10-15 years ago, a russian hacker made off with 200+ million from citibank. Till this day they have no idea how he did it. When they actually caught the guy, they made him an offer, reduced jail time for return of the $$ and how he did it. He refused, and was sentenced to like 10 years or some such.
Question: Would you go to jail for 10 years for US$200mil?
You forgot one part - when PHP was first created, it stated direction was for non-programmers to program. While I'm all for lowering the barrier of entry to most things, if you do not have a good understanding of design and security issues, whatever you write will probably be crap.
Also, for all your points about perl, perl was pretty much in php's place previously, look at matt's scripts and not matt's scripts. I think documentation, and having a strong community that cares about security is really key.
Actually, there's another viable theory. There was a tv documentary about it. Try looking up polio research and the use of monkey kidneys (simian hiv is not deadly to simians). Good possibility that the polio used in Africa (but not elsewhere, like US) was contaminated with simian hiv, and that mutated.
Nope. We were given a free G4 450Mhz. Over a period of a couple of months, the whole family migrated off the other boxes, including a dual P3 1.4Ghz Gentoo box to the G4. G4 450Mhz with 10.4.5 was just sweet.
OTOH, I once gave away a 2+Ghz PIV and kept my 1Ghz PIII at work because my PIII was far faster, for the things I needed.
Umm, please, NTFS is VMS FS. People who took a look at NTFS in NT4 said it looked *very* similar to VMS even down to the disk level. And if you look at ACLS, it's ACLs from VMS.
*sigh* Please remember, Microsoft does not create or invent anything new. They either copy, or buy it. Try to keep up.
Frequently, these updates are over http or https. Put in an outbound http/s proxy server. If the app breaks, slap the developer until it works. If the app requires some other port, slap the developer until they do http/s.
Shouldn't an open source OS have open source drivers? What's the point of having an open source kernel, when you start closing off parts of it?
Can we next have close sourced virtual memory modules?
After that, I would like to have some closed source timing modules.
But should I even bother trying to explain this to someone who's sig reads "Microsoft Sucks, F/OSS Rocks. I get mod points now right?" Do you even get the point of OSS?
Lik Sang does not have any operations in any of those companies. Why did they have to go and defend themselves there? When you file a lawsuit, you have to show the court that it has jurisdiction over the matter.
I'm a openbsd person myself, serverside. Desktop side, used to be slackware, now gentoo. However, I've been investigating kubuntu for my kid's computer.
And, for my big pile of drives, I'm looking at solaris+zfs, that sounds really interesting... 8-)
in windows land, i can (used to, no idea if it's still available) get msdn universal for $500 and have all the free test systems that I can use (+1 free office pro license, etc).
Also, you do understand that in some environments, your test and dev systems are actually considered systems that need support, because, one of the things you test is - guess what, the support mechanism (ie, patching). In my environment, the test system used for development are actually rather critical (it's actually a mirror of prod!), and taking them down, or having them crash/etc is not looked upon kindly.
I just plain don't like RPMs, and don't like redhat (how can a modern distro *still* have database corruption issues in its packaging database from just normal usage? And redhat refuses to fix it?!). And redhat can't even do support properly - I've submitted a bug, they've identified it as a bug, and they ask me to test some changes?! Guys - if you've identified a bug, and want to test some changes - FUCKING TEST IT INTERNALLY FIRST BEFORE ASKING YOUR CUSTOMERS TO WASTE THEIR TIME, especially if it takes a lot of effort (and from what I can see, won't fix it!). Once you've validated that the proposed changes do fix the bug, then ask your customer to test it, not before!
I, for one, look forward to moving our support contracts to oracle next year. $99 for my test systems is _very_ easy to sell to my mgmt, compared to that $2k the greedy redhat wants.
Bleh, you seem to be misremembering things. In the 80s, they were copying Apple. What's so innovative about DOS? The fact that it was bought from another company? What about things like Dr. Dos and all the others that were so much better? I'm actually curious to see if you can list things out from the 80s that can be considered innovative, from Microsoft.
*shrug* Doesn't matter to me, I can take assholes calling me a troll. I've also found that there's a shit load of redcrap fanbois here, and if you say anything bad about redshit, they come down on you as well.
If people can't stand logic, that's their problem.
*shrug* Truth is truth, and rpm sucks donkeys balls. Mark me down, I don't care.
It was reported on/. itself, so do yourself a favor and do a quick search? Actually, I take that back, they have _NEVER_ considered OSX, Steve Jobs offered it, and was rejected. But that wasn't the point, was it?
And please, wht is a deluded Apple zealot? Must a "thin" osx include quartz? I take it you think the olpc includes an accelerated X driver for whatever 3D graphics they're building, right?
Them, I respect for their principled stance. When Theo and RMS argue, it's about their principles, and they listen to the arguments given. RMS has even changed his stance on things because someone made a very good argument against his point of view.
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10-15 years ago, a russian hacker made off with 200+ million from citibank. Till this day they have no idea how he did it. When they actually caught the guy, they made him an offer, reduced jail time for return of the $$ and how he did it. He refused, and was sentenced to like 10 years or some such.
Question: Would you go to jail for 10 years for US$200mil?
Have you see this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/19/pasemi_app le/
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2Ghz at 7watts.
They also have plans for 16 cores.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/17/pasemi_co
You forgot one part - when PHP was first created, it stated direction was for non-programmers to program. While I'm all for lowering the barrier of entry to most things, if you do not have a good understanding of design and security issues, whatever you write will probably be crap.
Also, for all your points about perl, perl was pretty much in php's place previously, look at matt's scripts and not matt's scripts. I think documentation, and having a strong community that cares about security is really key.
You sound like a useful headhunter to know - how does someone find people like you, in general? *hint hint* :)
Actually, I'm interested in the PS2's sales numbers. If the PS2 still continues to outsell the 360/ps3, that should say something.
Actually, there's another viable theory. There was a tv documentary about it. Try looking up polio research and the use of monkey kidneys (simian hiv is not deadly to simians). Good possibility that the polio used in Africa (but not elsewhere, like US) was contaminated with simian hiv, and that mutated.
You know what - I'll gladly be a virgin to be the co-founder of Apple.
The problem is that Media Player will automagically add DRM to anything you rip, from what I've read.
Nope. We were given a free G4 450Mhz. Over a period of a couple of months, the whole family migrated off the other boxes, including a dual P3 1.4Ghz Gentoo box to the G4. G4 450Mhz with 10.4.5 was just sweet.
OTOH, I once gave away a 2+Ghz PIV and kept my 1Ghz PIII at work because my PIII was far faster, for the things I needed.
Umm, please, NTFS is VMS FS. People who took a look at NTFS in NT4 said it looked *very* similar to VMS even down to the disk level. And if you look at ACLS, it's ACLs from VMS.
*sigh* Please remember, Microsoft does not create or invent anything new. They either copy, or buy it. Try to keep up.
Per a report in .uk, it's "industry standard sub-standard" please.
Would you let a non-doctor be a hospital/ER manager?
Would you let someone who have no idea what a balance sheet is manage the accounting team?
Would you let a non engineer manage a team of design engineers working on the next high rise?
This shouldn't even be a question. That it is shows truly what is wrong with technology. Too many ignoramouses making decisions.
Frequently, these updates are over http or https. Put in an outbound http/s proxy server. If the app breaks, slap the developer until it works. If the app requires some other port, slap the developer until they do http/s.
Shouldn't an open source OS have open source drivers? What's the point of having an open source kernel, when you start closing off parts of it?
Can we next have close sourced virtual memory modules?
After that, I would like to have some closed source timing modules.
But should I even bother trying to explain this to someone who's sig reads "Microsoft Sucks, F/OSS Rocks. I get mod points now right?" Do you even get the point of OSS?
Why?
Lik Sang does not have any operations in any of those companies. Why did they have to go and defend themselves there? When you file a lawsuit, you have to show the court that it has jurisdiction over the matter.
What, an AC slashdotter *with* a girlfriend, and a slutty one at that? You have to be kidding.
I'm a openbsd person myself, serverside.
Desktop side, used to be slackware, now gentoo.
However, I've been investigating kubuntu for my kid's computer.
And, for my big pile of drives, I'm looking at solaris+zfs, that sounds really interesting... 8-)
in windows land, i can (used to, no idea if it's still available) get msdn universal for $500 and have all the free test systems that I can use (+1 free office pro license, etc).
Also, you do understand that in some environments, your test and dev systems are actually considered systems that need support, because, one of the things you test is - guess what, the support mechanism (ie, patching). In my environment, the test system used for development are actually rather critical (it's actually a mirror of prod!), and taking them down, or having them crash/etc is not looked upon kindly.
I just plain don't like RPMs, and don't like redhat (how can a modern distro *still* have database corruption issues in its packaging database from just normal usage? And redhat refuses to fix it?!). And redhat can't even do support properly - I've submitted a bug, they've identified it as a bug, and they ask me to test some changes?! Guys - if you've identified a bug, and want to test some changes - FUCKING TEST IT INTERNALLY FIRST BEFORE ASKING YOUR CUSTOMERS TO WASTE THEIR TIME, especially if it takes a lot of effort (and from what I can see, won't fix it!). Once you've validated that the proposed changes do fix the bug, then ask your customer to test it, not before!
I, for one, look forward to moving our support contracts to oracle next year. $99 for my test systems is _very_ easy to sell to my mgmt, compared to that $2k the greedy redhat wants.
Bleh, you seem to be misremembering things. In the 80s, they were copying Apple. What's so innovative about DOS? The fact that it was bought from another company? What about things like Dr. Dos and all the others that were so much better? I'm actually curious to see if you can list things out from the 80s that can be considered innovative, from Microsoft.
*shrug* Doesn't matter to me, I can take assholes calling me a troll. I've also found that there's a shit load of redcrap fanbois here, and if you say anything bad about redshit, they come down on you as well.
If people can't stand logic, that's their problem.
*shrug* Truth is truth, and rpm sucks donkeys balls. Mark me down, I don't care.
It was reported on /. itself, so do yourself a favor and do a quick search? Actually, I take that back, they have _NEVER_ considered OSX, Steve Jobs offered it, and was rejected. But that wasn't the point, was it?
And please, wht is a deluded Apple zealot? Must a "thin" osx include quartz? I take it you think the olpc includes an accelerated X driver for whatever 3D graphics they're building, right?
what kind of a moron is that? Any simple google search will show you plenty of entries for libpcap and ethereal/wireshark.
Wrong, see:
6 051225902310&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=11
I too would cut off your nose to spite your face.
Them, I respect for their principled stance. When Theo and RMS argue, it's about their principles, and they listen to the arguments given. RMS has even changed his stance on things because someone made a very good argument against his point of view.