They were still looking at the NASDAQ web server. They were still hunting for holes. Why? Obviously, because they coveted root. But, as the Bible says, "Thou shalt not covet." This applies here.
If everybody would just leave everybody else alone, the 'net would be a better place. Instead, scum like this have to go out and hunt for holes on the NASDAQ web server. Why, back in the day, nobody would ever look for holes like that. People peacefully on the mainframes. And, for the record, I did not shoot that person who was using up CPU time playing trek. Not me.
Lol... there is a difference between evolution and random genetic drift.... and that is level of order. Today, we have manipulated the environment so that genetic drift exists without any correction mechanism. What happens when we drift towards stupidity? Oh, wait, that's already happening...
Yo - they need to be willing to leave. I think that a society on Mars would be near-perfect for the first fifty years because it would be entirely composed of the people who want to live on Mars... of course that runs out when the second generation arrives, but until then...
I shouldn't be spreading these ideas. They're perfect for the next hit RTS game.
Here's a hint: The first story screwed everything up, and it took the second to correct for everything. They're not necessary. The third, however, was an excellent book, but not "great" (however that's defined) like Foundation.
That's decent. That doesn't sound like a major stall to me - two months isn't a whole lot of time. They just need some planning sessions. Are we at the point where we would deny Microsoft the right to plan competently for their defense?
Combine this with the fact that our civilisation is going to fall to pieces in the next 100 or so years and leave us in another dark age... we'll all be dead, because we have no method of leaving earth!
I actually think that it's a measure of how stupid the patent is - even if your patent describes the impossible or just plain stupid it'll get through if it's worded properly, particuarly since the people who read patents are incompetent as to the actually content.
Here's my next patent: "A method for storing a user identification string across a network using transparent network-based hashing protocols." Think it'll make it?
You didn't? I did! Except I didn't here, because I didn't want to be cut to pieces.... W2K is a damn good product. RH6.9.5 is a damn good product. Bugs or no bugs, they both have significant advances over their predecessors.
Ever feel like you're wrestling a rhinocerous by posting comments like this?
User interface speed has nothing to do with clock speed. My Pilot is zippier than my main computer, but that's because my computer has abstraction layer on top of layer on top of... you get the picture.
Usability is possible on outdated hardware, except where computational neccesity overrides.
But members of a comparably stupid generation. No matter how bright we are, our culture has reached the point (ala Foundation's Empire) where we can't make any significant advances anymore.
To tell you the truth, the so-called 'geek' community, as it is showcased on Slashdot, comes across as one of the most close-minded, hypocritical bunch whose sole interest is looking out for their own narrow-minded view of their dysfunctional world. I don't blame you for wanting out of that.
Y'know, it didn't use to be like that. Before Linux became the Breakfast of Trolls, there were actually a lot of people who were in it because they were interested in technology in general, not because they're zealots. I'm interested in technology in general. I have six operating systems on my primary computer, and I'm not zealous about any one. Most of the time, I'm in Be. Other times, I'm in Linux. I even use NT and like it.
To be honest, this whole "Open Source" movement has degraded in the exact same way that Slashdot has. That might be why I'm in Be mostly these days. It's dying. Have you watched what's been going on recently as compared to the past couple of years before that? Mozilla has stagnated. Projects that were once hotbeds of development have slowed to an arctic freeze (enlightenment, anyone? efm is nice, but what happened to the earlier rapid development? And why has sawfish development died, or GNOME?)
Where am I? I forgot where this was going to go. Anyway, that's my take on it.
This aughta be +5... note why Microsoft has plans to port a lot of its apps to Mac (mostly games, +office too), and why IE is available on Solaris: Microsoft likes to pay off competitors with legal itches by providing products on their platform and investing in them instead of facing the much, much more unpredictable courts. Expect to see IE on Linux soon. Very soon. And bundled with Corel Linux.
Cheaper than $300: Kernel 2.4.0, 'nuff said
More expensive than $300: Be, Inc., the company. I hear their stock was in negative value recently; they should go for about $500.
Priceless: Bill Gates chained to a dungeon wall.
Y'know, that's kind of neat. Why? Because I agree with both Al Gore and the Unabomber. Few have actually read the Unabomber's manifesto. While I don't condone violence, I'd say he certainly had some good ideas. It's too bad that Al Gore isn't the same person now.... every politician is a conservative, because money corrupts every politican!
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If everybody would just leave everybody else alone, the 'net would be a better place. Instead, scum like this have to go out and hunt for holes on the NASDAQ web server. Why, back in the day, nobody would ever look for holes like that. People peacefully on the mainframes. And, for the record, I did not shoot that person who was using up CPU time playing trek. Not me.
If you're a programmer, you'd welcome some of the things they fixed from NT4.
Forgive me for being cynical. In the corporate world, the only group of people are a group of people to be advertised to.
Lol... there is a difference between evolution and random genetic drift.... and that is level of order. Today, we have manipulated the environment so that genetic drift exists without any correction mechanism. What happens when we drift towards stupidity? Oh, wait, that's already happening...
Yo - they need to be willing to leave. I think that a society on Mars would be near-perfect for the first fifty years because it would be entirely composed of the people who want to live on Mars... of course that runs out when the second generation arrives, but until then...
I shouldn't be spreading these ideas. They're perfect for the next hit RTS game.
That's a great sig. Maybe I'll use it?
That's decent. That doesn't sound like a major stall to me - two months isn't a whole lot of time. They just need some planning sessions. Are we at the point where we would deny Microsoft the right to plan competently for their defense?
Hari Seldon, where are you now?
Grr - so that's why I had to fix two things in the Blackbox source to get it to compile? Oh whell.
Here's my next patent: "A method for storing a user identification string across a network using transparent network-based hashing protocols." Think it'll make it?
No fair! You used my comment title! Theif!
Ever feel like you're wrestling a rhinocerous by posting comments like this?
Lengthly? "A five month appeal process"? Considering the speed of the legal process and Microsoft's lawyers, that's zippier than DOS on an Athlon.
Usability is possible on outdated hardware, except where computational neccesity overrides.
PII+BX is good old days? Two PII's will still perform nicely, thank you....
Word to the wise: Don't upgrade if you want stability. However, for desktop users, you probably won't regret it.
(Yes, I know I should be using something other than RH on my desktop. It's just what I have used for quite a while, and I'm used to it.)
But members of a comparably stupid generation. No matter how bright we are, our culture has reached the point (ala Foundation's Empire) where we can't make any significant advances anymore.
Watch carefully - the Bazaar model of Open Source style software is about to fail.
Y'know, it didn't use to be like that. Before Linux became the Breakfast of Trolls, there were actually a lot of people who were in it because they were interested in technology in general, not because they're zealots. I'm interested in technology in general. I have six operating systems on my primary computer, and I'm not zealous about any one. Most of the time, I'm in Be. Other times, I'm in Linux. I even use NT and like it.
To be honest, this whole "Open Source" movement has degraded in the exact same way that Slashdot has. That might be why I'm in Be mostly these days. It's dying. Have you watched what's been going on recently as compared to the past couple of years before that? Mozilla has stagnated. Projects that were once hotbeds of development have slowed to an arctic freeze (enlightenment, anyone? efm is nice, but what happened to the earlier rapid development? And why has sawfish development died, or GNOME?)
Where am I? I forgot where this was going to go. Anyway, that's my take on it.
The best method is just to leave. Permanently. Forget your password.
This aughta be +5... note why Microsoft has plans to port a lot of its apps to Mac (mostly games, +office too), and why IE is available on Solaris: Microsoft likes to pay off competitors with legal itches by providing products on their platform and investing in them instead of facing the much, much more unpredictable courts. Expect to see IE on Linux soon. Very soon. And bundled with Corel Linux.
Read the fucking article at all? They didn't say that. They said most important people with no T-E-C-H.
Cheaper than $300: Kernel 2.4.0, 'nuff said More expensive than $300: Be, Inc., the company. I hear their stock was in negative value recently; they should go for about $500. Priceless: Bill Gates chained to a dungeon wall.
Whoa.... that made me think (how dangerous!)... wasn't The Matrix about modern-day Ludditism? And don't we all love the Matrix?
Y'know, that's kind of neat. Why? Because I agree with both Al Gore and the Unabomber. Few have actually read the Unabomber's manifesto. While I don't condone violence, I'd say he certainly had some good ideas. It's too bad that Al Gore isn't the same person now.... every politician is a conservative, because money corrupts every politican!