Luckily, most people that use Debian are "unstable", which should have a fix in the pipeline, er, fifteen minutes after the bill initially hit paper.:)
>> Society does need some regulation of public behavior for public good though.
That concept has always seemed a little redundant to me. Why is it okay for parents to swear like hell around (at) their kids, but the moment someone on TV does it, it's time to light the torches?
>>but broadcast television is in some way public behavior, because of its wide exposure.
I hope so, or it wouldn't be broadcast, would it?
>>Wide release movies are similar as well.
Small-release foreign "artsy" films, regardless of the sexual nature, are better, because it only creates a handful of psychopathic deviants.
>>To ask parents to put their kids in a cocoon and never let them out (they may get exposed to something horrible outside of the house), is unreasonable.
Which is why it is better to expose your children, under your careful supervision, to the things they might encounter once they have grown. You don't protect a child from falling down the stairs by preventing him/her from ever seeing steps until they move out of the house, you keep them safe by putting barriers in the way, and gradually you remove the barriers, and give them the guidance and protection they need until they can handle them on their own.
>>At some point you have to regulate some things everyone gets exposed to so that some of them don't have psychological trauma from the experience.
I agree. Parents should be put away if their kid walks in on them when they're having sex. Screwed me up for years...:)
It's not that odd, once you understand the MS indoctrination program. See, MS believes fear is the best control device. Teach the user that computers are scary, dangerous things, and the users will not attempt "complicated" manuevers like you suggest.
My guess is that most users, upon hitting the right click button (via bumping their mouse against their cappacino cups early in the morning), fly into a panic, slam the power button, and grab the phone to call their favorite guru. The guru (if a hired hand), carefully crafted in the spirit of "reinstall, reinstall, reinstall," reinstalls the software, and "fixes the problem."
Do you have any idea how much power that would draw? The kids that could play those games would make Arnold whimper. The average, fairly healthy person can barely pedal a handful of 100 watt bulbs for a few seconds, much less power a TV and video game system for minutes at a time.
Actually, there's one school of thought that this is how the rich (individuals or companies) gain that wealth. Sam Walton (of Walmart fame) loved the comparison, and continued to own old pickups that most people would be embarrassed to own. Look at some of the companies you've worked for (especially the smaller, privately-owned ones), and wondered, "Why the heck don't they toss some of this old crap and (or) get something newer and better?"
This is a pretty good idea. If anything, it will help curb the script kiddies indesciminantly flinging exploits around. Unless you want that overflow you found to get patched, pick and choose your targets carefully.
Not really, as script kiddies, by definition, don't typically discover exploits, they're more thrill seekers looking for an ego trip. When an exploit stops working, they'll just move on to another. When (if?) exploits become hard to find, because true crackers protect them better, the script kiddies will return to their previous pursuits, games and porn.
We had sleet on and off all day. Of course, if you live in Michigan, the saying is, "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." Tommorrow it's supposed to be about 65-70. Thursday we'll probably have to watch out for fire and brimstone.:)
I think I've been watching too many Sci-Fi movies recently, because I read it as "a Form 5 slashdotter". As in: "Form-5 slashdotterbot, awaiting your command." Although Form-5 Slashdotters don't have all the newest features of Form-6 and later Slashdotters, their unique anti-troll capabilities more than make up for antiquity. I need to get out more...:)
...of that old deal South Park did with Cartman's "real dad". Namely, you were so sure it would come to a close with the "next" episode (and it didn't), that when it really did, you just didn't care anymore. Not that/. will lose as many fans as SP did during that mess, but it is reminiscent.
Oh, yeah, forgot about the meat of the post, my bad.
Tabbed browsing doesn't count (it was, more or less, Opera that popularized this). More directly, I was referring to incremental, sort of innovative ideas, like adding a translation option to the menu, third party extension capability that can be implemented in a few hours (try writing an extension for IE, it's fun), conveniences like being able to adjust browser fonts from the keyboard (instead of bouncing around the mouse when you just need the ability to change things quickly), and that's just a glimpse at an OS browser.
Linux's innovation is its nature. There is no other base code that runs on anything nearly the number of hardware platforms Linux runs on. As such, innovations come from areas far and wide, and granted, most of them mean little from a user's aspect. Still, a quick trip through a Linux kernel configuration is an eye-opener in itself. Claiming no innovation in Linux (a FOSS project) is a fool's errand, and that neglects some of the amazing things that have been accomplished at the code level.
Primarily though, it isn't "a program", or "an innovation" that drew my comment. It's the overarching, generalization that nothing offered up by anyone inside the FOSS world could possibly be worthy of credit. Money is nice, a well known company helps, but your idea that FOSS is copycat-only proves your ignorance for one simple reason:
People write software. Corporations sell it. Not the other way around. People create innovation, ideas. Corporations are chunks of property, physical or otherwise.
MS, Apple, SUN, etc., are corporations. They hire fine people. They pay them well, and because of that, those people are expected to provide new and innovative ideas. However, as Sony has proved time and time again, corporations have a vested interest in releasing innovation piecemeal, a little at a time, drawing in as much income as possible. There is nothing wrong with that.
However, there is nothing precluding a person, by themselves or in concert with others, from being innovative and contributing to a FOSS project. This is why your previous post consists of nothing more than pointless electrons wasting space on millions of monitors. (The physicists get it.):)
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Well, maybe if the evenings are longer, they'll be too tired for...uh, nevermind. :)
Luckily, most people that use Debian are "unstable", which should have a fix in the pipeline, er, fifteen minutes after the bill initially hit paper. :)
>> Society does need some regulation of public behavior for public good though.
:)
That concept has always seemed a little redundant to me. Why is it okay for parents to swear like hell around (at) their kids, but the moment someone on TV does it, it's time to light the torches?
>>but broadcast television is in some way public behavior, because of its wide exposure.
I hope so, or it wouldn't be broadcast, would it?
>>Wide release movies are similar as well.
Small-release foreign "artsy" films, regardless of the sexual nature, are better, because it only creates a handful of psychopathic deviants.
>>To ask parents to put their kids in a cocoon and never let them out (they may get exposed to something horrible outside of the house), is unreasonable.
Which is why it is better to expose your children, under your careful supervision, to the things they might encounter once they have grown. You don't protect a child from falling down the stairs by preventing him/her from ever seeing steps until they move out of the house, you keep them safe by putting barriers in the way, and gradually you remove the barriers, and give them the guidance and protection they need until they can handle them on their own.
>>At some point you have to regulate some things everyone gets exposed to so that some of them don't have psychological trauma from the experience.
I agree. Parents should be put away if their kid walks in on them when they're having sex. Screwed me up for years...
Then when he got back home, his older brother and his friends smacked him around and chewed his tail for not getting the game. Much better... :)
Darn, and I thought the delay was due to the fact that they need the extra time to teach their "new programmers" English...
It's not that odd, once you understand the MS indoctrination program. See, MS believes fear is the best control device. Teach the user that computers are scary, dangerous things, and the users will not attempt "complicated" manuevers like you suggest.
My guess is that most users, upon hitting the right click button (via bumping their mouse against their cappacino cups early in the morning), fly into a panic, slam the power button, and grab the phone to call their favorite guru. The guru (if a hired hand), carefully crafted in the spirit of "reinstall, reinstall, reinstall," reinstalls the software, and "fixes the problem."
Until the next latte...
I'm not sure safety and diaper changing are in the same category...
Do you have any idea how much power that would draw? The kids that could play those games would make Arnold whimper. The average, fairly healthy person can barely pedal a handful of 100 watt bulbs for a few seconds, much less power a TV and video game system for minutes at a time.
Actually, there's one school of thought that this is how the rich (individuals or companies) gain that wealth. Sam Walton (of Walmart fame) loved the comparison, and continued to own old pickups that most people would be embarrassed to own. Look at some of the companies you've worked for (especially the smaller, privately-owned ones), and wondered, "Why the heck don't they toss some of this old crap and (or) get something newer and better?"
:)
Now you know.
Not really, as script kiddies, by definition, don't typically discover exploits, they're more thrill seekers looking for an ego trip. When an exploit stops working, they'll just move on to another. When (if?) exploits become hard to find, because true crackers protect them better, the script kiddies will return to their previous pursuits, games and porn.
I don't know about that, but I tend to crash when our computer (aka, the accountant) starts talking about her work...
That's disgusting. I'll be using it tomorrow. :)
That was a laugh I needed today, thanks. :)
Nope, it's B.G.'s pet name for Steve Ballmer. I thought everybody knew that...
If that were true, MS wouldn't need to sell windows and office anymore, they could simply live off the income from xbox exploits from this contest...
We had sleet on and off all day. Of course, if you live in Michigan, the saying is, "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." Tommorrow it's supposed to be about 65-70. Thursday we'll probably have to watch out for fire and brimstone. :)
I think I've been watching too many Sci-Fi movies recently, because I read it as "a Form 5 slashdotter". As in: "Form-5 slashdotterbot, awaiting your command." Although Form-5 Slashdotters don't have all the newest features of Form-6 and later Slashdotters, their unique anti-troll capabilities more than make up for antiquity. I need to get out more... :)
Regardless, I'm not so sure "civilians" is the best word for people who tend to walk around with ak-47's slung over their shoulder...
I can't believe someone actually leaked all the OS improvements MS is including in Longhorn! Heads are sure to roll in Redmond. :)
Huh, and I thought it was an article summarizing all of MS's innovations over the last quarter century.
...of that old deal South Park did with Cartman's "real dad". Namely, you were so sure it would come to a close with the "next" episode (and it didn't), that when it really did, you just didn't care anymore. Not that /. will lose as many fans as SP did during that mess, but it is reminiscent.
Probably the first time the words "Paris Hilton" and "untouched" have appeared in the same paragraph...
LMAO! Of course, using that criteria, we'll be up to our armpits in spare donor organs in no time. :)
This is not a joke. On the internet, jokes are clearly marked with smilies. :-)
Oh, yeah, forgot about the meat of the post, my bad.
:)
Tabbed browsing doesn't count (it was, more or less, Opera that popularized this). More directly, I was referring to incremental, sort of innovative ideas, like adding a translation option to the menu, third party extension capability that can be implemented in a few hours (try writing an extension for IE, it's fun), conveniences like being able to adjust browser fonts from the keyboard (instead of bouncing around the mouse when you just need the ability to change things quickly), and that's just a glimpse at an OS browser.
Linux's innovation is its nature. There is no other base code that runs on anything nearly the number of hardware platforms Linux runs on. As such, innovations come from areas far and wide, and granted, most of them mean little from a user's aspect. Still, a quick trip through a Linux kernel configuration is an eye-opener in itself. Claiming no innovation in Linux (a FOSS project) is a fool's errand, and that neglects some of the amazing things that have been accomplished at the code level.
Primarily though, it isn't "a program", or "an innovation" that drew my comment. It's the overarching, generalization that nothing offered up by anyone inside the FOSS world could possibly be worthy of credit. Money is nice, a well known company helps, but your idea that FOSS is copycat-only proves your ignorance for one simple reason:
People write software. Corporations sell it. Not the other way around. People create innovation, ideas. Corporations are chunks of property, physical or otherwise.
MS, Apple, SUN, etc., are corporations. They hire fine people. They pay them well, and because of that, those people are expected to provide new and innovative ideas. However, as Sony has proved time and time again, corporations have a vested interest in releasing innovation piecemeal, a little at a time, drawing in as much income as possible. There is nothing wrong with that.
However, there is nothing precluding a person, by themselves or in concert with others, from being innovative and contributing to a FOSS project. This is why your previous post consists of nothing more than pointless electrons wasting space on millions of monitors. (The physicists get it.)