Better (or worse) that their incompetence is being revealed before it causes critical information to be leaked. People could keep quiet about things like this and wait until something bigger is uncovered.
NT's POSIX compliance.... Microsoft purportedly was then about to "join" the open architecture community. They even convinced me to go work for them. But, it turned out they didn't do complete POSIX
My page is titled "San Andreas Radio" and if you Google it, comes out #1 or #2 every time. MSN it and it comes out about #7. Either they're being paid to reduce its rank (it's a bit subversive), or they don't like the fact I'm hosted on Linux, or they simply don't have a very good search engine.
Or...gasp!... MSN uses a different page ranking algorithm than Google, one which you deem worse since any algorithm which doesn't put your page first is bad.
So let me get this straight. If I work hard, charge for the fruits of my labors, I'm the bad guy. Well that just puts every FOSS fan right in the same camp as my less savory former employers. "Why should I pay for what you're doing?"
You've got it wrong. Free software is not about whether the creator should get paid for their work, it's about freedom of the users. A free software advocate would respond to the above that it's fine for you to get paid for your time (services), but not the product, but only because the latter reduces the freedom of users. The idea is that restrictions on use, distribution, and modification of the program tend to exert control over users. A seller of proprietary software can raise the price, reduce its functionality, etc., with negative effects on the user community. Free software is about programs that users can choose with the confidence that the investment won't later turn into a restriction.
The free software model allows people to charge for the service of creating new software and upgrading existing software. What it doesn't allow is the creation of monopolies on who can improve and distribute a program.
I just finished converting all my GIFs to JPEGs, since they told me GIFs were evil. Now they tell me GIFs aren't evil and JPEGs are! My web pages are going to look awful with all that lossy conversion.
Here's why: What's the most important thing on your desktop? It's the data. If someone gets access to your libraries or whatever, who cares? Your data is the most precious thing on your computer. And whether you log in as root or log in as user, you have access to that data, technically anyone who's compromising your account has access to your data as well.
Right, so I back up my data regularly. What's the next thing? My system's stability. I don't want executables compromised since they can then cause further problems. If my data gets corrupt, it's not going to spread.
Er well I guess this is all theoretical at the moment, since I still run Classic Mac OS 9:)
What we really need is a triple core cpu. One core to run the spyware. One to run software to try and counter the spyware. And one to actually do some useful work.
I do that already, I just got a new dual-core PC and let all the spyware and anti-spyware duke it out on the new machine while I use my old machine. I guess spyware is too cool for anything but the latest.
Slashdot Mirror
Better (or worse) that their incompetence is being revealed before it causes critical information to be leaked. People could keep quiet about things like this and wait until something bigger is uncovered.
Last new moon, I made this visual visual drawing of the comet using this telescope.
Visual visual drawings are the best!
They keep changing their attitude towards Hubble's fate.
We should all support them in their effort to reduce our dependence on oil!
Windows might still be insecure, but it would be less insecure running on a PowerPC RISC processor.
It's even more secure with the power cord removed from the wall.
NT's POSIX compliance.... Microsoft purportedly was then about to "join" the open architecture community. They even convinced me to go work for them. But, it turned out they didn't do complete POSIX
Well, at least they got as far as POS.
Yes but if I call it unhackable code, people will think more of it "Wow, an unhackable code!".
What they do is TAKE from the open source community, fork their code, and give next to nothing back.
What was taken? Hardware? Printouts? People taken hostage?
of Apple's Tiger, and they were doing it a day before release!
I'm confused. Why did Apple have to go confusing me like that? Now I don't know what to believe.
My page is titled "San Andreas Radio" and if you Google it, comes out #1 or #2 every time.
MSN it and it comes out about #7. Either they're being paid to reduce its rank (it's a bit subversive), or they don't like the fact I'm hosted on Linux, or they simply don't have a very good search engine.
Or...gasp!... MSN uses a different page ranking algorithm than Google, one which you deem worse since any algorithm which doesn't put your page first is bad.
So let me get this straight. If I work hard, charge for the fruits of my labors, I'm the bad guy. Well that just puts every FOSS fan right in the same camp as my less savory former employers. "Why should I pay for what you're doing?"
You've got it wrong. Free software is not about whether the creator should get paid for their work, it's about freedom of the users. A free software advocate would respond to the above that it's fine for you to get paid for your time (services), but not the product, but only because the latter reduces the freedom of users. The idea is that restrictions on use, distribution, and modification of the program tend to exert control over users. A seller of proprietary software can raise the price, reduce its functionality, etc., with negative effects on the user community. Free software is about programs that users can choose with the confidence that the investment won't later turn into a restriction.
The free software model allows people to charge for the service of creating new software and upgrading existing software. What it doesn't allow is the creation of monopolies on who can improve and distribute a program.
I would paste in their real response, but it's encrypted and they haven't distributed the key. Oh well. I shouldn't second-guess their expertise.
What a shame, with all that money and R&D and little old Apple beat MS to the punchline. Now Windows is the last desktop OS that is 64 bit...
Damn, are they all 128-bit now? I must have been hibernating!
I just finished converting all my GIFs to JPEGs, since they told me GIFs were evil. Now they tell me GIFs aren't evil and JPEGs are! My web pages are going to look awful with all that lossy conversion.
When it was slashdotted with a thousand people registering to get the kit, they might get a clue.
The clue being that Slashdot readers apparently like their lame-ass proprietary scheme? Not the one I want to send.
I haven't had delicious ironing in years! Usually it comes out all starchy.
Sony's gone cash-nuts. Like a Cookie Monster and a bag of Oreos.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the Cookie Monster is cutting back. He is recently quoted as saying that "cookies are a sometimes food."
Looks like someone forgot to check "Post Anonymously."
Looks like someone's twin brother with a very similar name will be doing what his brother said he would do.
And by testing it on your system, you know it works on your system, as opposed to the system the malaysian kid tested it on.
I don't trust new computer components until they've proven themselves.
Here's why: What's the most important thing on your desktop? It's the data. If someone gets access to your libraries or whatever, who cares? Your data is the most precious thing on your computer. And whether you log in as root or log in as user, you have access to that data, technically anyone who's compromising your account has access to your data as well.
:)
Right, so I back up my data regularly. What's the next thing? My system's stability. I don't want executables compromised since they can then cause further problems. If my data gets corrupt, it's not going to spread.
Er well I guess this is all theoretical at the moment, since I still run Classic Mac OS 9
What we really need is a triple core cpu. One core to run the spyware. One to run software to try and counter the spyware. And one to actually do some useful work.
I do that already, I just got a new dual-core PC and let all the spyware and anti-spyware duke it out on the new machine while I use my old machine. I guess spyware is too cool for anything but the latest.
but there is so much bloat in the program because software vendors feel the need to use up all that extra processing juice that it does...
Use it up??? Does it ever replenish?