Nobody is saying that Linux is 100% free, but we are saying that there is no active malware running (actually running, not just being stored on a samba share between windows clients) on linux-based servers. If you know otherwise, why not point one out?
The thing about people is a small number of loud and aggressive people can change things. Sure you can give up, but open standards are good for consumers, good for every business that doesn't have a locked down IT product, good for transparent government.
Yes, you are absolutely correct. Where he said "sometimes" it works, those are the times where the easy word just happened to also be the control word.
HAHA, reminds me of a desktop I bought at A&B Sound a while ago. Less than a year afterwards I had a problem (thought it was video/motherboard, turned out to be broken mouse cable causing BSOD) so I phoned them up and asked for the computer department, they didn't have one. I had purchased the computer IN the store (not online), so I knew they used to have one. Thank god that when they closed their computer department, they at least left warranty contact information with the other departments...
Not only that, but by jumping architectures, Microsoft gets to abandon their legacy crap.
You mean like they did when they moved to 64 bit, or to 32 bit? PLEASE, Microsoft would be absolutely worthless if they dumped their legacy crap. Comapnies that write windows software will expect to just have to do a recompile and maybe link to some new libraries, asking them to rewrite all of the legacy code (which M$ has let me delay doing for 15+ years) would fail miserably as no company used to the current api backwards-compatibility is going to go through that much work for an OS version they don't even think is going to succeed. Windows application developers are notoriously lazy and would just as well wait until it DOES get popular before porting (rewriting) their applications. This of course invokes the chicken-vs-egg problem. Why do you think Android uses a java derivative? It's because they knew developers wouldn't go to a new architecture. The only reason Apple got away with it is because they used a semi-wellknown platform and got their product VERY popular before even accepting 3rd party applications.
Well, Microsoft and Apple may need specialized versions, but linux arm systems pretty much just swap out the window manager and call it a day. Remember all those ARM based netbooks? Yeah, M$ killed those off for the simple reason that they couldn't get their bloated OS to run on the things. Linux ran PERFECTLY fine on them, even running openoffice, firefox, gimp, etc.
BAHAHAHAHA. I tried to get information about a laptop I purchased from BestBuy (3-4 months after purchase) and they couldn't even tell me i'd purchased it there. This was after giving them the date on my receipt (which i had in hand) and the serial number of the laptop. I then tried Acer directly, THEY couldn't even tell me which video card my laptop came with, even after giving them a serial and model number.
Genuinely curious here. Is you objection to "Brown's Gas" due to the relation to water-powered devices (snake-oil) or is there some offensive relation involved?
The crime lab is ALWAYS required to appear in court, in fact they usually require the actually technician that performed the "analysis" to stand at as a witness. Look for any job in forensics and you'll find they almost always have "willing to appear in a court of law" as one of the pre-requisites. Court appearances is also something that is taught by just about any school that trains forensics technicians.
If you are within range of the device and can determine which signals are coming from it (even if you can't *read* them), it is TRIVIAL to use local triangulation to find them. HAM radio guys do this all the time when someone is illegally using one of their licensed and/or restricted frequencies.
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Lol, the only difference is that if the linux virus somehow got free, it would be lucky to be able to decimate a single computer lab :P
He didn't say there wasn't malware for linux, he said there wasn't "malware infestations in the wild" on linux computers.
Nobody is saying that Linux is 100% free, but we are saying that there is no active malware running (actually running, not just being stored on a samba share between windows clients) on linux-based servers. If you know otherwise, why not point one out?
True, however the other family members who's accounts were NOT affected by the sucker will be singing a different tune.
So who was it...?
The thing about people is a small number of loud and aggressive people can change things. Sure you can give up, but open standards are good for consumers, good for every business that doesn't have a locked down IT product, good for transparent government.
Quit if you want to, but they haven't won.
FTFY
Fair enough, but still a *name*.
Don't worry, the sword guy just got hit by lightning.
Jello is NOT a word, it is a NAME. In fact, it's spelled "Jell-O"
Yes, you are absolutely correct. Where he said "sometimes" it works, those are the times where the easy word just happened to also be the control word.
By that logic, you shouldn't need a license to put put a rock in your front yard.
Really?. Not One?. WOW!!!
Have you seen how teenagers text lately. I'd almost have a hard time figuring out if a legitimate text was binary or not...
No, just the ones the author made up themselves.
Probably no worse than the 3-hour long magic bullet/juicer/mixer [pro] BS we Canadians have to endure after 2am.
HAHA, reminds me of a desktop I bought at A&B Sound a while ago. Less than a year afterwards I had a problem (thought it was video/motherboard, turned out to be broken mouse cable causing BSOD) so I phoned them up and asked for the computer department, they didn't have one. I had purchased the computer IN the store (not online), so I knew they used to have one. Thank god that when they closed their computer department, they at least left warranty contact information with the other departments...
Actually, he was talking about "normal supply chain". That would imply consumer products as well.
Not only that, but by jumping architectures, Microsoft gets to abandon their legacy crap.
You mean like they did when they moved to 64 bit, or to 32 bit? PLEASE, Microsoft would be absolutely worthless if they dumped their legacy crap. Comapnies that write windows software will expect to just have to do a recompile and maybe link to some new libraries, asking them to rewrite all of the legacy code (which M$ has let me delay doing for 15+ years) would fail miserably as no company used to the current api backwards-compatibility is going to go through that much work for an OS version they don't even think is going to succeed. Windows application developers are notoriously lazy and would just as well wait until it DOES get popular before porting (rewriting) their applications. This of course invokes the chicken-vs-egg problem. Why do you think Android uses a java derivative? It's because they knew developers wouldn't go to a new architecture. The only reason Apple got away with it is because they used a semi-wellknown platform and got their product VERY popular before even accepting 3rd party applications.
Well, Microsoft and Apple may need specialized versions, but linux arm systems pretty much just swap out the window manager and call it a day. Remember all those ARM based netbooks? Yeah, M$ killed those off for the simple reason that they couldn't get their bloated OS to run on the things. Linux ran PERFECTLY fine on them, even running openoffice, firefox, gimp, etc.
BAHAHAHAHA. I tried to get information about a laptop I purchased from BestBuy (3-4 months after purchase) and they couldn't even tell me i'd purchased it there. This was after giving them the date on my receipt (which i had in hand) and the serial number of the laptop. I then tried Acer directly, THEY couldn't even tell me which video card my laptop came with, even after giving them a serial and model number.
huh, guess you were right, my bad.
Genuinely curious here. Is you objection to "Brown's Gas" due to the relation to water-powered devices (snake-oil) or is there some offensive relation involved?
I'm sorry, what exactly would YOU consider a full electrocution? DEATH?!?
The crime lab is ALWAYS required to appear in court, in fact they usually require the actually technician that performed the "analysis" to stand at as a witness. Look for any job in forensics and you'll find they almost always have "willing to appear in a court of law" as one of the pre-requisites. Court appearances is also something that is taught by just about any school that trains forensics technicians.
If you are within range of the device and can determine which signals are coming from it (even if you can't *read* them), it is TRIVIAL to use local triangulation to find them. HAM radio guys do this all the time when someone is illegally using one of their licensed and/or restricted frequencies.