Would you have supported a leak of all the killings going on at Auschwitz? The Nazis certainly would have claimed state secrets on that one...
I rather doubt that would have made much of a difference. Everyone already knew that the Nazis were "bad". They were involved in a war against half the world, remember?
This is precisely why the rest of the world hates the US: because we do whatever we want in the name of being moral and just. Unless someone is threatening us or an ally specifically, we shouldn't have any right, moral or otherwise, to do anything about it.
Well, the way Microsoft treats hardware makers (ie, if you make the hardware and want it to run on windows, you write your own driver), I think it is their problem.
The last I checked Windows (and any program I care to run) will work fine on an AMD processor. So how is that being "tied to Intel"?
And the last time I had an AMD processor in any of my main computers was almost 7 years ago.
The IT equivalent of a Janitor? I know at the ISP I work for our server admin isn't considered that way at all. I would love to know half as much as he does about how our servers run and how everything is put together.
Then again being at an ISP we tend to put a little more value on keeping the network alive, and I think this is not the case at standard corporations.
Regardless, the tips given in TFA are not just for sysadmins. I don't consider myself sysadmin-I'm a standard software engineer, and I would also like to see programs with the characteristics given. It's not just helpful to one group, it's solid programming advice.
Think of all the lonely geeks in their parents basements who would both have the know-how to use the open-source kinect drivers and the desire to buy the game.
I'm mystified as to why you think switches (which are layer 2) would need upgrading to support IPv6
You're right, for a switch it wouldn't matter.
If you plan for a 10 minute upgrade, you'll have time to make a coffee as well. Assuming basic sysadmin competence.
I imagine most people with basic sysadmin competence have already upgraded. It's the people who a) don't really understand how IPv6 is better, and b) wouldn't know how to upgrade even if they did know that haven't switched over.
Most of the backbone providers haven't fully upgraded their networks to ipv6 because the massive routers and switches that they use are quite expensive.
Make the game for PC/Mac/Linux.. the Kinect just plugs right in.
Yeah, considering that there are open-source Kinect drivers, I don't think Microsoft's desire to block this game will have much impact. It just won't sell over the official channels. Anyone who really wants it will get it.
The University that I attend splits "Computer Science" into two categories: Computer Science and Computer Engineering. While Computer Science focuses more on algorithms and such, Computer Engineering is much more into the actually programming, rather than algorithm design.
I rather wish that the Computer Science major was called Algorithm Design/Development-I would have elected for Computer Engineering instead. I hate algorithm classes:(
As has been said many times above, if you're using hardware that doesn't automatically work with the free firmware, and you aren't willing to go to the work to make it work, then you shouldn't be using Debian-you should be using Ubuntu.
Debian is, IMO, for hardcore linux users, those who either have hardware that is fully compliant with open-source drivers, or who are willing to put in some work to get it all running smoothly.
Having a kernel that has no non-free firmware is a badge. Mind you, a badge that likely no one aside from other hardcore geeks cares about, but a badge nonetheless.
A DDOS attack, if successful, causes a good server to shut down to protect itself, and a bad server to overheat, possibly causing physical damage to said server. If the DDOS attack happens to a server that is hosting multiple clients, then if can take them all offline.
So you're saying a DDoS does not work, but people who do it should still be punished? Right, how perfectly logical...
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Their cause has gained MY support because their methods have shown me they were willing to take action instead of sitting on their asses all day and complain. The fact that they did nothing worse than take down websites for 3 days (instead of bombing stuff, breaking shop windows or throwing paint at people) also earned them my support.
Seriously? You're pledging support for people who have knowingly and wantonly broken the law? What Anonymous did is illegal, regardless if it worked or not. Yes, this is logical. If someone TRIES to rob a store, and doesn't manage to pull it off, they are still arrested and charged with robbery. Being on the internet and behind a virtual ski mask doesn't make this any less of a crime.
Switzerland does this-every able-bodied male is automatically in the national army and has training for a few weeks a year. I think it's a fine idea, but in the case of the USA, I think the logistics involved would be too complicated.
The Jury, as far as I know, isn't supposed to investigate. The investigation has already been done by the prosecution and defense. The Jury is supposed to sit, listen, and make a decision based on what they are given.
I think it might even be illegal for a Juror to do an independent investigation.
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Would you have supported a leak of all the killings going on at Auschwitz? The Nazis certainly would have claimed state secrets on that one...
I rather doubt that would have made much of a difference. Everyone already knew that the Nazis were "bad". They were involved in a war against half the world, remember?
This is precisely why the rest of the world hates the US: because we do whatever we want in the name of being moral and just. Unless someone is threatening us or an ally specifically, we shouldn't have any right, moral or otherwise, to do anything about it.
OK, so replace that with "tied to the x86 instruction set". The ARM instruction set is quite different from the x86 instruction set.
That makes much more sense. Thanks for clarifying.
Well, the way Microsoft treats hardware makers (ie, if you make the hardware and want it to run on windows, you write your own driver), I think it is their problem.
The last I checked Windows (and any program I care to run) will work fine on an AMD processor. So how is that being "tied to Intel"?
And the last time I had an AMD processor in any of my main computers was almost 7 years ago.
Are you implying that Xen won't work on a non-windows system? I know for a fact that this is incorrect...
The IT equivalent of a Janitor? I know at the ISP I work for our server admin isn't considered that way at all. I would love to know half as much as he does about how our servers run and how everything is put together.
Then again being at an ISP we tend to put a little more value on keeping the network alive, and I think this is not the case at standard corporations.
Regardless, the tips given in TFA are not just for sysadmins. I don't consider myself sysadmin-I'm a standard software engineer, and I would also like to see programs with the characteristics given. It's not just helpful to one group, it's solid programming advice.
The audience for such a thing would be minuscule.
Think of all the lonely geeks in their parents basements who would both have the know-how to use the open-source kinect drivers and the desire to buy the game.
I'm mystified as to why you think switches (which are layer 2) would need upgrading to support IPv6
You're right, for a switch it wouldn't matter.
If you plan for a 10 minute upgrade, you'll have time to make a coffee as well. Assuming basic sysadmin competence.
I imagine most people with basic sysadmin competence have already upgraded. It's the people who a) don't really understand how IPv6 is better, and b) wouldn't know how to upgrade even if they did know that haven't switched over.
Most of the backbone providers haven't fully upgraded their networks to ipv6 because the massive routers and switches that they use are quite expensive.
I'm not entirely sure if you're being sarcastic, or if I'm completely misunderstanding your post, but isn't that how NAT already works?
And their byproducts are methane, urea and turds.
You mean of course the included handy auto-fertilizing unit?
Make the game for PC/Mac/Linux.. the Kinect just plugs right in.
Yeah, considering that there are open-source Kinect drivers, I don't think Microsoft's desire to block this game will have much impact. It just won't sell over the official channels. Anyone who really wants it will get it.
The University that I attend splits "Computer Science" into two categories: Computer Science and Computer Engineering. While Computer Science focuses more on algorithms and such, Computer Engineering is much more into the actually programming, rather than algorithm design.
:(
I rather wish that the Computer Science major was called Algorithm Design/Development-I would have elected for Computer Engineering instead. I hate algorithm classes
1: Limited numbers of customers.
That right there would make it extremely expensive. Though I guess if you're a sysadmin you could probably afford it.
As has been said many times above, if you're using hardware that doesn't automatically work with the free firmware, and you aren't willing to go to the work to make it work, then you shouldn't be using Debian-you should be using Ubuntu.
Debian is, IMO, for hardcore linux users, those who either have hardware that is fully compliant with open-source drivers, or who are willing to put in some work to get it all running smoothly.
Having a kernel that has no non-free firmware is a badge. Mind you, a badge that likely no one aside from other hardcore geeks cares about, but a badge nonetheless.
http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
There is no such thing as an impregnable commercial website.
I agree. But I also agree with the article that Amazon's site is pretty hard to crack.
Irony would be Microsoft suing Google to disassociate the cloud from the OS
I don't think Microsoft has managed to patent the cloud...
A DDOS attack, if successful, causes a good server to shut down to protect itself, and a bad server to overheat, possibly causing physical damage to said server. If the DDOS attack happens to a server that is hosting multiple clients, then if can take them all offline.
So you're saying a DDoS does not work, but people who do it should still be punished? Right, how perfectly logical...
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Their cause has gained MY support because their methods have shown me they were willing to take action instead of sitting on their asses all day and complain. The fact that they did nothing worse than take down websites for 3 days (instead of bombing stuff, breaking shop windows or throwing paint at people) also earned them my support.
Seriously? You're pledging support for people who have knowingly and wantonly broken the law? What Anonymous did is illegal, regardless if it worked or not. Yes, this is logical. If someone TRIES to rob a store, and doesn't manage to pull it off, they are still arrested and charged with robbery. Being on the internet and behind a virtual ski mask doesn't make this any less of a crime.
I agree. If the person who does my laundry knew how to do this kind of stuff they wouldn't be doing my laundry.
Switzerland does this-every able-bodied male is automatically in the national army and has training for a few weeks a year. I think it's a fine idea, but in the case of the USA, I think the logistics involved would be too complicated.
The Jury, as far as I know, isn't supposed to investigate. The investigation has already been done by the prosecution and defense. The Jury is supposed to sit, listen, and make a decision based on what they are given.
I think it might even be illegal for a Juror to do an independent investigation.
Frankly, I think we should have compulsory military service too.
It's called a draft, and it happens every time a legal war is declared.