Maybe I haven't reviewed all the open source code that euns on my systems, but I think the point is that there's a better chance that *someone* / *more people* have, than with closed source software.
It would be nice to see Ogg/Opus (and even it's predicessor Vorbis) be as widely used as proprietary codecs. Is the world so commercialized that this kind of thinking is impossible though?
Given this statement, why haven't we seen widespread ransomware deployed to what the Internet is essentially made of (Linux servers)? I mean, that's where the *real* money is. Why go after petty consumers for $300 a pop when you could go after a ton of wealthy corporations that have real money at stake by losing millions of ecommerce dollars an hour, running their businesses on Linux server farms?
I've been getting Marriott Hotel calls w/my area code, sometimes 2-3x daily on my business phone line. Fucking annoying and such a time/concentration waster, even with a callblocker (as it obviously spoofs a different number each time). I hope this guy gets what's coming to him.
Congratulations to the Opus team and xiph.org for doing such a great job with this. It's really a wonder that, with examples of F/OSS software like this, it's not simply the standard by popularity. I'm involved with an Android-based audio livestreaming app for Icecast (called Cool Mic) which uses Opus as well as Vorbis. My experiences with those involved with any of the Xiph projects have been great. Extreme talent over there.
I highly doubt that E-cigarettes by themselves cause DNA damage/cell manipulation. It's the ingredients of whatever "E-liquid" that is inhaled that is the focus here.
So that leads me to believe that people should be focusing on the quality or ingredients of the E-liquid they are inhaling. Why blanket an entire medium as harmful when it's the consumable that is causing the harm?
"Hey, let's put cameras everywhere to stop the TERRORISTS!!!"
*doesn't work*
"Hey, let's ban encryption to stop the TERRORISTS!!!"
*doesn't work*
"Hey, let's arrest people for things we think they might do in the future!!!"
*doesn't work*
Lather, rinse, repeat. The only thing that this kind of stuff will ever accomplish will be getting citizens of the world so pissed off they will revolt and cause a revolution.
(Hopefully) an honest, albeit very consequential mistake. I've done the same thing when I was working on the backside of a server cabinet - the PDU was right there by my shoulder and I swiped it on accident. No UPS in the cabinet (a mistake not of my own but the ones who built it out). Fortunately everything came back on. Good thing to have BIOS settings to 'stay off' after a power failure (so you can turn them back on individually and not overdraw power). I feel bad for the guy who did this, it was probably his last day working there.
I'm fortunate enough to live about 1h from Sonic.net - I've used them for a personal ISP as well as colo/datacenter services. They are absolutely phenomenal. I don't think many people can say they're *proud* of their ISP, but I definitely am. Also, I have an awesome keycard for colo access, get to go through a Star Trek style authentication door (weight + handprint) and can play pinball/arcade machines in their eating area. Their staff is awesome, I feel at home when I'm there among fellow geeks.
Why can't companies/projects stick to what they were initially created for? C'mon, Amazon. First it was the Kindle (great product), then you just *had* to turn it into a full featured tablet. Now this?
If there was still such a thing as reasonable privacy in the "digital age", much of this would be moot. Though, it seems the current human condition is that money > privacy. And sites like Facebook, which feed off of the data of their users, is simply a cog in the machine that is driving toward erasing any trace of privacy left in the world for people who are connected to the Internet. Makes me fucking sick to my stomach.
I'm glad streaming services are really taking off, it is lowering the bar of entry into the "industry" (ugh, I hate calling music an industry). Many more artists are able to get themselves heard without having to have a record contract. However, most streaming services rape artists just like record companies by giving them such a low percentage of profits. Sure this has something to do with streaming services having to pay royalties to the Big 4, but it still doesn't make it right. Artists deserve to be compensated more fairly for their work. Something that might encourage people to pay artists, not because they *have* to via music streaming revenue, but because they know that the majority of their payment will actually (gasp!) go to the artist, would definitely be something I'd take part in. Otherwise, I look at streaming services with the same goggles as I do if I were purchasing a CD in a brick and mortar store - by knowing full well that the artist who created the music in the first place will probably see 1-5% of my money. Fuck that.
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I'm sick and tired of the, "Oh, systemd sucks, move to *BSD!" Fuck you. Just get rid of systemd.
Hey, I resent that grue remark.
Seriously. I never get ads on my ssh sessions (well, maybe if I'm logging into an Ubuntu box and see it's MOTD)
Maybe I haven't reviewed all the open source code that euns on my systems, but I think the point is that there's a better chance that *someone* / *more people* have, than with closed source software.
Do Linux users who use SysVinit encounter this issue?
It would be nice to see Ogg/Opus (and even it's predicessor Vorbis) be as widely used as proprietary codecs. Is the world so commercialized that this kind of thinking is impossible though?
lol
isn't as Slashdot as you think.
Please give us back Ian Murdock.
In exchange we will give you Lennart Pottering.
Thanks in advance. Amen.
So I guess Linux users are simply smarter than Windows users...??
"it's where the money is"
Given this statement, why haven't we seen widespread ransomware deployed to what the Internet is essentially made of (Linux servers)? I mean, that's where the *real* money is. Why go after petty consumers for $300 a pop when you could go after a ton of wealthy corporations that have real money at stake by losing millions of ecommerce dollars an hour, running their businesses on Linux server farms?
I've been getting Marriott Hotel calls w/my area code, sometimes 2-3x daily on my business phone line. Fucking annoying and such a time/concentration waster, even with a callblocker (as it obviously spoofs a different number each time). I hope this guy gets what's coming to him.
Congratulations to the Opus team and xiph.org for doing such a great job with this. It's really a wonder that, with examples of F/OSS software like this, it's not simply the standard by popularity. I'm involved with an Android-based audio livestreaming app for Icecast (called Cool Mic) which uses Opus as well as Vorbis. My experiences with those involved with any of the Xiph projects have been great. Extreme talent over there.
I highly doubt that E-cigarettes by themselves cause DNA damage/cell manipulation. It's the ingredients of whatever "E-liquid" that is inhaled that is the focus here.
So that leads me to believe that people should be focusing on the quality or ingredients of the E-liquid they are inhaling. Why blanket an entire medium as harmful when it's the consumable that is causing the harm?
"Hey, let's put cameras everywhere to stop the TERRORISTS!!!"
*doesn't work*
"Hey, let's ban encryption to stop the TERRORISTS!!!"
*doesn't work*
"Hey, let's arrest people for things we think they might do in the future!!!"
*doesn't work*
Lather, rinse, repeat. The only thing that this kind of stuff will ever accomplish will be getting citizens of the world so pissed off they will revolt and cause a revolution.
(Hopefully) an honest, albeit very consequential mistake. I've done the same thing when I was working on the backside of a server cabinet - the PDU was right there by my shoulder and I swiped it on accident. No UPS in the cabinet (a mistake not of my own but the ones who built it out). Fortunately everything came back on. Good thing to have BIOS settings to 'stay off' after a power failure (so you can turn them back on individually and not overdraw power). I feel bad for the guy who did this, it was probably his last day working there.
I'm fortunate enough to live about 1h from Sonic.net - I've used them for a personal ISP as well as colo/datacenter services. They are absolutely phenomenal. I don't think many people can say they're *proud* of their ISP, but I definitely am. Also, I have an awesome keycard for colo access, get to go through a Star Trek style authentication door (weight + handprint) and can play pinball/arcade machines in their eating area. Their staff is awesome, I feel at home when I'm there among fellow geeks.
Why can't companies/projects stick to what they were initially created for? C'mon, Amazon. First it was the Kindle (great product), then you just *had* to turn it into a full featured tablet. Now this?
Can we post some equally-bad Linux vulns please? Intel, Microsoft, they can't be the only ones having all the fun.
If there was still such a thing as reasonable privacy in the "digital age", much of this would be moot. Though, it seems the current human condition is that money > privacy. And sites like Facebook, which feed off of the data of their users, is simply a cog in the machine that is driving toward erasing any trace of privacy left in the world for people who are connected to the Internet. Makes me fucking sick to my stomach.
I know a sure-fire legal way to ensure apps like this don't allow terrorists to communicate:
When you install it, it will ask, "Are you a terrorist? [Y/N]"
You're welcome.
I'm glad streaming services are really taking off, it is lowering the bar of entry into the "industry" (ugh, I hate calling music an industry). Many more artists are able to get themselves heard without having to have a record contract. However, most streaming services rape artists just like record companies by giving them such a low percentage of profits. Sure this has something to do with streaming services having to pay royalties to the Big 4, but it still doesn't make it right. Artists deserve to be compensated more fairly for their work. Something that might encourage people to pay artists, not because they *have* to via music streaming revenue, but because they know that the majority of their payment will actually (gasp!) go to the artist, would definitely be something I'd take part in. Otherwise, I look at streaming services with the same goggles as I do if I were purchasing a CD in a brick and mortar store - by knowing full well that the artist who created the music in the first place will probably see 1-5% of my money. Fuck that.
I found a troll...but you have no axe! Where's your bloody axe, troll?
No foreign country or entity should have *anything* to do with a country's election process. Period.
And yes, I am aware that the U.S. has interfered in foreign countries' elections as well. Karma?
It wasn't directed at all Russians. He chose his words carefully it seems not to, in fact.