When you consider the fact that Microsoft consistantly compromises security for usability, you can say the security of the windows platform is inherantly flawed. Now, just because it's flawed doesn't mean that windows systems cannot be secured to a reasonable degree, it just means that one must invest time/energy into securing the system, usually through 3rd party software and security patches gallore. The result of all of this is a giant user base, most of whom have no idea of how security can impact their usage, and a climate where 3rd party jobs are created to cope with a very usable and insecure system.
The fact that windows systems can be secure, but typically are not is the fault of microsoft, because of the way they've chosen to engineer and market their product. That is where the bug lies. This bug isn't a software bug. It's a bug in microsoft's design/engineering teams.
"But I wonder how XPs lack of Java support will affect the number of Java developers."
This will have a much more positive affect on Java as a platform and Java developers than you realize. Microsoft's JVM is the source of many "gotcha's" and "oh fuck" epiphanies. It supports calls to native win32 apis and other such nonsense that is totally bass ackwards to any kind of Java platform standardization. Most (I wish I could say all) java developers stay away from that stuff, but there's always a few that cross the bounds.
The elimination of Microsoft's JVM from the picture makes the java world way more clear on Win32. Yes, people will now have to download the jre/sdk to run apps, but the experience in compatability does more than make up for the download.
pictures of the massive military shipyard next door? I'm sure when Nasa turns into a branch of the military, they're going to use the moon as a low-grav construction site.
Also, don't forget the Jedi dojo's.. we'll need lots of those.
The problem with this stems from the fact that not everyone assigns the same value to content.
Also, theres a historical side to this that may offer some insight. Many people who've been using the internet (www, usenet, etc) since before the large commercial boom of '95 + have been accustomed to reading tremendous amounts of content for free. Granted most of that was probably technical or scientific in origin, but that still counts:). As the internet has grown, many more people have become accustom to readily available content, and lots of it. So I ask you, would you be resistant to paying a $5/mo to every single site you visit? I'd be pissed as hell if Slashdot, php.net, debian.org, msdn.microsoft.com all started asking for subscriptions to content.
Well, considering that the Quality of my broadband internet access has dropped considerably since AT&T aquired TCI, in terms of stability and price (they recently jacked the price up by asking customers to buy their own routers), I think shifting to yet another owner would be crap. I wish these broadband behemoths would leave these little local cable co's alone so I can have my nice, fast Digital Cable/CableModem service again.
apt-get supports just about any operation you could need for installing & removing packages. Couple that with apt-cache for query-based package listings and package inspection, and dpkg for utilities (--get-selections, --purge, etc). Thats all you need.
Why bother carrying around a flashy toolbox when all you need is a pocket knife, a gumwrapper filled with composition C-4, and a single eraserhead from a pencil. (forgive me, those of you that didn't get the MacGyver reference)
The US and other Militarys might make interesting use of this technology. They're constantly looking to improve their baseline asset, the footsoldier. Many nights I've spent watching the discovery channel, and on more than one occation, they've aired the rather tacky display of soldier-mounted computers and such. Small camera's mounted on rifles, with LCD displays. The list is endless.
So, if this technology is perfected, and coupled with other methods of energy conservation, you may one day have an elite footsoldier running windows95 (98 if they're lucky), using Exchange to battle the forces of evil.
... "breaks that cycle--that is, it makes it impossible for a commercial company to use any of that work or build on any of that work. So what you saw with TCP/IP or Sendmail or the browser could never happen. We believe there should be free software and commercial software; there should be a rich ecosystem that works around that."
After which Billyboy stated, "This way, my company won't have to worry about producing original, quality products, ever."
Heh, these guys had the ingenious idea of using one such silo as an LSD Lab. Shame they were caught by the US Gov't. Imagine how insanely high you could get off an LSD tab the size of a missile...
They skipped gnutella because, as far as peer to peer systems go, it sucks. Research papers such as Free Riding on Gnutella and Why Gnutella Can't Scale, No, Really articulate this much better than I can. The success rate of pirating music via Gnutella is much less than those of napster, aimster, and community-based hotline servers.
>OS X's heavy reliance on Unix makes Macs tempting potential targets for hackers and viruses.
When was the last time you did 'apt-get upgrade service_pack_4' because the I Love You virus had infected your/usr/bin/soffice install?? The only reason the media is so concerned with virii is because microsoft cared so little for security in the first place. Hacking OSX might be a valid concern considering the possible complexities of unix, but virii?
I'd love to be a trillionair, be responsible for screwing millions of people in the arse, and own the entire world, all at the same time. Bill Gates, your my h3r0.
Your comparison is simply irrelevant to the discussion. Getting laid (or lack thereof) is simply a bi-product who you are, not whether or not your an artist. But, if you'd like to go down this road, I know plenty of so-called geeks that get laid, probably more so than Artists, simply because we can afford to buy, oh, say one of these. I'm sure there are beautiful artists in the world, both outside as well as in, but you infer that because artists are, programmers are not. This is simply not so.
I see through your lack of insight. And beauty? All I see here is Ego. -ds
The creativity that one goes through to produce art or software is one of the same. Artists go through many inspirational moments, as well as tedious ones. So do software engineers. With people like rasterman around, do you really think there is a line at all?
First off - My knowledge on the topic of hardware is quite limited, so if any of this is erroneous, point it out.
If this idea of opensource Processor designs takes off, wouldn't it be possible to test (atleast the Instruction Set Architecture) on Transmeta's Crusoe (or something similar)? It would seem to me that having an environment where people could design and implement their designs in software for testing would allow people alot more flexibility.
Why is it so hard to compromise in this situation?? A solution would be to have @stake and MS include all the known information in the advisory, AND have a link to get "up to date" information. Bang. Problem solved.
I'm no expert, but I think it would take fairly major changes to fundamental peices of the system (like a serious kernel change, or a change in the runtime) to make two versions of linux incompatable. Considering this, is it even probable that some organization (excluding microsoft) would go through the trouble of making an incompatable version of linux?
I mean, just look at what companies like Indrema (DV Linux), Palmpalm (Tynux), and countless others have accomplished with releltively minor (if any) modifications to the base linux system.
Behold the 2 cents.
Slashdot Mirror
Behold the seattle adhoc network.
http://www.seattlewireless.net/
Shit + Shit != Gold.
When you consider the fact that Microsoft consistantly compromises security for usability, you can say the security of the windows platform is inherantly flawed. Now, just because it's flawed doesn't mean that windows systems cannot be secured to a reasonable degree, it just means that one must invest time/energy into securing the system, usually through 3rd party software and security patches gallore. The result of all of this is a giant user base, most of whom have no idea of how security can impact their usage, and a climate where 3rd party jobs are created to cope with a very usable and insecure system.
The fact that windows systems can be secure, but typically are not is the fault of microsoft, because of the way they've chosen to engineer and market their product. That is where the bug lies. This bug isn't a software bug. It's a bug in microsoft's design/engineering teams.
"But I wonder how XPs lack of Java support will affect the number of Java developers."
This will have a much more positive affect on Java as a platform and Java developers than you realize. Microsoft's JVM is the source of many "gotcha's" and "oh fuck" epiphanies. It supports calls to native win32 apis and other such nonsense that is totally bass ackwards to any kind of Java platform standardization. Most (I wish I could say all) java developers stay away from that stuff, but there's always a few that cross the bounds.
The elimination of Microsoft's JVM from the picture makes the java world way more clear on Win32. Yes, people will now have to download the jre/sdk to run apps, but the experience in compatability does more than make up for the download.
pictures of the massive military shipyard next door? I'm sure when Nasa turns into a branch of the military, they're going to use the moon as a low-grav construction site.
Also, don't forget the Jedi dojo's.. we'll need lots of those.
The problem with this stems from the fact that not everyone assigns the same value to content.
:). As the internet has grown, many more people have become accustom to readily available content, and lots of it. So I ask you, would you be resistant to paying a $5/mo to every single site you visit? I'd be pissed as hell if Slashdot, php.net, debian.org, msdn.microsoft.com all started asking for subscriptions to content.
Also, theres a historical side to this that may offer some insight. Many people who've been using the internet (www, usenet, etc) since before the large commercial boom of '95 + have been accustomed to reading tremendous amounts of content for free. Granted most of that was probably technical or scientific in origin, but that still counts
Well, considering that the Quality of my broadband internet access has dropped considerably since AT&T aquired TCI, in terms of stability and price (they recently jacked the price up by asking customers to buy their own routers), I think shifting to yet another owner would be crap. I wish these broadband behemoths would leave these little local cable co's alone so I can have my nice, fast Digital Cable/CableModem service again.
Asf
Now I just need to install Samba on it, and I'll have another node in my mp3 fileserving cluster :)
"Microsoft has identified Linux as its potential competitor and is attempting to limit its use,"
In other news, a gentleman from kansas discovered that pigs really can't fly.
apt-get supports just about any operation you could need for installing & removing packages. Couple that with apt-cache for query-based package listings and package inspection, and dpkg for utilities (--get-selections, --purge, etc). Thats all you need.
Why bother carrying around a flashy toolbox when all you need is a pocket knife, a gumwrapper filled with composition C-4, and a single eraserhead from a pencil. (forgive me, those of you that didn't get the MacGyver reference)
Napster is dead already. For those of you that didn't get the memo, "Dogs Barking. Can't fly without umbrella!". Sound of Dieing Giraffe
:)
There are many alternatives currently available or under construction. Hotline, Direct Connect, Gnutella, Espra, Google.
Behold the next wave.
The US and other Militarys might make interesting use of this technology. They're constantly looking to improve their baseline asset, the footsoldier. Many nights I've spent watching the discovery channel, and on more than one occation, they've aired the rather tacky display of soldier-mounted computers and such. Small camera's mounted on rifles, with LCD displays. The list is endless.
So, if this technology is perfected, and coupled with other methods of energy conservation, you may one day have an elite footsoldier running windows95 (98 if they're lucky), using Exchange to battle the forces of evil.
... "breaks that cycle--that is, it makes it impossible for a commercial company to use any of that work or build on any of that work. So what you saw with TCP/IP or Sendmail or the browser could never happen. We believe there should be free software and commercial software; there should be a rich ecosystem that works around that."
After which Billyboy stated, "This way, my company won't have to worry about producing original, quality products, ever."
Heh, these guys had the ingenious idea of using one such silo as an LSD Lab. Shame they were caught by the US Gov't. Imagine how insanely high you could get off an LSD tab the size of a missile...
They skipped gnutella because, as far as peer to peer systems go, it sucks. Research papers such as Free Riding on Gnutella and Why Gnutella Can't Scale, No, Really articulate this much better than I can. The success rate of pirating music via Gnutella is much less than those of napster, aimster, and community-based hotline servers.
:)
The RIAA admitted this, if you remember
>OS X's heavy reliance on Unix makes Macs tempting potential targets for hackers and viruses.
/usr/bin/soffice install??
When was the last time you did 'apt-get upgrade service_pack_4' because the I Love You virus had infected your
The only reason the media is so concerned with virii is because microsoft cared so little for security in the first place. Hacking OSX might be a valid concern considering the possible complexities of unix, but virii?
phear debian
.. that microsoft has a perfect monopoly.
I'd love to be a trillionair, be responsible for screwing millions of people in the arse, and own the entire world, all at the same time. Bill Gates, your my h3r0.
Your comparison is simply irrelevant to the discussion. Getting laid (or lack thereof) is simply a bi-product who you are, not whether or not your an artist. But, if you'd like to go down this road, I know plenty of so-called geeks that get laid, probably more so than Artists, simply because we can afford to buy, oh, say one of these. I'm sure there are beautiful artists in the world, both outside as well as in, but you infer that because artists are, programmers are not. This is simply not so.
I see through your lack of insight. And beauty? All I see here is Ego.
-ds
The creativity that one goes through to produce art or software is one of the same. Artists go through many inspirational moments, as well as tedious ones. So do software engineers. With people like rasterman around, do you really think there is a line at all?
-ds
Why is this front page news?
SpamMimic has been around for many (many) months, and out of the blue has the distinguished honor of getting slashdotted into "obscurity".
First off - My knowledge on the topic of hardware is quite limited, so if any of this is erroneous, point it out.
If this idea of opensource Processor designs takes off, wouldn't it be possible to test (atleast the Instruction Set Architecture) on Transmeta's Crusoe (or something similar)? It would seem to me that having an environment where people could design and implement their designs in software for testing would allow people alot more flexibility.
Why is it so hard to compromise in this situation?? A solution would be to have @stake and MS include all the known information in the advisory, AND have a link to get "up to date" information.
Bang. Problem solved.
My 2% of 0$.02
-D
I'm no expert, but I think it would take fairly major changes to fundamental peices of the system (like a serious kernel change, or a change in the runtime) to make two versions of linux incompatable. Considering this, is it even probable that some organization (excluding microsoft) would go through the trouble of making an incompatable version of linux?
I mean, just look at what companies like Indrema (DV Linux), Palmpalm (Tynux), and countless others have accomplished with releltively minor (if any) modifications to the base linux system.
Behold the 2 cents.
2000-10-02 22:07:11 Corel forms alliance with Microsoft (articles,corel) (rejected)
Thx taco.