The summary does make it sound like this is solely about Visual Studio being crippled, but if you read the article below the "It Gets Worse" subheading... you'll find that Microsoft is also doin' a lot more connected to this, that makes the situation bad beyond just Visual Studio.
Last time I made a mistake in division, I got points off for it. Now you're telling me that a mistake in division is related to intelligence. I can never win.
Naww, I bet Microsoft would allow WINE to keep goin', as it is the only reach into Linux users lives that Redmond has. They're smart cookies up there, and they'd rather have people "trapped" into using their stuff than to milk the WINE makers out of helpin' Microsoft milk Linux users. I'm sure they'll find a way to make a little money off it, but not enough to make WINE illegal or not-worth-developing. The last thing Microsoft would want, is to be left out of a market. I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to take the WINE developers and say "hey, you're either moving here & doing this under our roof or you're going to stop & let us take it from here."
I'm glad you suggested this. Last time I tried to install it... it wouldn't start up. Kept giving an error message & I couldn't fix it. Now it works (maybe the Ubuntu upgrade I did over the weekend or maybe Kdenlive upgraded & fixed its own issues, but either way - it's cool). I'm going to play around with it & maybe this'll work! Thanks!
...it's nearly impossible to edit your HD video from your phone or camera on Linux. Seriously, I tried Openshot, which can't export h.264 with sound. I tried Cinelerra, which can't import.mov's. I tried 'em all within the past few months. I can't remember what all the issues were with each program, but it turned out to be impossible. For the record, I'm an avid Ubuntu user. I've tried to get some of my friends into Ubuntu (since it is quite user friendly), but this video editing problem is the big blocker. Otherwise, they find it easy & secure... even with a small learning curve of having to learn new habits. I got my 80 year old Dad using Ubuntu tho. Yay! He doesn't do any video editing though.
Personally, I prefer the BSD licenses. There's more freedom in it. Although, I can see why people like the GPL & Apache licenses, I think they're a little too restrictive.
I've always figured that since America's only had English speakers for about 400-500 years, that a British accent adds some authenticity to the antiquated placement in time of the story -- be it Lord of the Rings or Rome or Game of Thrones. It would kill the historic atmosphere to use an accent that probably didn't exist in the medieval period like any American ones. I'm no language expert, but I highly doubt that Brooklyn accents (which are heavily influenced by immigrants from non-English speaking countries) would've been spoken pre-1600. It just wouldn't be as believable as an accent from the British Isles.
Multimedia falls significantly short for the average user. Most of the people I know, need a computer that can edit their digital video decently, so I can't recommend Linux to them. Before anyone says Openshot or Cinelerra, try working with.mov 1080p or 720p off your digital camera's in those programs and exporting the video as an mp4 with a h.264 codec. It don't work. Openshot exports a fine video, but no sound. The bug was reported on that... mmm... 2 or 3 years ago, but it hasn't been fixed. Cinelerra, doesn't seem to want to import the video file correctly. So that's a no go too. Out of people like (geeks who love tech), most people aren't going to use Linux if it can't do the simple stuff they need for their daily life and they're not going to go buy a new digital camera or smartphone just so they can use Linux. Even for myself, I have to boot into Windows when I want to do legitimate video editing.
Set it to show 50 or 100 results, makes life more efficient if you can do it (i realize slow internet connections might not feel so efficient with that length to load)
Are you running Chrome on Ubuntu? People I know using Windows, had the page show a list of some of their extensions. Me & another Ubuntu user, didn't have the security issue. So I'm thinking there's something in the Windows part of Chrome's code, that allows for the breach. Although, I do realize it could be that the site wasn't lookin' for our specific extensions... I do have the delicious extension and I think that's a popular enough one for the site to check for it's existence.
I think somebody jumped the gun here, 'cause I'm using Chrome 17.0.963.79 on Ubuntu 11.10, and that "proof of concept" link didn't list any of my extensions.
Hey, isn't there a US flag on the moon? That being the case, will the Russian astronauts need passports when they get there? I hope they thought this through. I'd hate to see them get deported from the moon for being illegals.
Privacy should be free, and anyone forcing customers to pay for sufficient privacy are running an illegal operation. As said at http://gilc.org/privacy/survey/intro.html, "Privacy is a fundamental human right recognized in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights and in many other international and regional treaties." I know that $0.65 sounds cheap, but I'd be willing to sue anyone who requires me to pay for (any of) my human rights.
It's interesting now that we know Sabu was working for the FBI. I read in several articles this past week that the FBI used Sabu to put a halt to a few hacking jobs. Since the FBI didn't put a stop to this one, shouldn't they be considered an accomplice in the Stratfor job?
I recently switched to Bing, 'cause my Google search settings kept forcing Instant Results on me even though my settings have it turned off. That was so annoying, I started using Bing after a month of fighting with the Google settings. So though the search results themselves might be almost as good, I find the overall experience better. Google's losing me over the past several months, and I was a huge Gman.
Maybe it's time we all stop buying gas for a week, to send a message to the oil companies that raising the prices any further is just going to hurt their business. The only reason they get away with raising the price is due to supply & demand... if the demand drops, then they will need to drop the price.
Exactly why I don't understand why "everybody" seems to be afraid of Google's new privacy policy. As far as I understand it, it's normal. Yahoo has a Yahoo profile for all Yahoo services, & MS does the same. To me, it seems 100% reasonable that a company should let a use have 1 profile for all that companies services. It would be annoying to have several or several logins. That's why everybody does it -- before Google's done it. It's more efficient for the user & the company. We must be missing something?
How do you know the singing bird wasn't one that had been signed to a recording contract?? Eh??? Don't jump to conclusions before you have all the facts dude! You can get sued for stuff like that.
The main reason they let things like this "leak out" into the public, is to put pressure on places like Microsoft to give the gov't a discount. It's happened before...several times... and it'll happen again. Altho occasionally a gov't/company will actually end up going with open standards, it's rare.
Same man comes back some other day to watch more porn. A kid stands off to the side to get a peek. Maybe the kid tells his friends and they all giggle and look from a short distance. Then the cops come 'cause somebody's mother or father decided this dude on the computer is breaking the law by "corrupting a minor" or something along that line. Who else gets in trouble? The public library... 'cause they enabled the kid to be exposed to it. Now, I'm not arguing for or against free speech here, I'm just saying that this scenerio is bound to play out. If I understand the law, free speech is limited by things like "corrupting a minor" or other actions the law deems harmful. I'm just saying this is a very thin line they're walking, I hope they're prepared to face any possible consequences of being considered aiding in that behavior. It's not as simple a situation as some of you commenters think it is.
If it's just "too soon to say" and nothing more, then every one of their security people should be fired & replaced with competent people. Why? Because 2012 should not be "too soon" after hacks in 2010, to know what was stolen. If they don't know, it's probably because the hackers were excellent at hiding their tracks on the system. Actually, it better be the reason, 'cause any other reason would mean incompetence at Verisign.
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The summary does make it sound like this is solely about Visual Studio being crippled, but if you read the article below the "It Gets Worse" subheading... you'll find that Microsoft is also doin' a lot more connected to this, that makes the situation bad beyond just Visual Studio.
I can't believe they forgot the best feature -- the ability to be removed from one's computer. ;-)
Last time I made a mistake in division, I got points off for it. Now you're telling me that a mistake in division is related to intelligence. I can never win.
Naww, I bet Microsoft would allow WINE to keep goin', as it is the only reach into Linux users lives that Redmond has. They're smart cookies up there, and they'd rather have people "trapped" into using their stuff than to milk the WINE makers out of helpin' Microsoft milk Linux users. I'm sure they'll find a way to make a little money off it, but not enough to make WINE illegal or not-worth-developing. The last thing Microsoft would want, is to be left out of a market. I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to take the WINE developers and say "hey, you're either moving here & doing this under our roof or you're going to stop & let us take it from here."
I'm glad you suggested this. Last time I tried to install it... it wouldn't start up. Kept giving an error message & I couldn't fix it. Now it works (maybe the Ubuntu upgrade I did over the weekend or maybe Kdenlive upgraded & fixed its own issues, but either way - it's cool). I'm going to play around with it & maybe this'll work! Thanks!
...it's nearly impossible to edit your HD video from your phone or camera on Linux. Seriously, I tried Openshot, which can't export h.264 with sound. I tried Cinelerra, which can't import .mov's. I tried 'em all within the past few months. I can't remember what all the issues were with each program, but it turned out to be impossible. For the record, I'm an avid Ubuntu user. I've tried to get some of my friends into Ubuntu (since it is quite user friendly), but this video editing problem is the big blocker. Otherwise, they find it easy & secure... even with a small learning curve of having to learn new habits. I got my 80 year old Dad using Ubuntu tho. Yay! He doesn't do any video editing though.
Personally, I prefer the BSD licenses. There's more freedom in it. Although, I can see why people like the GPL & Apache licenses, I think they're a little too restrictive.
I've always figured that since America's only had English speakers for about 400-500 years, that a British accent adds some authenticity to the antiquated placement in time of the story -- be it Lord of the Rings or Rome or Game of Thrones. It would kill the historic atmosphere to use an accent that probably didn't exist in the medieval period like any American ones. I'm no language expert, but I highly doubt that Brooklyn accents (which are heavily influenced by immigrants from non-English speaking countries) would've been spoken pre-1600. It just wouldn't be as believable as an accent from the British Isles.
Might Vupen have been the ones that discovered the exploits used by Duqu & Stuxnet? If they were, then they might know who created Duqu & Stux.
Multimedia falls significantly short for the average user. Most of the people I know, need a computer that can edit their digital video decently, so I can't recommend Linux to them. Before anyone says Openshot or Cinelerra, try working with .mov 1080p or 720p off your digital camera's in those programs and exporting the video as an mp4 with a h.264 codec. It don't work. Openshot exports a fine video, but no sound. The bug was reported on that... mmm... 2 or 3 years ago, but it hasn't been fixed. Cinelerra, doesn't seem to want to import the video file correctly. So that's a no go too. Out of people like (geeks who love tech), most people aren't going to use Linux if it can't do the simple stuff they need for their daily life and they're not going to go buy a new digital camera or smartphone just so they can use Linux. Even for myself, I have to boot into Windows when I want to do legitimate video editing.
Set it to show 50 or 100 results, makes life more efficient if you can do it (i realize slow internet connections might not feel so efficient with that length to load)
Are you running Chrome on Ubuntu? People I know using Windows, had the page show a list of some of their extensions. Me & another Ubuntu user, didn't have the security issue. So I'm thinking there's something in the Windows part of Chrome's code, that allows for the breach. Although, I do realize it could be that the site wasn't lookin' for our specific extensions... I do have the delicious extension and I think that's a popular enough one for the site to check for it's existence.
I think somebody jumped the gun here, 'cause I'm using Chrome 17.0.963.79 on Ubuntu 11.10, and that "proof of concept" link didn't list any of my extensions.
Hey, isn't there a US flag on the moon? That being the case, will the Russian astronauts need passports when they get there? I hope they thought this through. I'd hate to see them get deported from the moon for being illegals.
Privacy should be free, and anyone forcing customers to pay for sufficient privacy are running an illegal operation. As said at http://gilc.org/privacy/survey/intro.html, "Privacy is a fundamental human right recognized in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights and in many other international and regional treaties." I know that $0.65 sounds cheap, but I'd be willing to sue anyone who requires me to pay for (any of) my human rights.
It's interesting now that we know Sabu was working for the FBI. I read in several articles this past week that the FBI used Sabu to put a halt to a few hacking jobs. Since the FBI didn't put a stop to this one, shouldn't they be considered an accomplice in the Stratfor job?
I recently switched to Bing, 'cause my Google search settings kept forcing Instant Results on me even though my settings have it turned off. That was so annoying, I started using Bing after a month of fighting with the Google settings. So though the search results themselves might be almost as good, I find the overall experience better. Google's losing me over the past several months, and I was a huge Gman.
Maybe it's time we all stop buying gas for a week, to send a message to the oil companies that raising the prices any further is just going to hurt their business. The only reason they get away with raising the price is due to supply & demand... if the demand drops, then they will need to drop the price.
Exactly why I don't understand why "everybody" seems to be afraid of Google's new privacy policy. As far as I understand it, it's normal. Yahoo has a Yahoo profile for all Yahoo services, & MS does the same. To me, it seems 100% reasonable that a company should let a use have 1 profile for all that companies services. It would be annoying to have several or several logins. That's why everybody does it -- before Google's done it. It's more efficient for the user & the company. We must be missing something?
How do you know the singing bird wasn't one that had been signed to a recording contract?? Eh??? Don't jump to conclusions before you have all the facts dude! You can get sued for stuff like that.
The main reason they let things like this "leak out" into the public, is to put pressure on places like Microsoft to give the gov't a discount. It's happened before ...several times... and it'll happen again. Altho occasionally a gov't/company will actually end up going with open standards, it's rare.
...is the price of gas.
Same man comes back some other day to watch more porn. A kid stands off to the side to get a peek. Maybe the kid tells his friends and they all giggle and look from a short distance. Then the cops come 'cause somebody's mother or father decided this dude on the computer is breaking the law by "corrupting a minor" or something along that line. Who else gets in trouble? The public library... 'cause they enabled the kid to be exposed to it. Now, I'm not arguing for or against free speech here, I'm just saying that this scenerio is bound to play out. If I understand the law, free speech is limited by things like "corrupting a minor" or other actions the law deems harmful. I'm just saying this is a very thin line they're walking, I hope they're prepared to face any possible consequences of being considered aiding in that behavior. It's not as simple a situation as some of you commenters think it is.
At what point does the erosion of basic freedoms, make Americans realize they're being controlled by their enemies?
If it's just "too soon to say" and nothing more, then every one of their security people should be fired & replaced with competent people. Why? Because 2012 should not be "too soon" after hacks in 2010, to know what was stolen. If they don't know, it's probably because the hackers were excellent at hiding their tracks on the system. Actually, it better be the reason, 'cause any other reason would mean incompetence at Verisign.