If owning "hacking tools" is illegal, who is going to stop developers from releasing bug ridden "rush-ware"? If someone offers an "e-commerece" solution that has more holes in it than telnet with dictionary based passwords, a victim of a "crack" where by all their DMCA protected files and Credit Cards info were stolen, the developer who offered the "shit-ware" to them should be held accountable. Then I guarantee, you will see a dramatic increase in security. OpenBSD has shown, to some extent, that even a small group of developers can make a very secure default install.
If owning "hacking tools" is illegal, who is going to stop developers from releasing bug ridden "rush-ware"? If someone offers an "e-commerece" solution that has more holes in it than telnet with dictionary based passwords, a victim of a "crack" where by all their DMCA protected files and Credit Cards info were stolen, the developer who offered the "shit-ware" to them should be held accountable. Then I guarantee, you will see a dramatic increase in security. OpenBSD has shown, to some extent, that even a small group of developers can make a very secure default install.
Since our law makers and their corporate sponsers are inept, this will do NOTHING. They go after FTP, HTTP, and IRC to battle piracy when Hotline has kiddie porn. They go after Napster, when Gnutella and Scour do the same thing and more. If they can't read about it in 10 minutes, they don't know it exists. Does anyone actually beleive that making the ownership and distributation of hacking tools illegal will stop people from breaking into your computer? The fact that they can go to prison certainly didn't stop them. What makes anyone think adding more stuff to the list will stop them?
Oh well, as soon as some Russian kid breaks in to a corporate site and steals every CC there....errr..
Bad parents raise children who become bad adults. This is almost always true (with exceptional cases excluded). If you are a smoker, you're kid is more likely to be a smoker. If you are aggressive, your kid is more likely to be aggressive. If you wank your monkey every day looking at porn, you're kid will....
Second. Library's should NEVER be a place for censorship. At our local library they have initiated a novel idea. Two computer rooms. One with a person sitting all day making sure porn isn't on the screen of some kiddie, one with no monitor. You MUST be 18+ to go in the room without a monitor, just like you do if you want to buy the latest issue of "The Worlds Biggest Titties".
You can NOT legislate common sense. It is common sense a 10 year old should NOT be looking at porn. But you know what, what I was 10 I had a Penthouse collection. If you put filters on every PC on the planet, kids will still have access to porn, just like I did before the Brens-Lee changed the world.
Parents, sit with your children and talk to them. You might be surprise just how cool of a person they really are.
I don't know about you, but the people I know can barely drive a car, much less fly personal jet packs. I can juse see it now, "John Doe was killed today by flying into the Empire State building....making him the 345th person to die this week......"
Red Hat's University Program made an initial donation of over $350,000 in open source software and tools
This is where Red Hat has an advantage over Microsoft (and to some extent Apple/Be/etc). If Microsoft donated $350,000 in software to a Universtiy so that they would employ NT everywhere in the Engineering department, it would be called market dumping and would be another thing the DOJ and the EU could raise in their investigations. Couse, though that doesn't stop the Bill Gates foundation from doing it (mostly in Europe iirc).
1) TrueType fonts can't be used or distributed without a license (Apple owns the patents)
2) DirectX technologies are either patented by MS or licensed (circumventing this MIGHT be possible, reverse engineer them, find a different way to do the same exact thing)
3) The Windows task bar is patented (yeah, I know...)
4) The registry and the manner it is modified, protected, installed, etc is patented
5) Crashing to an unusable state is patented (Microsoft made sure to get that one)
Some time ago, there was a really big powerful computer company that decided to make Personal Computers and licensed a clone of CP/M from a small company that was owned by the son of a personal friend of the CEO of the larger company. This Personal Computer (PC) had an "protection mechanism" called a BIOS that was designed to stop other companys from making a PC that did the same exact thing as this larger company. Then a smaller company came along and "reverse-engineered" this BIOS, licensed the CLONE of CP/M that the larger company was using and began selling CLONES of the larger companies computers.
They were sued. They won. The WinTel PC industry was born. This doesn't even take into account the amount of software "look and feel" cloning that took place some 8-9 years later.
If figuring out how something works is a crime, then curosity should be outlawed. Quite frankly is someone can reverse engineer it, odds are it was so damn obvious, it didn't deserve protection in the first place.
This is a difficult question to answer. Apple assemble's them (or contracts out) from parts and adds custom boards (ColorSync, for example). It's the custom boards and their choice of only using high quality parts that make them stand out. Their color accuracy is astounding, expecially considering that all of the color calibration is done in internal hardware.
Apple offers, pretty much, the best monitors (or one of the best monitors) on the planet. Their flat panels are no exception. You'll need Apple hardware, which I assume you don't have. Sony also has a fine selection of flat panels. Altough slightly unrelated, they even offer a wall mountable 24' TV. I bet you can get a TV card, and hook up your computer to it.
I find it fascinating that someone would actually think that Jon's long winded, poorly written "expose" on flaming is worth reading. A good writer can say with one sentence what takes a bad writer to do in a book. Long != Good. Ususally, Long==Long-winded diatribe. Now this isn't always the case. Hegel had a habit of being long-winded, but in his genius, he was justified in doing so. Then you come upon a writer like Noth, whose exactness and brievity inspired students and scholars alike, which is what I'm talking about.
Jon Katz is not Hegel, nor Noth. Jon Katz is not NYTimes material. Jon Katz would be lucky to get a job at our local newspaper.
This crap reads like it was written in one sitting. Just as I am doing now, but I'm not writing FOR a profit based website. This craps looks like he NEVER had a thesis, just an idea and set of ramblings.
Being someone who generated 12,000 hits in 36 hours by flaming Ryan Meader of MOSR, I can say a 'detailed analysis' of flaming is bullshit. Flaming is little more than being juvenile again. I like to flame someone in good fun every now and then, but I liken it to squirting someone with a water gun. Annoying enough to get thier attention, but not enough to go to jail for.
MacOS X installs a boot partition. If you had used Apples partition utility and made MacOS X PB the first partition on the harddrive, just as the instructions say, this would not have happened. Before you act surprised you should read the documentation.
I've been using OS X PB as a desktop OS for almost two weeks now (no reboots, no shutdowns since install). I think his UI concerns are little more than personal taste, and not as objective as he would make it out to be.
The one that stands out the most, is that he wants a equalivent replacement for the Apple Menu. Why? The Apple menu is one of the WORST elements in MacOS. It is NOT obvious it's a menu, it is NOT obvious how to add things to it and quite frankly a clear majority of users (both Mac and Windows) I know just put alias' on their desktops. The entire GUI is point and click. It took me about 30 minutes to figure out it's quirks.
He also left out one of the most relevent piece of ease of use info about Mac OS X. Drag and Drop installation of Applications. No Applications can install into the system folder. How novel. Uncompress the file (if necissary) and drag it to the Applications folder. This is a BIG deduction in tech support costs since the OS is locked and root is hidden, no Extension conficts, no DLL hell.
"But Ms. Watney blamed the oversight on 'administrative staff' at the research institute, saying they had provided the file to the Justice Department with the names already redacted, and that the department had merely posted the information online."
Me: Why are people with classified clearance on the review group?
Jan 98. Steve Jobs is about to step on stage and announce a slew of new products, including OS X. During his speech, Bill Gates himself is invited on the stage to annouce that MS is investing in $250 million in Apple (non-voting stock) and the MS was releasing Office 98 for the Mac (which still has features Office 2000 doesn't have).
What did MS get out of this? IE on Mac desktops everywhere and MORE importantly the validation of Apple Inc in the eyes of consumers. This meant that Apple could continue to offer it's products in the same exact stores as MS does. MS makes IE standard (which it is even on Macs), and maintains the view that MS is not alone.
Move forward to Oct 00. MS invests in Corel. Why? Easy, MS NEEDS Linux and more speficially, Corel, which makes an Office suit which it BUNDLES with a Linux, to continue to exist. If Corel die and it's Office Suite divested, it adds to the arguement that MS needs to be broken up. If Corel thives and lives in the consumer space, just as Apple has, MS can point to them and say, "Hey, they bundle Office, and a share of the desktop space...".
MS investment in Apple justified Apple in the consumer world at a time when they were down. MS investment in Corel will do the same.
They can't let Corel die. It's makes bad business sense.
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If owning "hacking tools" is illegal, who is going to stop developers from releasing bug ridden "rush-ware"? If someone offers an "e-commerece" solution that has more holes in it than telnet with dictionary based passwords, a victim of a "crack" where by all their DMCA protected files and Credit Cards info were stolen, the developer who offered the "shit-ware" to them should be held accountable. Then I guarantee, you will see a dramatic increase in security. OpenBSD has shown, to some extent, that even a small group of developers can make a very secure default install.
If owning "hacking tools" is illegal, who is going to stop developers from releasing bug ridden "rush-ware"? If someone offers an "e-commerece" solution that has more holes in it than telnet with dictionary based passwords, a victim of a "crack" where by all their DMCA protected files and Credit Cards info were stolen, the developer who offered the "shit-ware" to them should be held accountable. Then I guarantee, you will see a dramatic increase in security. OpenBSD has shown, to some extent, that even a small group of developers can make a very secure default install.
Oh well, as soon as some Russian kid breaks in to a corporate site and steals every CC there....errr..
shrug
Second. Library's should NEVER be a place for censorship. At our local library they have initiated a novel idea. Two computer rooms. One with a person sitting all day making sure porn isn't on the screen of some kiddie, one with no monitor. You MUST be 18+ to go in the room without a monitor, just like you do if you want to buy the latest issue of "The Worlds Biggest Titties".
You can NOT legislate common sense. It is common sense a 10 year old should NOT be looking at porn. But you know what, what I was 10 I had a Penthouse collection. If you put filters on every PC on the planet, kids will still have access to porn, just like I did before the Brens-Lee changed the world.
Parents, sit with your children and talk to them. You might be surprise just how cool of a person they really are.
Hate to burst your bubble, but the darwin awards were an Urban Legend that caught on in the internet and later became several web pages.
No thanks, I'll stick to my bicycle.
This is where Red Hat has an advantage over Microsoft (and to some extent Apple/Be/etc). If Microsoft donated $350,000 in software to a Universtiy so that they would employ NT everywhere in the Engineering department, it would be called market dumping and would be another thing the DOJ and the EU could raise in their investigations. Couse, though that doesn't stop the Bill Gates foundation from doing it (mostly in Europe iirc).
2) DirectX technologies are either patented by MS or licensed (circumventing this MIGHT be possible, reverse engineer them, find a different way to do the same exact thing)
3) The Windows task bar is patented (yeah, I know...)
4) The registry and the manner it is modified, protected, installed, etc is patented
5) Crashing to an unusable state is patented (Microsoft made sure to get that one)
You get the point.
They were sued. They won. The WinTel PC industry was born. This doesn't even take into account the amount of software "look and feel" cloning that took place some 8-9 years later.
If figuring out how something works is a crime, then curosity should be outlawed. Quite frankly is someone can reverse engineer it, odds are it was so damn obvious, it didn't deserve protection in the first place.
I think a good start would to be elect G.W. Bush as the US President.
Motorola also annouced 1Ghz G4's, as planned. Coming to a Mac near you.
Antitrust person: Then why do you presume that if someone buys a PC without an OS, they will just pirate Windows?
Microsoft: That's just it, we compete against piracy!
Antitrust person: So people have a choice between buying your OS with a machine and pirating it and that is completition?
Microsoft: Yes, and we compete against other network appliances and handhelds.
Antitrust person: You mean like WebTV and PocketPC's?
Microsoft: Don't forget the Palm Pilot!
Antitrust person: Doesn't that require a PC to have functionality?
Microsoft: Yes, but if it has a pirated version of Windows....
Good Grief.
This is a difficult question to answer. Apple assemble's them (or contracts out) from parts and adds custom boards (ColorSync, for example). It's the custom boards and their choice of only using high quality parts that make them stand out. Their color accuracy is astounding, expecially considering that all of the color calibration is done in internal hardware.
ADC and DVI are not proprietary. They are part of the upcoming standards for hookup of settop boxes to your Digital TV.
Apple offers, pretty much, the best monitors (or one of the best monitors) on the planet. Their flat panels are no exception. You'll need Apple hardware, which I assume you don't have. Sony also has a fine selection of flat panels. Altough slightly unrelated, they even offer a wall mountable 24' TV. I bet you can get a TV card, and hook up your computer to it.
Jon Katz is not Hegel, nor Noth. Jon Katz is not NYTimes material. Jon Katz would be lucky to get a job at our local newspaper.
This crap reads like it was written in one sitting. Just as I am doing now, but I'm not writing FOR a profit based website. This craps looks like he NEVER had a thesis, just an idea and set of ramblings.
It is of quality only Jon Katz could achieve.
Being someone who generated 12,000 hits in 36 hours by flaming Ryan Meader of MOSR, I can say a 'detailed analysis' of flaming is bullshit. Flaming is little more than being juvenile again. I like to flame someone in good fun every now and then, but I liken it to squirting someone with a water gun. Annoying enough to get thier attention, but not enough to go to jail for.
Figures
Step 2: Show your boss OpenBSD's listing at Bugtraq (read: "...This was fixed 5 months ago..."
Step 3: Use OpenBSD for security (with lowers costs)
Not that many people are keen to interacting with 3-D web pages either.
MacOS X installs a boot partition. If you had used Apples partition utility and made MacOS X PB the first partition on the harddrive, just as the instructions say, this would not have happened. Before you act surprised you should read the documentation.
The one that stands out the most, is that he wants a equalivent replacement for the Apple Menu. Why? The Apple menu is one of the WORST elements in MacOS. It is NOT obvious it's a menu, it is NOT obvious how to add things to it and quite frankly a clear majority of users (both Mac and Windows) I know just put alias' on their desktops. The entire GUI is point and click. It took me about 30 minutes to figure out it's quirks.
He also left out one of the most relevent piece of ease of use info about Mac OS X. Drag and Drop installation of Applications. No Applications can install into the system folder. How novel. Uncompress the file (if necissary) and drag it to the Applications folder. This is a BIG deduction in tech support costs since the OS is locked and root is hidden, no Extension conficts, no DLL hell.
Me: Why are people with classified clearance on the review group?
DOJ: We thought that information was secret!
Me: You didn't answer my question.
DOJ: What question?
We aren't that stupid. Give me a break.
They should host a "Survivor" series on Mir. Imagine the consequences of being "expelled" from the "Island".....
What did MS get out of this? IE on Mac desktops everywhere and MORE importantly the validation of Apple Inc in the eyes of consumers. This meant that Apple could continue to offer it's products in the same exact stores as MS does. MS makes IE standard (which it is even on Macs), and maintains the view that MS is not alone.
Move forward to Oct 00. MS invests in Corel. Why? Easy, MS NEEDS Linux and more speficially, Corel, which makes an Office suit which it BUNDLES with a Linux, to continue to exist. If Corel die and it's Office Suite divested, it adds to the arguement that MS needs to be broken up. If Corel thives and lives in the consumer space, just as Apple has, MS can point to them and say, "Hey, they bundle Office, and a share of the desktop space...".
MS investment in Apple justified Apple in the consumer world at a time when they were down. MS investment in Corel will do the same.
They can't let Corel die. It's makes bad business sense.