users they like to call 'lusers'; also look for convenience and try to work in what they're familiar with. That's why many developers who know very well Microsoft's ways still use their technologies; it's what they're used to and change takes time and adaptation efforts.
The past few months since the acquisition have been filled with news about Apple, Apple, Google, Apple vs Amazon, Apple vs Adobe, Microsoft, Apple vs Google... It's no wonder many developers don't even KNOW about Oracle acquiring Sun.
Which means they had the toolbar installed. I wasn't wrong there, I just wasn't very specific.
Firefox now does prompt you when a website tries to install a plugin, but how this one got installed is beyond my knowledge. Apparently Microsoft knows its way around its system.
Now that MySQL is in the firm hand of Oracle, what can Oracle do in the future to either suppress MySQL's progress or merge it with its money-sucking schemes?
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This is totally horrible.
Just like tasers, this will give nincompoops of military the freedom to hurt civilians and innocent people on the grounds that it won't 'harm' or 'kill' them.
It just gives them more incentive to be trigger happy against the civilians because the aggressors (read: military or police personnel) won't fear consequences of being court martialed for murder and there will be less public outcry against 'harmless' methods of crowd control.
This is just an alternative to the golden military rule: "Double check your fucking target", turning it into "Shoot your fucking target, if it happens to be the wrong one, just apologize".
Yes but the problem is you are using it now, can you be sure to be using it tomorrow?
Where is your Freedom of Speech when you need it? Or is the American Freedom of Speech subject to the approvals of big corporations?
Not any different than freedom of speech that is subject to approval of governments.
Pedantry. One of the disadvantages of living with a nerd.
Damn, I didn't know Kevin Mitnick started posting on Slashdot after his interview here.
I like this.
About time. Now back to getting REAL high quality clips from bittorrent instead of crappy Youtube quality and annoying comments.
Usually a stunt like that lacks lots of real world practicality. Software development is a delicate craft, and it requires patience and attention to detail. It's difficult to attain that by pitting two programmers against each other. You can be certain of bugs, memory leaks and security vulnerabilities for example. Besides, won't it damage cooperation and teamwork? Your competition should be with the competing companies in the market, not a civil war within.
Haha, that is nice, I didn't know about it. Auto-panic generator.
You're totally right. Apathy is what makes this world so screwed up when in fact it's filled with good people.
It reminds me of the Bystander Effect. Look it up if you're unfamiliar with it.
This is what they call theatrical security: No real outcome, no real benefit, just a stage to let people gradually abandon their rights of privacy. Nothing to see here, move along people... Reminds me of when people used to write all sorts of fake alerting messages on the internet to distort intelligence scanners and fill them with false positives. Like this: bomb terrorist Osama George Bush Saddam nuclear improvised explosive devices infidels
One more vote for a xkcd reference field in /. story submissions.
Bullshit, those storm chasers are not motivated by movies and shows like Twister and Storm Chasers. Everybody knows they are motivated by xkcd. See: http://xkcd.org/752/
This is a great magazine. Thanks for the heads up, Anonymous Hero.
Let's not turn the Xbox360 into the next Wii.... Hopefully developers don't feel a pressure of hype that forces them to try and squeeze motion control into games just to have that 'compatible with Kintec' label.
This man speaks the truth. If Gates did all of these horrible things when he was heading Microsoft, what on earth MORE should he be doing to atone? He's freaking saving lives in Africa!
Always check the hash signatures of any application you use, or at least any application you wish to give internet access to!
The sentence is crystal clear: "The 'fears' surrounding Oracle's acquisition of MySQL hadn't stopped people from using it because let's be honest; most developers don't know about that" It takes guts to admit you're wrong. You have none.
Believe me, my country's been invaded. I've seen things with my own eyes. I've also seen how 'good' soldiers of the invading force (although very few in numbers) refused to raise weapons against civilians. If you are a good person deep inside, you will not hurt civilians, simple as that. If, however, you think of Iraqis as lower beings (as those US soldiers did) then you won't care if you killed civilians or not; you know you have the backing of the biggest force in the world. So, yeah, I know what I'm talking about; we've been on the wrong end of guns, cannons and missiles; and yes we've seen soldiers in the battle field being able to distinguish between right and wrong and opt not to kill civilians. Why your army doesn't care is obvious: They're not trained to care, they're not trained to judge.
No, the troops are human beings with a brain. They are the ones pulling the trigger. They are equally guilty. If you fire your weapon without making sure who your target was, then you deserve as much blame as the one who told you to fire.
Dude, I meant many developers don't know about Oracle's acquisition of MySQL; not that developers don't know about MySQL. Come on, now.
Lemme take a wild guess.... MSSQL??
The 'fears' surrounding Oracle's acquisition of MySQL hadn't stopped people from using it because let's be honest; most developers don't know about that/don't know the consequences/aren't familiar with other free databases. The developers, much like the users they like to call 'lusers'; also look for convenience and try to work in what they're familiar with. That's why many developers who know very well Microsoft's ways still use their technologies; it's what they're used to and change takes time and adaptation efforts. The past few months since the acquisition have been filled with news about Apple, Apple, Google, Apple vs Amazon, Apple vs Adobe, Microsoft, Apple vs Google... It's no wonder many developers don't even KNOW about Oracle acquiring Sun.
Which means they had the toolbar installed. I wasn't wrong there, I just wasn't very specific. Firefox now does prompt you when a website tries to install a plugin, but how this one got installed is beyond my knowledge. Apparently Microsoft knows its way around its system.
Now that MySQL is in the firm hand of Oracle, what can Oracle do in the future to either suppress MySQL's progress or merge it with its money-sucking schemes?