on one hand you are right, but consider this just a beginning. Next they are going to "protect copyrights" (will check if you own the copyright) or "cooperate with authorities" (spy on you and call hoem or FBI) or "provide customized services" (collect marketing info) or do something else "in your best interest"....
Yeh. So software patents are just like nuclear veapons - it is just too damaging so that noone really wants to use them - it would destroy everyone. But having them already everyone is held hostage....
I think their point is to save by doing less trips from earth (thus saving the energy getting off the earth) and doing more trips leaving L1 and then returning to it avoiding earth costs.
I would say that if you want to play games, you do not need Linux or Windows, you need a PlayStation/Gamecube/Xbox.... (Assuming games is all you care about)
I never got any telemarketing calls on my cell phone, but I do get quite a few on my home phone (regardless of do-not-call thing). I am guessing I will start getting them on my cell if I switch the number and will have to waste minutes / be bothered all the time by the telemarketers? No, thanks. Caller ID helps, but only to a degree...
I have never heard of "Fortune 100", even if it exists "Fortune 500" is much better known. IANAL but the lisense they got was something different and would not apply.
Besides agreeing that it _must_ be MS who bought this license, I am also pretty sure that MS is behind this whole SCO thing from the very start, possibly by pushing SCO execs into it by whatever means (money, blackmail etc...)
Seriously, I do not think computer security and reliability is there yet (will it ever be) to trust things THAT important to them. There HAS to be a material trail (paper ballots would do). Bits are way too easy to flip without leaving any evidence...
Well, StO (Security through Obscurity) IS evil and here is why (and specifically why in this case):
it would _possibly_ stop some 'hackers' from breaking into the system, but it would it make it much easier for people who do have access to the system internals (programmers, operators etc.) to do whatever they please, while making them virtuually uncontrollable. So you have an ability to affect elections, and, since BIG MONEY is involved with almost any elections there will always be someone who would want to take advantage of this ability.
The reason why current system is more or less fair is that no one can easily take control over it and it is under public control.
If it is open source however it will make those in control of the system 1) accountable 2) interested in it being really secure because they realize that those 'hackers' may not be on their side, but on the side of their opponents.
"Independent code review" does not halp much, it just makes the group of people in control a little wider.
First of all, Crystal Reports sucks;-) (had experience).
Second. I developed a project very similar to what this guy is asking about. And in Java as well. Ipulled the data in XML and used XSL-FO project (see http://xml.apache.org/ to process it into PDF which is your best bet for online reports. It worked out prety well.
Actually sites like this are complete spoilage to the April Fools cause it is only really possible to fool anyone in person. You can't possibly fool thousands of people unless the joke is really stupid.
Problem is that what will *really* happen is that it will make 'good guys' less aware of the problems than 'bad guys'. For two reasons. First of all what if a bad guy discover the exploit himself at the same time of few days earlier? Then the longer the issue is not disclosed the more time he has to use it. The second is that on any member list with more than two subscribers there will always be leaks no matter what NDA you sign (and i also bet bad guys will tear teir ass to get subscribed to that list and will be subscribed), and the leak will certainly give advantage to bad guys.
So problems should be disclosed as soon as possible, because this is the only efficient way to notify the 'good guys', and even if no fix is available yet knowing about the problem will let people take *some* measures such as monitoring their systems more closely knowing where the attack may come from.
STO is like communism - it may look good in theory but it's not gonna work in the real life.
What about looking through list of speakers at conferences like Apachecon? Those are people whao like to talk and you can get some background info from the *con sites....
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seriously though, how do contacts (especially colored) affect this?
"Our hair dryers won't blow your mind"
or something like that...
get a lot of email that stinks. Absolutely no new hardware required... ...it's called spam.
on one hand you are right, but consider this just a beginning. Next they are going to "protect copyrights" (will check if you own the copyright) or "cooperate with authorities" (spy on you and call hoem or FBI) or "provide customized services" (collect marketing info) or do something else "in your best interest"....
Who called me paranoid?!
My wife loses/destroys cell phones like crazy. Much less her wallet... I would not like this one for her...
Yeh. So software patents are just like nuclear veapons - it is just too damaging so that noone really wants to use them - it would destroy everyone. But having them already everyone is held hostage....
I think their point is to save by doing less trips from earth (thus saving the energy getting off the earth) and doing more trips leaving L1 and then returning to it avoiding earth costs.
"Jungle Book" comes to mind:
Trust in me,
Just in me.
Close your eyes,
And trust in me....
I had a sweet moment when I misread the headline as "McBride speaks in prison..."
I guess, we will not need to wait for to long though...
I would say that if you want to play games, you do not need Linux or Windows, you need a PlayStation/Gamecube/Xbox.... (Assuming games is all you care about)
I see your point.
The real answer would be to have _vendors_ supply PCs with preinstalled Linux en masse. That would make the difference.
I never got any telemarketing calls on my cell phone, but I do get quite a few on my home phone (regardless of do-not-call thing). I am guessing I will start getting them on my cell if I switch the number and will have to waste minutes / be bothered all the time by the telemarketers? No, thanks. Caller ID helps, but only to a degree...
I do not think there is any problem for FBI to monitor a landline (technically at least)
and then only hope they will not blame YOU for this problem.
I guess it makes C# an RV because you'll just live in it one day...
I believe in "preferences" you can chose the topics to see/not to see - exclude Caldera and sleep tight...
Small correction: Apache is not distributed under GPL, not sure about others.
I have never heard of "Fortune 100", even if it exists "Fortune 500" is much better known. IANAL but the lisense they got was something different and would not apply.
Besides agreeing that it _must_ be MS who bought this license, I am also pretty sure that MS is behind this whole SCO thing from the very start, possibly by pushing SCO execs into it by whatever means (money, blackmail etc...)
Seriously, I do not think computer security and reliability is there yet (will it ever be) to trust things THAT important to them. There HAS to be a material trail (paper ballots would do). Bits are way too easy to flip without leaving any evidence...
Well, StO (Security through Obscurity) IS evil and here is why (and specifically why in this case):
it would _possibly_ stop some 'hackers' from breaking into the system, but it would it make it much easier for people who do have access to the system internals (programmers, operators etc.) to do whatever they please, while making them virtuually uncontrollable. So you have an ability to affect elections, and, since BIG MONEY is involved with almost any elections there will always be someone who would want to take advantage of this ability.
The reason why current system is more or less fair is that no one can easily take control over it and it is under public control.
If it is open source however it will make those in control of the system 1) accountable 2) interested in it being really secure because they realize that those 'hackers' may not be on their side, but on the side of their opponents.
"Independent code review" does not halp much, it just makes the group of people in control a little wider.
I think Noah ARChived it
First of all, Crystal Reports sucks ;-) (had experience).
Second. I developed a project very similar to what this guy is asking about. And in Java as well. Ipulled the data in XML and used XSL-FO project (see http://xml.apache.org/ to process it into PDF which is your best bet for online reports. It worked out prety well.
Actually sites like this are complete spoilage to the April Fools cause it is only really possible to fool anyone in person. You can't possibly fool thousands of people unless the joke is really stupid.
Problem is that what will *really* happen is that it will make 'good guys' less aware of the problems than 'bad guys'. For two reasons. First of all what if a bad guy discover the exploit himself at the same time of few days earlier? Then the longer the issue is not disclosed the more time he has to use it. The second is that on any member list with more than two subscribers there will always be leaks no matter what NDA you sign (and i also bet bad guys will tear teir ass to get subscribed to that list and will be subscribed), and the leak will certainly give advantage to bad guys.
So problems should be disclosed as soon as possible, because this is the only efficient way to notify the 'good guys', and even if no fix is available yet knowing about the problem will let people take *some* measures such as monitoring their systems more closely knowing where the attack may come from.
STO is like communism - it may look good in theory but it's not gonna work in the real life.
dixi.
What about looking through list of speakers at conferences like Apachecon? Those are people whao like to talk and you can get some background info from the *con sites....