I don't see how it is supposedly "broken". It works as intended, giving control to the user. You can just as well go out in the street, put up a picture of someone and write his name on it. It's not like you get some automatic notification about it, unless someone tells you about it. It's just a tool, and you can use tools for both good and bad. Or with a slashdot analogy, are we going to start blaming BitTorrent as a technology because it can be used for both illegal downloading and for legit things like downloading Blizzard updates?
They own it within the context. "Real Alternative" that obviously is similar software etc (well, just see the name) does violate it. Facebook also owns both parts of their name within the same context. That's how Facebook shut down the adult website that mimicked their name and style.
In this case Real Alternative, which breaks RealNetworks patents and copyrights. Sure, suing for linking to it is pretty stupid, but US government seems to be closing sites that link to TV series too. Blame US laws, not RealNetworks.
Apache is just like all the other projects that grow too big and people get ignorent towards the basic things like fast performance and security.
Apache is kind of PHP of the web servers. It's easy to use, it's supported by every webhost since everybody is used to it, and their developers don't spend too much consideration on security and perfomance. And this is coming from someone who uses Apache and PHP.
If you truly want secure, fast-performance web server, use nginx. It's much better done than Apache.
Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking too. Steve Jobs was always mostly about the design and user interfaces. He had Wozniak to do nerdy stuff. Bill Gates, however, was a geek. He built Microsoft and lots of good geeky stuff. He had interesting ideas too. Not just about fancy designs, but actual geeky stuff - if you have read any of his books. Yes, he is also a business man, but he mostly had other people to handle that part.
He mostly set it in design. But realistically, he took the whole open platforms and devices to really bad direction with the closeness of iOS and maybe upcoming Macs. Would you really want that for computer world?
Just because GameStop agreed to the EULA by opening the box (not that this has ever been agreed to in court, or that I know of Deus Ex even having this), doesn't mean you can violate their terms.
the best way to do that is to... engage in behaviour that will really piss a good portion of your customers off?
I seriously doubt that it will piss off a good portion of their customers. Most will probably never know, and those that do just don't really care. Not that I agree with removing them, but just wanted to point that one out.
Exactly this. Imagine if Windows allowed overwriting files like that. Especially when programs are explicitly requesting write lock on the file. So many people would be complaining about important documents that got destroyed and crashing applications.
If we can't even get basic computer security right, would you really trust every aspect of your life to algorithms? The fact is that science doesn't really know anything. There are still a lot of things that need to be done on per issue basis. This is especially true in medical care. I should know because just this year I spent months in a hospital on issue that even the doctors didn't know about. They still don't know, but they could only help with what they felt was right and what I tried to tell (not an easy task for a computer, advanced input processing).
The fact is, since we don't really know that much in science, and that coders make stupid errors with security and algorithms we really aren't ready for that. Where they are used (like air planes), they have been greated with great effort, lots of testing and between long time. We can't affort that for everything - human labor is cheaper.
So then it's a badly designed program. You can't really blame Microsoft for that. Locking the file keeps it from beginning destroyed by two or more concurrent writing operations and signals to the other program that it should wait while the operation is finished. Linux also has lock switch for files - do you also blame Linux distros for that, or do you blame the badly designed programs?
You can replace/overwrite it. Only time you cannot do that is if the software developer has made his program to specifically lock that file, and usually there's a good reason for that.
No, it's not unreasonable because they are profiting from it. Google has a wide range of keywords and other security measurements in place to ensure someone isn't frauding them. Hell, it's their core business - they need to secure it, and they have. Google does manual reviews for advertisements already, especially if it's from certain category or triggered by the keyword advertiser wants to advertise for. But Google made so much money (billions) from such advertisements that they tried to avoid that responsibility and go with "but we are trying!" line. It's not that hard to do. Google has all that info and algorithms already - they just decided to take a risk. I guess it payed off too, since they made billions in profit but only had to pay $500 million.
It's not about Google indexing them, it's about Google advertising them (to clarify, within the advertised results). You aren't really allowed to carry illegal advertisements in newspapers either.
It just shows that most people have double standards. When they or someone they know do it, it's all good. When it's someone else, it's the root of evil.
That might be ok for hobby or niche sites, but general homepages just about the people? That's a case when I seriously rather take the Facebook's common interface. I don't want to go see hundreds of homepages/blogs/etc with all different looks and features. If you have an interesting blog about some certain thing, sure, but not just for personal stuff.
It just shows that competition is good. Facebook has pretty much added all the features people criticized them lacking. It will be hard time for Google+ now.
So to sum it up, hardware, technical support, etc, is not what matters at all here. It's about writing software for large, profitable markets. We're talking about developers for one tiny, insignificant, stagnant platform being lured to another tiny, insignificant, stagnant platform (and I'm referring to hardware market share, growth, etc, not how much money the parent company has to throw around). It's really not even much of a story in the first place in that light.
Think about what you're saying, and then replace that with the same words about Linux (or even Apple and Macs).
10 years is a long time. Learning a new language really isn't that hard, especially today. It it were for that kind of thinking we would still be using punch cards with everything.
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I don't see how it is supposedly "broken". It works as intended, giving control to the user. You can just as well go out in the street, put up a picture of someone and write his name on it. It's not like you get some automatic notification about it, unless someone tells you about it. It's just a tool, and you can use tools for both good and bad. Or with a slashdot analogy, are we going to start blaming BitTorrent as a technology because it can be used for both illegal downloading and for legit things like downloading Blizzard updates?
Oh, you must be new to the real world. Because here big corporations get away with things you wouldn't get. Scary, isn't it.
They own it within the context. "Real Alternative" that obviously is similar software etc (well, just see the name) does violate it. Facebook also owns both parts of their name within the same context. That's how Facebook shut down the adult website that mimicked their name and style.
As you might have noticed, US or US companies don't seem to have any problems at forcing their laws down other nationals.
In this case Real Alternative, which breaks RealNetworks patents and copyrights. Sure, suing for linking to it is pretty stupid, but US government seems to be closing sites that link to TV series too. Blame US laws, not RealNetworks.
In another news, Apple has announced a new revolutionary product never done before - iResign.
Apache is just like all the other projects that grow too big and people get ignorent towards the basic things like fast performance and security.
Apache is kind of PHP of the web servers. It's easy to use, it's supported by every webhost since everybody is used to it, and their developers don't spend too much consideration on security and perfomance. And this is coming from someone who uses Apache and PHP.
If you truly want secure, fast-performance web server, use nginx. It's much better done than Apache.
Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking too. Steve Jobs was always mostly about the design and user interfaces. He had Wozniak to do nerdy stuff. Bill Gates, however, was a geek. He built Microsoft and lots of good geeky stuff. He had interesting ideas too. Not just about fancy designs, but actual geeky stuff - if you have read any of his books. Yes, he is also a business man, but he mostly had other people to handle that part.
No, buy. I'm going full-in. I'll be an millionaire.
He mostly set it in design. But realistically, he took the whole open platforms and devices to really bad direction with the closeness of iOS and maybe upcoming Macs. Would you really want that for computer world?
Square Enix packed the competitor's coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge
kind of says it's not mentioned on the box.
Just because GameStop agreed to the EULA by opening the box (not that this has ever been agreed to in court, or that I know of Deus Ex even having this), doesn't mean you can violate their terms.
the best way to do that is to... engage in behaviour that will really piss a good portion of your customers off?
I seriously doubt that it will piss off a good portion of their customers. Most will probably never know, and those that do just don't really care. Not that I agree with removing them, but just wanted to point that one out.
Exactly this. Imagine if Windows allowed overwriting files like that. Especially when programs are explicitly requesting write lock on the file. So many people would be complaining about important documents that got destroyed and crashing applications.
If we can't even get basic computer security right, would you really trust every aspect of your life to algorithms? The fact is that science doesn't really know anything. There are still a lot of things that need to be done on per issue basis. This is especially true in medical care. I should know because just this year I spent months in a hospital on issue that even the doctors didn't know about. They still don't know, but they could only help with what they felt was right and what I tried to tell (not an easy task for a computer, advanced input processing).
The fact is, since we don't really know that much in science, and that coders make stupid errors with security and algorithms we really aren't ready for that. Where they are used (like air planes), they have been greated with great effort, lots of testing and between long time. We can't affort that for everything - human labor is cheaper.
So then it's a badly designed program. You can't really blame Microsoft for that. Locking the file keeps it from beginning destroyed by two or more concurrent writing operations and signals to the other program that it should wait while the operation is finished. Linux also has lock switch for files - do you also blame Linux distros for that, or do you blame the badly designed programs?
You can replace/overwrite it. Only time you cannot do that is if the software developer has made his program to specifically lock that file, and usually there's a good reason for that.
No, it's not unreasonable because they are profiting from it. Google has a wide range of keywords and other security measurements in place to ensure someone isn't frauding them. Hell, it's their core business - they need to secure it, and they have. Google does manual reviews for advertisements already, especially if it's from certain category or triggered by the keyword advertiser wants to advertise for. But Google made so much money (billions) from such advertisements that they tried to avoid that responsibility and go with "but we are trying!" line. It's not that hard to do. Google has all that info and algorithms already - they just decided to take a risk. I guess it payed off too, since they made billions in profit but only had to pay $500 million.
It's not about Google indexing them, it's about Google advertising them (to clarify, within the advertised results). You aren't really allowed to carry illegal advertisements in newspapers either.
It just shows that most people have double standards. When they or someone they know do it, it's all good. When it's someone else, it's the root of evil.
That might be ok for hobby or niche sites, but general homepages just about the people? That's a case when I seriously rather take the Facebook's common interface. I don't want to go see hundreds of homepages/blogs/etc with all different looks and features. If you have an interesting blog about some certain thing, sure, but not just for personal stuff.
It just shows that competition is good. Facebook has pretty much added all the features people criticized them lacking. It will be hard time for Google+ now.
So to sum it up, hardware, technical support, etc, is not what matters at all here. It's about writing software for large, profitable markets. We're talking about developers for one tiny, insignificant, stagnant platform being lured to another tiny, insignificant, stagnant platform (and I'm referring to hardware market share, growth, etc, not how much money the parent company has to throw around). It's really not even much of a story in the first place in that light.
Think about what you're saying, and then replace that with the same words about Linux (or even Apple and Macs).
10 years is a long time. Learning a new language really isn't that hard, especially today. It it were for that kind of thinking we would still be using punch cards with everything.
You don't need to click on the banners. Most sites are being paid by impressions, not clicks. This includes Slashdot too.