""A lot of the vulnerabilities that are being disclosed are researched for the sole purpose of disclosing them," he said. "Someone who releases a harmful program through a press release has a different agenda than to help you."
And then you have companies like Microsoft, who when notified of an exploit by say, USSR Labs, on June 11th, don't get a fix out, and instead wait until it goes public, and then say "we'll have a fix out this afternoon!"
The only way to get some things fixed is kick companies in the ass, and making holes public is a great way of doing it.
No offense taken, this is what a few of my friends told me when I said I wasn't going to spend $8.00 of my money supporting MPAA.
To me, missing X-men isn't a great loss of entertainment for me. I just went out Friday night and played hockey instead, which I had a great time doing. Is my $8.00 going to matter? No, not really. And I'm probably NOT going to give up the things that really bring me entertainment, such as watching ESPN.
Missing the X-men movie was an acceptable loss for me, because I wasn't so excited about seeing it. So, I try to do things here and there to not support the MPAA, realizing it's not going to matter that much to them, but missing a movie doesn't matter that much to ME, either.
Yeah, I agree.. I boycotted X-Men, but I think the MPAA is a lot harder to "get away" from than the RIAA.. I haven't bought a CD or gone to a mainstream concert in years (I'm not sure how much going to see local bands in club venues contributes to the RIAA, but I'd wager not as much..).. the MPAA is so encompassing though.. my example linked in this post up top for instance.. Disney is a plantiff, which owns ESPN, which I watch constantly.. FOX is a plantiff like you said, Paramount, etc..
I'm not sure what we can really do about things like that, but I'm glad to hear the 2600 case went reasonably well, and am keeping my fingers crossed that we get a reasonable decision out of it.
you'll boycott the RIAA, but not the MPAA (going to see X-Men).. what's the logic behind this? Not a troll, I'm really curious.. is Napster more important to you than DeCSS?
.. all those who went to go see X-Men and put money in the MPAA's pocket to help them continue to fight this case.
I didn't go see it. My friends laughed at me, told me to get over it, that my $8.00 won't matter, and they're right -- it probably won't. However I have moral issues with paying a company to take away my rights.
We could sit here and play "Six Degrees of the MPAA" all day long, and I'm sure that even to the staunchest MPAA opponents, they'd find some way in which they were contributing, indirectly or not. (Example: I watch ESPN, which is owned by Disney).. am I going to stop -everything- I do in regards to the MPAA? No, probably not.. but people should consider doing something here and there, passing out flyers, and trying to EDUCATE people into what is happening, instead of spending your Friday night and $8.00 to help prosecute the people.
It's really depressing.. I was an avid Netscape 4.7 user for a long time and kept holding out, but the crashes have become too much for me. And as a designer, getting pages to look right in both IE and NS while trying to remain W3C 100% valid is a nightmare. I don't blame NS solely for that, IE has plenty of it's own issues not supporting standard tags and attributes, especially in regards to CSS.. and with 75% or so of the market already.. what's their motivation to do it?
Well, lock me up and throw away the key, because I think the gore is awesome and kicks ass.
I own the game, and played it for quite some time before I got frustrated at the custom difficulty level I set it on, and have stopped for now.. I LOVED going around, shooting people with shotguns in the kneecaps, watching them hobble.. or shooting the gun out of their hands with their sniper rifle, walking up to them, watching them beg, and then blowing their heads off.
Lo and behold, I am a normally functioning member of society. I have a well-paying job as a network administrator, I'm 22 years old, I play in a hockey league at the local ice rink, I have a girlfriend, and I don't have a criminal record.
Shocking, isn't it?
Whatever.. this is what the other version of Soldier of Fortune was for. They had a version with no blood and a locked violence level.
I would say a LARGE portion of tech workers surf the web for 2+ hours a day. I know I do. Usually, I'm keeping current on news/tech/stuff, but it doesn't really feel like work. I consider that part of my leisure time. Most of my free time in the evenings though lately has been going towards working on freelance projects, and startup-websites (yes, even one on C#, -1 karma pls tks).:)
And I refuse to take my pager/etc when I go on vacation. I don't own a cell, and don't plan on owning one. My vacation time is MINE, and I'm not going to let work interrupt it.
Just to knock down another stereotype, not ALL geeks are uninterested in sports either. I have ESPN on my TV pretty much every time I'm in the house, and I play in a hockey league, and honestly, it's the most fun I've ever had.
1) A whole bunch of white hicks somehow endangered them.
2) David Lowery, of the band Cracker, had something to do with it. He did write 'Nostalgia' on Kerosene Hat that had stuff to do with rocket ships, after all.
"And here's Ivanovich.. in his rocket ship.. spinning helplessly, up above the earth.."
I mean, really. Is anyone super-pumped to go see this? After Episode 1, and the incredible media machine behind it, I really have no interest in seeing 2 or 3 now. It was just SO horrible that it turned me off to the sequels of it, partly because the media pumped up my expectations of it, and partly because it just plain sucked.
I will NOT pay $8 to see Jar-Jar again. Lucas can get his $ somewhere else.
Dude, screw you. This site is about what the posters are interested in, which is stated -every single time- a non-linux topic is posted, and if you don't like it, shove it.
Who the hell is going to want to reverse engineer the TURBOGRAFX 16. Seriously. I just bought a Nintendo and Genesis from Funcoland, and they don't carry TurboGrafx ANYTHING. There's a reason.
Slashdot: What is the most important thing in the Amiga community right now?
Wayne: Being involved, I think.
My brain: sounds like *BSD/Linux
Slashdot: What excites you about the new Amiga operating system?
Wayne: That it gives users choice. Instead of being restricted to the PC, you get to pick what hardware you want, and after all, that's the most expensive part of the computer. If you've got a job that doesn't require a 500Mhz Pentium III, a smaller chip, something cheaper, you can pick what you want because the operating system runs on so many chips and so many pieces of hardware. It gives the user the choice that they really need.
My brain: sounds like *BSD/Linux
Slashdot: Do you feel that the purchase of the Amiga name from Gateway was a good idea?
Wayne: Yes, I do think it was a good idea. Gateway had some good plans, but I don't think their heart was quite in it, really. I think they meant well, but it really needs to be in the hands of people that want it on the market as much as the community does, and that's what the new Amiga brings, because it's staffed by Amigans, and you're not going to screw yourself over.
My brain: sounds like *BSD/Linux
Slashdot: What's the best thing about being a part of the Amiga community?
Wayne: I think being able to go anywhere, and knowing that there's somebody there who knows what it's like to be an Amigan, who has been through the same things. It's like having a giant network of friends all over the world. You can go and stay at people's houses, if you want. You can be sitting on a bus, and talking to a person, find out they're an Amigan, and instantly, you're friends. You don't get that on the PC, if you're sitting next to somebody on the bus, and 'Oh, you use Windows, too!' It's not exactly the same kind of thing. When you're an Amigan, it passes being a computer user. There are some Amiga users who use it and they love it. There are some people who go much further than that, and it's more of a religion. It's coming even closer to a race of people, in a way, who all seem to think the same. They're very stereotypical, fanatical in some cases, but I think it's all generally there that the people have the right idea, and they're there for the long haul.
My brain: DEFINETLY sounds like *BSD/Linux.
Slashdot: What is the stereotypical Amigan?
Wayne: A stereotypical Amigan is fanatical, loudmouthed, doesn't shut up about the Amiga, somewhat like me, I'm a perfect example. If you can possibly realize why we are so like that, you can see. It's like having this brilliantly cool toy, and nobody else can experience it like you have. It's almost like having a divine experience to search for words, something like this. You've got to tell everybody about it. They may not understand, but if you can get through to one more person, wow. That's them helped out, especially in the world of the Microsoft monopoly.
DMV has really cleaned up their act here. They seemed to revamp all the stations around me, less wait times, etc. I just renewed my registration online, and should be getting my new stickers in a matter of days. Was a snap. And a dollar cheaper. Also being able to look up the available vanity plates online is pretty cool..
Wow, the "technology state" is actually getting something right. !
Slashdot Mirror
""A lot of the vulnerabilities that are being disclosed are researched for the sole purpose of disclosing them," he said. "Someone who releases a harmful program through a press release has a different agenda than to help you."
And then you have companies like Microsoft, who when notified of an exploit by say, USSR Labs, on June 11th, don't get a fix out, and instead wait until it goes public, and then say "we'll have a fix out this afternoon!"
The only way to get some things fixed is kick companies in the ass, and making holes public is a great way of doing it.
No offense taken, this is what a few of my friends told me when I said I wasn't going to spend $8.00 of my money supporting MPAA.
To me, missing X-men isn't a great loss of entertainment for me. I just went out Friday night and played hockey instead, which I had a great time doing. Is my $8.00 going to matter? No, not really. And I'm probably NOT going to give up the things that really bring me entertainment, such as watching ESPN.
Missing the X-men movie was an acceptable loss for me, because I wasn't so excited about seeing it. So, I try to do things here and there to not support the MPAA, realizing it's not going to matter that much to them, but missing a movie doesn't matter that much to ME, either.
Yeah, I agree.. I boycotted X-Men, but I think the MPAA is a lot harder to "get away" from than the RIAA.. I haven't bought a CD or gone to a mainstream concert in years (I'm not sure how much going to see local bands in club venues contributes to the RIAA, but I'd wager not as much..).. the MPAA is so encompassing though.. my example linked in this post up top for instance.. Disney is a plantiff, which owns ESPN, which I watch constantly.. FOX is a plantiff like you said, Paramount, etc..
I'm not sure what we can really do about things like that, but I'm glad to hear the 2600 case went reasonably well, and am keeping my fingers crossed that we get a reasonable decision out of it.
you'll boycott the RIAA, but not the MPAA (going to see X-Men).. what's the logic behind this? Not a troll, I'm really curious.. is Napster more important to you than DeCSS?
It appears this story has vanished off the front page..
.. all those who went to go see X-Men and put money in the MPAA's pocket to help them continue to fight this case.
I didn't go see it. My friends laughed at me, told me to get over it, that my $8.00 won't matter, and they're right -- it probably won't. However I have moral issues with paying a company to take away my rights.
We could sit here and play "Six Degrees of the MPAA" all day long, and I'm sure that even to the staunchest MPAA opponents, they'd find some way in which they were contributing, indirectly or not. (Example: I watch ESPN, which is owned by Disney).. am I going to stop -everything- I do in regards to the MPAA? No, probably not.. but people should consider doing something here and there, passing out flyers, and trying to EDUCATE people into what is happening, instead of spending your Friday night and $8.00 to help prosecute the people.
(/end rant)
It's really depressing.. I was an avid Netscape 4.7 user for a long time and kept holding out, but the crashes have become too much for me. And as a designer, getting pages to look right in both IE and NS while trying to remain W3C 100% valid is a nightmare. I don't blame NS solely for that, IE has plenty of it's own issues not supporting standard tags and attributes, especially in regards to CSS.. and with 75% or so of the market already.. what's their motivation to do it?
Powerpuff Girls is the best cartoon, ever. Shame on you for skipping over it. You're missing out.
I don't know if it could be called "anime", either.
Well, lock me up and throw away the key, because I think the gore is awesome and kicks ass.
I own the game, and played it for quite some time before I got frustrated at the custom difficulty level I set it on, and have stopped for now.. I LOVED going around, shooting people with shotguns in the kneecaps, watching them hobble.. or shooting the gun out of their hands with their sniper rifle, walking up to them, watching them beg, and then blowing their heads off.
Lo and behold, I am a normally functioning member of society. I have a well-paying job as a network administrator, I'm 22 years old, I play in a hockey league at the local ice rink, I have a girlfriend, and I don't have a criminal record.
Shocking, isn't it?
Whatever.. this is what the other version of Soldier of Fortune was for. They had a version with no blood and a locked violence level.
I would say a LARGE portion of tech workers surf the web for 2+ hours a day. I know I do. Usually, I'm keeping current on news/tech/stuff, but it doesn't really feel like work. I consider that part of my leisure time. Most of my free time in the evenings though lately has been going towards working on freelance projects, and startup-websites (yes, even one on C#, -1 karma pls tks). :)
And I refuse to take my pager/etc when I go on vacation. I don't own a cell, and don't plan on owning one. My vacation time is MINE, and I'm not going to let work interrupt it.
Just to knock down another stereotype, not ALL geeks are uninterested in sports either. I have ESPN on my TV pretty much every time I'm in the house, and I play in a hockey league, and honestly, it's the most fun I've ever had.
Maybe he's onto something.. if there ARE chicks in CS, I definitely think they should partake of some fine canadian beer.
I had two thoughts, neither of which made sense.
:)
1) A whole bunch of white hicks somehow endangered them.
2) David Lowery, of the band Cracker, had something to do with it. He did write 'Nostalgia' on Kerosene Hat that had stuff to do with rocket ships, after all.
"And here's Ivanovich.. in his rocket ship.. spinning helplessly, up above the earth.."
Anyway.
I mean, really. Is anyone super-pumped to go see this? After Episode 1, and the incredible media machine behind it, I really have no interest in seeing 2 or 3 now. It was just SO horrible that it turned me off to the sequels of it, partly because the media pumped up my expectations of it, and partly because it just plain sucked.
I will NOT pay $8 to see Jar-Jar again. Lucas can get his $ somewhere else.
Dude, screw you. This site is about what the posters are interested in, which is stated -every single time- a non-linux topic is posted, and if you don't like it, shove it.
There's a bandwidth chart at the bottom of Bandwidth.com.
They're just setting up to take over .COM and .ORG, then they are going to get revenge and go after .GOV. :)
.. now THAT'S scary.
www.microsoft.mil
The link is fine, I just checked it.
Who the hell is going to want to reverse engineer the TURBOGRAFX 16. Seriously. I just bought a Nintendo and Genesis from Funcoland, and they don't carry TurboGrafx ANYTHING. There's a reason.
Ok, I'll concede that point (user-friendliness). When I saw user, I thought myself, which falls into geek.
I do want to make it known though that I wasn't intending my post to troll or flamebait in any way, just pointing out similiarities.
Slashdot: What is the most important thing in the Amiga community right now?
Wayne: Being involved, I think.
My brain: sounds like *BSD/Linux
Slashdot: What excites you about the new Amiga operating system?
Wayne: That it gives users choice. Instead of being restricted to the PC, you get to pick what hardware you want, and after all, that's the most expensive part of the computer. If you've got a job that doesn't require a 500Mhz Pentium III, a smaller chip, something cheaper, you can pick what you want because the operating system runs on so many chips and so many pieces of hardware. It gives the user the choice that they really need.
My brain: sounds like *BSD/Linux
Slashdot: Do you feel that the purchase of the Amiga name from Gateway was a good idea?
Wayne: Yes, I do think it was a good idea. Gateway had some good plans, but I don't think their heart was quite in it, really. I think they meant well, but it really needs to be in the hands of people that want it on the market as much as the community does, and that's what the new Amiga brings, because it's staffed by Amigans, and you're not going to screw yourself over.
My brain: sounds like *BSD/Linux
Slashdot: What's the best thing about being a part of the Amiga community?
Wayne: I think being able to go anywhere, and knowing that there's somebody there who knows what it's like to be an Amigan, who has been through the same things. It's like having a giant network of friends all over the world. You can go and stay at people's houses, if you want. You can be sitting on a bus, and talking to a person, find out they're an Amigan, and instantly, you're friends. You don't get that on the PC, if you're sitting next to somebody on the bus, and 'Oh, you use Windows, too!' It's not exactly the same kind of thing. When you're an Amigan, it passes being a computer user. There are some Amiga users who use it and they love it. There are some people who go much further than that, and it's more of a religion. It's coming even closer to a race of people, in a way, who all seem to think the same. They're very stereotypical, fanatical in some cases, but I think it's all generally there that the people have the right idea, and they're there for the long haul.
My brain: DEFINETLY sounds like *BSD/Linux.
Slashdot: What is the stereotypical Amigan?
Wayne: A stereotypical Amigan is fanatical, loudmouthed, doesn't shut up about the Amiga, somewhat like me, I'm a perfect example. If you can possibly realize why we are so like that, you can see. It's like having this brilliantly cool toy, and nobody else can experience it like you have. It's almost like having a divine experience to search for words, something like this. You've got to tell everybody about it. They may not understand, but if you can get through to one more person, wow. That's them helped out, especially in the world of the Microsoft monopoly.
My brain: Nothing more to see here..
Honestly, I don't care. Friend Bear is much funnier anyway.
(-1 offtopic)
C++ is SCARY.
DMV has really cleaned up their act here. They seemed to revamp all the stations around me, less wait times, etc. I just renewed my registration online, and should be getting my new stickers in a matter of days. Was a snap. And a dollar cheaper. Also being able to look up the available vanity plates online is pretty cool..
Wow, the "technology state" is actually getting something right. !
Guess what. That still isn't funny, nor are any of the other "I patented air, I patented water, I patented electricity, I patented your mom" posts.