Now, I wonder who the first poster is going to be to demand Microsoft test their patches for compatibility with viruses and malware?
To be fair, Microsoft is year ahead of Linux in this area. Linux isn't compatible with almost every kinds of virus/malware. Wine is helping by providing the APIs needed for some malware, but Linux (iptables in particular) still interferes with the proper operation of some of these programs. Like it or not, if you want to run these malware programs reliably, you should stay away from Linux. At least Microsoft lets you run *most* of these viruses after an update.
That is actually an interesting way of rewarding good work and punishing bad work, but doesn't that put more pressure on speedy fixes rather than quality fixes when a bug is found?
The Brits wanted our *money*, our taxes, our resources, our trade, and control over us. They wanted Power, with a capital P. That is what the Revolutionary War was about. That was back in the days when being an Imperialist was considered a good thing.
I was referring to "willingly let others view it", perhaps I wasn't as clear as I should have been. And odds are if they claim they "fixed it", and the fix appears to work, they would not have to disclose the source. Even if they did, it wouldn't be to Woz or Linus, but some pinheads in Washington, under a non-disclosure arrangement.
I'm pretty sure the new North Americans were kicked out of England for being religious zealots, in which case I would say they are still here. It would appear that in both cases, not much has changed in either society.
I think you are intentionally missing the point. You can't (correctly) just say one way is always better, open vs. closed, to fit every argument. The results should speak for themselves. If Linux was better on the desktop for my needs, I would use it, but I don't because it isn't FOR MY NEEDS. By the same token, you couldn't pay me enough to run Windows on our servers, as I need the extra features that Linux has. As for the code in the Prius, no company is every going to open source their "trade secrets". I would happily settle for Woz taking a look at it, or Linus, but I wouldn't bet my lunch money that it would ever happen.
I know the horror stories about Time Warner, but here in the Triad (north central NC) I have had good luck with them over the years. All three homes I have owned were out of town, and now I live WAY from town but served by them. The first place, we got a petition to get them to run cable for the whole neighborhood, took 6 months, which isn't bad. All 3 locations I have gotten better than advertised speeds, never a throttle, and yes, I download a great deal and constantly work from home. My current town (25k people) has stiff competition from the local phone company but the other two didn't have any real competition. I have had a few cable boxes stop working but they replaced them. Twice in the new home, the cable didn't work right but a tech was out the next day, after 6pm at our request. So they have had hardware issues, but they don't make the hardware. When I call, I usually get a human in 5 minutes (+/- 5 minutes), which isn't great, but it isn't bad. Their prices are not exactly cheap, but I seldom have network downtime, even in bad weather. I know their reputation is terrible in most places, but we have been pretty lucky here. Not perfect, but very reasonable service.
Sure you can. Third offense of just possession of cocaine can get you a $250,000 fine in CT. CT isn't known as the most strict state in the union either. NJ has fines up to $300,000 for selling prescription drugs. Penalties for selling drugs often come with both prison time and fines.
I love how these ads are being modded informative as opposed to funny.
Did you ever consider that *maybe* they were under the mistaken impression that orange juice *was* just for breakfast, but the post informed them that this is no longer the case?;)
And it only took having my same sig for most of 10 years for it to actually be topical.
Linux doesn't have to worry about backwards compatibility because users are paying $0 for their software.
Not exactly true. I have paid for a great deal of software designed to specifically run on Linux. AVG's coroporate anti-virus server runs on Linux, tons of CRM and database applications run on Linux, even a lot of Perl based management suites for webhosting aren't free. And worth every penny from my experience. So far, compatibility hasn't been an issue when I upgrade for most, although many require a RH based system (RH/CentOS/Fedora) to work.
Steam on the PC works pretty much like that, and the servers are owned by individuals. Once you buy, it autoinstalls. No clicks needed. There are still TFC servers out there, over 100, and that game came out over 10 years ago. And with Steam, I can't lose the disk since there is none, and I can play at home, at work, on the laptop, etc. because I can install the software on all those systems, even tho I can only play on one at a time. If you have to have control, it is the least problematic way.
Wouldn't it make it possible to send the craft without humans, because it can be controlled "in real time" here from earth, and perhaps by the time it gets there, we might be able to transport the humans to the ship? All we needed was a destination that we know we could safely send them. That and the technology to do such a thing.
"Troll" is a convenient word used for people you don't agree with. It's a way to instantly silence your opposition. I seriously doubt that the majority of people pirating games go out and buy it as an act of good will. You act as if game developers need to follow exactly what you say or you are just going to pirate it anyway. It just doesn't work this way.
Again, someone doesn't read the actual post. I have paid for every game I have. I have downloaded cracks to make them more convenient. If a crack wasn't reasonably possible or the DRM too draconian, I wouldn't buy the game (Spore, for instance). I can't speak for others, only for myself. I have no problem paying for what I use, but I want to use it the way I want, or I won't buy it. I look for games that have no DRM and favor them (the last two IGT slot machine games come to mind, I bought both)
I understand most pirates are not this way, but a significant number are, including me. Half the games I buy are on Steam, with its DRM that is reasonable.
As for pirating music, I have no idea, I have never pirated a song. If not for DRM, I would never have downloaded a game crack, so you can also say that DRM was responsible for creating a demand for the crack, and giving me a reason to learn how to find a crack. The fact that you find it hard to believe that a person who downloads a crack has actually bought the game, (based on your insistence) but that doesn't change the fact that *some* of us do.
Keep in mind that the vast majority of these attacks are not going after kernel flaws, they are typically going after PHP or MySQL flaws, or default PHP/MySQL settings more than anything. Some obvious Windows exploits are tried, but not that many as it is easy to test if a server is Windows or Linux based in a script, so that is rare in my logs. I haven't run FTP in years, but I remember a bunch of attempts using dictionary attacks when I did.
Of course, the most common attack is simply SSH logins using common names and passwords. This is why admins like myself move SSH to a different port, which removes 99% of dictionary attacks on SSH, as these are scripts looking for low hanging fruit. Finding what possible port SSH is on would require a wide port scan, which raises a red flag by itself.
I tend to agree with AC below. This demonstrates how fudged up the USPTO is, caught up in their own bureaucracy to be truly effective at what they are charged to do. It is one more reason to doubt the validity of their actions, a direct example.
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Now, I wonder who the first poster is going to be to demand Microsoft test their patches for compatibility with viruses and malware?
To be fair, Microsoft is year ahead of Linux in this area. Linux isn't compatible with almost every kinds of virus/malware. Wine is helping by providing the APIs needed for some malware, but Linux (iptables in particular) still interferes with the proper operation of some of these programs. Like it or not, if you want to run these malware programs reliably, you should stay away from Linux. At least Microsoft lets you run *most* of these viruses after an update.
That is actually an interesting way of rewarding good work and punishing bad work, but doesn't that put more pressure on speedy fixes rather than quality fixes when a bug is found?
is it me or is americans in love with absolutes?
You are 100% correct. Anything less would be un-American.
The Brits wanted our *money*, our taxes, our resources, our trade, and control over us. They wanted Power, with a capital P. That is what the Revolutionary War was about. That was back in the days when being an Imperialist was considered a good thing.
I was referring to "willingly let others view it", perhaps I wasn't as clear as I should have been. And odds are if they claim they "fixed it", and the fix appears to work, they would not have to disclose the source. Even if they did, it wouldn't be to Woz or Linus, but some pinheads in Washington, under a non-disclosure arrangement.
I'm pretty sure the new North Americans were kicked out of England for being religious zealots, in which case I would say they are still here. It would appear that in both cases, not much has changed in either society.
Whew! Glad to know that! For a minute, I was starting to think you were a nutjob or and idiot. Or both.
And everyone knows that producing and distributing electricity produces exactly zero CO2...
I think you are intentionally missing the point. You can't (correctly) just say one way is always better, open vs. closed, to fit every argument. The results should speak for themselves. If Linux was better on the desktop for my needs, I would use it, but I don't because it isn't FOR MY NEEDS. By the same token, you couldn't pay me enough to run Windows on our servers, as I need the extra features that Linux has. As for the code in the Prius, no company is every going to open source their "trade secrets". I would happily settle for Woz taking a look at it, or Linus, but I wouldn't bet my lunch money that it would ever happen.
I know the horror stories about Time Warner, but here in the Triad (north central NC) I have had good luck with them over the years. All three homes I have owned were out of town, and now I live WAY from town but served by them. The first place, we got a petition to get them to run cable for the whole neighborhood, took 6 months, which isn't bad. All 3 locations I have gotten better than advertised speeds, never a throttle, and yes, I download a great deal and constantly work from home. My current town (25k people) has stiff competition from the local phone company but the other two didn't have any real competition. I have had a few cable boxes stop working but they replaced them. Twice in the new home, the cable didn't work right but a tech was out the next day, after 6pm at our request. So they have had hardware issues, but they don't make the hardware. When I call, I usually get a human in 5 minutes (+/- 5 minutes), which isn't great, but it isn't bad. Their prices are not exactly cheap, but I seldom have network downtime, even in bad weather. I know their reputation is terrible in most places, but we have been pretty lucky here. Not perfect, but very reasonable service.
Try using bittorrent (for any reason) for a month or two, then come back and tell us how great they are.
It's not my fault the summary was written poorly
You could always try reading the article.
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Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com/
Name Server: NS1.NONEXISTE.NET
Name Server: NS2.NONEXISTE.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 08-feb-2010
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It just has a picture of a very nice rainbow, over some island city.
Sure you can. Third offense of just possession of cocaine can get you a $250,000 fine in CT. CT isn't known as the most strict state in the union either. NJ has fines up to $300,000 for selling prescription drugs. Penalties for selling drugs often come with both prison time and fines.
Maybe 2.5 U.S. years is actually 30 metric years?
I love how these ads are being modded informative as opposed to funny.
Did you ever consider that *maybe* they were under the mistaken impression that orange juice *was* just for breakfast, but the post informed them that this is no longer the case? ;)
And it only took having my same sig for most of 10 years for it to actually be topical.
If I want real juice, I just drink Florida Orange Juice®. It's not just for breakfast anymore!
I guess you have never seen the Futurama episode, "A Fishful of Dollars".
Then you wouldn't need to remember your PIN number
It's the price of a cheese pizza and a large soda...
Linux doesn't have to worry about backwards compatibility because users are paying $0 for their software.
Not exactly true. I have paid for a great deal of software designed to specifically run on Linux. AVG's coroporate anti-virus server runs on Linux, tons of CRM and database applications run on Linux, even a lot of Perl based management suites for webhosting aren't free. And worth every penny from my experience. So far, compatibility hasn't been an issue when I upgrade for most, although many require a RH based system (RH/CentOS/Fedora) to work.
Steam on the PC works pretty much like that, and the servers are owned by individuals. Once you buy, it autoinstalls. No clicks needed. There are still TFC servers out there, over 100, and that game came out over 10 years ago. And with Steam, I can't lose the disk since there is none, and I can play at home, at work, on the laptop, etc. because I can install the software on all those systems, even tho I can only play on one at a time. If you have to have control, it is the least problematic way.
Wouldn't it make it possible to send the craft without humans, because it can be controlled "in real time" here from earth, and perhaps by the time it gets there, we might be able to transport the humans to the ship? All we needed was a destination that we know we could safely send them. That and the technology to do such a thing.
"Troll" is a convenient word used for people you don't agree with. It's a way to instantly silence your opposition. I seriously doubt that the majority of people pirating games go out and buy it as an act of good will. You act as if game developers need to follow exactly what you say or you are just going to pirate it anyway. It just doesn't work this way.
Again, someone doesn't read the actual post. I have paid for every game I have. I have downloaded cracks to make them more convenient. If a crack wasn't reasonably possible or the DRM too draconian, I wouldn't buy the game (Spore, for instance). I can't speak for others, only for myself. I have no problem paying for what I use, but I want to use it the way I want, or I won't buy it. I look for games that have no DRM and favor them (the last two IGT slot machine games come to mind, I bought both)
I understand most pirates are not this way, but a significant number are, including me. Half the games I buy are on Steam, with its DRM that is reasonable.
As for pirating music, I have no idea, I have never pirated a song. If not for DRM, I would never have downloaded a game crack, so you can also say that DRM was responsible for creating a demand for the crack, and giving me a reason to learn how to find a crack. The fact that you find it hard to believe that a person who downloads a crack has actually bought the game, (based on your insistence) but that doesn't change the fact that *some* of us do.
Keep in mind that the vast majority of these attacks are not going after kernel flaws, they are typically going after PHP or MySQL flaws, or default PHP/MySQL settings more than anything. Some obvious Windows exploits are tried, but not that many as it is easy to test if a server is Windows or Linux based in a script, so that is rare in my logs. I haven't run FTP in years, but I remember a bunch of attempts using dictionary attacks when I did.
Of course, the most common attack is simply SSH logins using common names and passwords. This is why admins like myself move SSH to a different port, which removes 99% of dictionary attacks on SSH, as these are scripts looking for low hanging fruit. Finding what possible port SSH is on would require a wide port scan, which raises a red flag by itself.
I tend to agree with AC below. This demonstrates how fudged up the USPTO is, caught up in their own bureaucracy to be truly effective at what they are charged to do. It is one more reason to doubt the validity of their actions, a direct example.