If laptops get infected, it's because someone executed something, that's not the e-mail server's fault. The email server should deliver email, period. Users need to be educated not to run photo.bin/photo.exe/etc.
Sure, google has plenty of things "that work", but that's it. You get zero flexibilty, if something's broken, you can't fix it, etc. The only real plus for google, is spam filtering. The rest can easily be replicated. Their broken-ish IMAP interface, lack of sieve support, etc, make them useless if you want to use any other mail client that isn't their website.
You critize the XDG-Basedir because some devs don't follow it, but I'm sure there's plenty of windows devs that don't follow the registries conventions. Heck, there's even plenty that don't even use the registry.
Why would you want standard config-file format? Use what's best for your application, and document it properly, period.
You say inline comments CAN be annoying. Then delete them, and let them be for those who find them useful, what's so hard in that?
Finally, why on earth would you want permissions on different parts of a configuration file. That makes absolutely no sense, there's no possible scenario where that would be useful.
The issue in most cases, is that you need to keep kernel modules in disk in case you need to load anything new. Every time I upgrade my kernel, and then plug-in some new device, I need to reboot since my modules and kernel versions don't match.
4000 ways? Using configuration files is the only alternate way I can think of. The XDG-BaseDir spec defines pretty clear where you should store these too. They're really easy to backup, copy, human-readable, and can be easier to comment/document inline.
The results are far from being CLI. They've images, previews, links, plenty of color, and lots of other fancy visual stuff. As well as being inside the browser which has tabs, etc.
I just looked through the terms of use for ISPs I've previously had. None of them forbid that. They only forbid for-profit service hosting, but nothing else.
Most ISPs don't. Optimum Online's isn't even enforceable, most routers run a local DNS server for caching. Plenty of OSs do that locally as well. Verizon's is even worse. NO sort of server, AT ALL? so you can't host a game (those that use client/server, not MMOs) while gaming with your friends? Ridiculous.
Yeah, nowadays spammers have a much easier job, they just send you "trojan.zip", and say "here's your photos from tokyo last night". People still download it and and run it.
As long as people unwilling to use their brain exists, spammers will always find a way to exploit them.
Actually, ISP don't allow nor disallow it. The issue is you need a static IP (to receive mail). Even if you manage to get around that (low TTL on DNS, constantly updating data), and most large e-mail providers (google/hotmail/yahoo) will bounce emails from dynamically-allocated IP addresses. The issue is still not ISP side, but rather large-email-host-side.
Actually, the main difference is that AOL is US only, while hotmail had a lot of worldwide users. I must know about 45% hotmail, 45% gmail, and 10% "all the rest". I'm guessing that's pretty much how modern distribution goes as well.
I do, because I still run my own, as plenty of power-users do. Of course, the masses never ran their own e-mail servers, even before webmail, they just used POP3 or IMAP.
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My OS runs python3 by default. I still code in python2. The reason people don't use python3 is due to the lack of libraries, and the work it takes to port them and any other proyect.
Also, the OS knows pretty well which version of python to run; the one that's linked to/usr/bin/python is the default.
I think most people capable of contributing to PHP, would prefer to contribute to Python/Ruby/Perl/insert-another-language here, rather than fork a really broken language.
wine works fine with most games. I've played several high-demanding 2012 games with no issues, including Mass Effect 3, the day it was release. Haven't booted windows in years and that hasn't kept me from gaming. I can even play some really old games I hear don't work in new windows versions (like Max Payne).
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Why is this downvoted? Did the person who decided using activex ten years ago decide google can't turn evil either?
If laptops get infected, it's because someone executed something, that's not the e-mail server's fault. The email server should deliver email, period. Users need to be educated not to run photo.bin/photo.exe/etc.
Sure, google has plenty of things "that work", but that's it. You get zero flexibilty, if something's broken, you can't fix it, etc. The only real plus for google, is spam filtering. The rest can easily be replicated. Their broken-ish IMAP interface, lack of sieve support, etc, make them useless if you want to use any other mail client that isn't their website.
You critize the XDG-Basedir because some devs don't follow it, but I'm sure there's plenty of windows devs that don't follow the registries conventions. Heck, there's even plenty that don't even use the registry.
Why would you want standard config-file format? Use what's best for your application, and document it properly, period.
You say inline comments CAN be annoying. Then delete them, and let them be for those who find them useful, what's so hard in that?
Finally, why on earth would you want permissions on different parts of a configuration file. That makes absolutely no sense, there's no possible scenario where that would be useful.
They're releasing 2.5metres of emails? Or maybe it's miles!
Who said HP was thinking? They just do stuff, randomly.
Native apps can be interpreted compiled JIT too.
Android runs JIT applications.
Maemo/Meego can run python, amongst plenty of other languages natively.
This means that only iOS runs native non-interpreted, not-compiled-just-in-time apps.
The issue in most cases, is that you need to keep kernel modules in disk in case you need to load anything new.
Every time I upgrade my kernel, and then plug-in some new device, I need to reboot since my modules and kernel versions don't match.
4000 ways? Using configuration files is the only alternate way I can think of. The XDG-BaseDir spec defines pretty clear where you should store these too. They're really easy to backup, copy, human-readable, and can be easier to comment/document inline.
Permission/etc is already handled by the OS.
Which are the other 3999 ways?
The results are far from being CLI. They've images, previews, links, plenty of color, and lots of other fancy visual stuff. As well as being inside the browser which has tabs, etc.
I just looked through the terms of use for ISPs I've previously had. None of them forbid that. They only forbid for-profit service hosting, but nothing else.
If you use gmail, then you're not really using your own e-mail server, just relaying.
Yes, those PBLs are what I was refering to, though I didn't know the exact name.
Most ISPs don't. Optimum Online's isn't even enforceable, most routers run a local DNS server for caching. Plenty of OSs do that locally as well.
Verizon's is even worse. NO sort of server, AT ALL? so you can't host a game (those that use client/server, not MMOs) while gaming with your friends? Ridiculous.
Yeah, nowadays spammers have a much easier job, they just send you "trojan.zip", and say "here's your photos from tokyo last night". People still download it and and run it.
As long as people unwilling to use their brain exists, spammers will always find a way to exploit them.
I pay 15USD for a VPS in USA. Meanwhile, internet here (Argentina, third-world-ish), costs me about 100USD a month.
Internet actually gets expensiver as you distance yourself from first-world countries.
Actually, ISP don't allow nor disallow it. The issue is you need a static IP (to receive mail). Even if you manage to get around that (low TTL on DNS, constantly updating data), and most large e-mail providers (google/hotmail/yahoo) will bounce emails from dynamically-allocated IP addresses. The issue is still not ISP side, but rather large-email-host-side.
Actually, the main difference is that AOL is US only, while hotmail had a lot of worldwide users. I must know about 45% hotmail, 45% gmail, and 10% "all the rest". I'm guessing that's pretty much how modern distribution goes as well.
Remember when people ran their own mail servers?
I do, because I still run my own, as plenty of power-users do. Of course, the masses never ran their own e-mail servers, even before webmail, they just used POP3 or IMAP.
My OS runs python3 by default. I still code in python2. The reason people don't use python3 is due to the lack of libraries, and the work it takes to port them and any other proyect.
Also, the OS knows pretty well which version of python to run; the one that's linked to /usr/bin/python is the default.
I think most people capable of contributing to PHP, would prefer to contribute to Python/Ruby/Perl/insert-another-language here, rather than fork a really broken language.
Because the devs have a strong stance on most of the things complain about, so you can't contribute back - like the lack of finally , for example.
C is so awful that nowbody would dare use it for any serious stuff, like kernels or drivers!!!
wine works fine with most games. I've played several high-demanding 2012 games with no issues, including Mass Effect 3, the day it was release. Haven't booted windows in years and that hasn't kept me from gaming. I can even play some really old games I hear don't work in new windows versions (like Max Payne).
ARM is mostly portable devices, and MS isn't the dominant player there, so it's not so easy for them to pull this off.
Because user's can't be trusted to use their own PCs as they will. It's unsafe for content providers.