The fact that open source projects accept code from others doesn't mean that anyone can enter code into a project. New code is checked by a maintainer before being added to the project, to make sure it doesn't suck like closed source code often does.
Most of the old bugs are not in open sourced projects. Most of the open source projects find that security problems are in new code.
smart^W people like me are slow to change to new code unless they have to, because of security reasons. Doing that,others have time to find any bugs and straighten them out before we use the new code.
Its a win-win from a security standpoint to use open source. If you want - you can always do your own code review if you think something fishy is going on.
Please stop considering yourself smart.
> But I'm German!
So then it should be even easier for you to learn English to a degree where you don't sound like a retard, due to the close relation of English and German.
Chances are, though, that because of him having 'something he knows', he won't bother to learn what he doesn't (the CLI, notably) and eventually be frustrated about the brokenness of unix GUIs
Sorry to break it to you, but there's a Mach kernel working inside your system, not a FreeBSD kernel as many idiots like to believe. There's a bit of FreeBSD userland around, indeed, but it's nowhere near what Apple allows you to use. You don't use 'BSD, the Mac version', you use an Apple-Windows user interface on top of things you neither know, nor understand.
Many things can be reasonably questioned, including the reasonable questioning of things by others. Your fallacy seems to be assuming that just because something/can/ be questioned, it is likely to be not true, or made up, or whatever, which simply is the thinking of an Idiot. Note that you don't even provide any substantial reasons supporting your assumptions (which, then again, is typical for the average conspiracy theorist)...why do i even point this out...
Now we only need people who a) Rest while driving, b) Stretch while driving, c) Walk while driving, d) Urinate while driving, e) Masturbate while driving, f) Use their cell phone while driving, g) Read books while driving.
b) maybe, f) definitely.
a,c-e,g) bullshit, you're a moron.
Being popular as a distribution does not mean they are evil. And the comparison with Windows is just plain _stupid_
Microsoft promotes software patenting.
Microsoft embraces and extends open standards to break them - allows importing of data but only crappy exporting.
Nice set of straw men. Where did you see me saying Ubuntu was a) evil, b) popular or c) popular and thus evil?
And how is it stupid to compare a distro trying hard to be Windows-like with Windows? Are/you/ by any chance,,just plain stupid''?
Now, I do agree that Ubuntu made some less popular decisions to make money.
I was under the impression those were Canonical's decisions..
While I don't like it either, they are easily apt-get removed.
Now what? Ubuntu or Canonical is easily removed from Ubuntu?
Ubuntu also does their software development in OpenSource fashion.
Geez, did you CamelCase OpenSource? AreYouAJavaProgrammerByAnyChance?
Anyway Big deal. Doing software development,,in open source fashion'' is standard in the open source world. Hence the name,,open source'', internet superhero.
I think some of the ubuntu-bashing is unjustified and unconstructive.
I think some of A is B. For many values and combinations of A and B.
Ubuntu has a certain amount of critical mass which is very interesting and which leads to a better quality experience than for example with Fedora.
Especially since Unity, right?
While I don't agree with all the 'dumbing down', it still allows power user to dive as deep as they want into the system and into the code. And I like the fact that it's not required for novice users.
First thing a novice user should do, is/at least/ get familiar with the command line shell. If you like pushing around your mouse, you might just be better off with a Windows machine.
We see Ubuntu still as the distribution of choice for developer workstations.
Funny, we see Ubuntu as Canonical's variant of Windows(tm). For people who, for whatever reasons (stupid or legitimate), don't/want/ to get a clue about their machines.
If Ubuntu declines, then the question is to what?
Not sure. Would be awesome if there were lots of other distros on which you could run the same software. Oh, wait, there are.
Yes. That doesn't change the fact that 'free beer' is commonly known from events, parties (maybe not so much in your mum's basement, i give you that.), and, in that context, unambiguously means 'gratis'.
And that is why anyone with at least half a brain understands 'free as in beer' is to be taken as 'free as in free beer'.
I neither need nor want that sort of "security", i.e. blindly trusting some IC/firmware written by You-know-who to magically make my system 'secure'.
Protip: *nix users might be opposed to it because they are smart enough to understand the implications. You, and granny, who want their wintel box to Just Work(tm) on the other hand...
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what, all 15?
The fact that open source projects accept code from others doesn't mean that anyone can enter code into a project. New code is checked by a maintainer before being added to the project, to make sure it doesn't suck like closed source code often does.
Most of the old bugs are not in open sourced projects. Most of the open source projects find that security problems are in new code.
smart^W people like me are slow to change to new code unless they have to, because of security reasons. Doing that, others have time to find any bugs and straighten them out before we use the new code.
Its a win-win from a security standpoint to use open source. If you want - you can always do your own code review if you think something fishy is going on.
Please stop considering yourself smart.
> But I'm German!
So then it should be even easier for you to learn English to a degree where you don't sound like a retard, due to the close relation of English and German.
Best wishes,
Another German
everybody have a healthy offspring with great traits
Why did i read "great tits" there...?
I'm impressed you managed to spell it correctly.
perhaps they are tired by the obsolete and arbitrary units you've grown to love.
obvious troll is obvious
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Chances are, though, that because of him having 'something he knows', he won't bother to learn what he doesn't (the CLI, notably) and eventually be frustrated about the brokenness of unix GUIs
try harder
is fs a script because you aren't able to operate 'find', or is find simply not available on your oh-so-unixish os x?
How does Target Disk Mode even remotely rock? It turns the device into an external HD the (physical) size of the whole device in question.
What a nice piece of Apple-Fanboyism.
Who cares about you linux users?
Curiously,
a {Free,Net}BSD user
I was going to reply "You're an idiot", but then i reconsidered.
Then i saw your sig, and i reconsidered again.
You're an idiot.
If he's leaving Windows, why in the hell would he want to configure his Free^H^H^H^HPC-BSD to look like what he just left?
Sorry to break it to you, but there's a Mach kernel working inside your system, not a FreeBSD kernel as many idiots like to believe. There's a bit of FreeBSD userland around, indeed, but it's nowhere near what Apple allows you to use. You don't use 'BSD, the Mac version', you use an Apple-Windows user interface on top of things you neither know, nor understand.
Many things can be reasonably questioned, including the reasonable questioning of things by others. Your fallacy seems to be assuming that just because something /can/ be questioned, it is likely to be not true, or made up, or whatever, which simply is the thinking of an Idiot. Note that you don't even provide any substantial reasons supporting your assumptions (which, then again, is typical for the average conspiracy theorist) ...why do i even point this out...
I'll grant you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're trolling, not genuinely that stupid.
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What stationary object did they use to secure the system for the return trip?
The descent stage. You would know that if you had read the suggested Article
A blast like the one you are describing would blow lunar dust out of the way so quickly that there would be no way to control the trajectory.
Because a gyro needs a clear view to maintain orientation, or why is that?
I don't think that, and i didn't say so. What it does, is discouraging the user from learning. Therefore, the overall effect is just the same.
Your X server didnt know what your window manager was doing, the window manager didnt know what the running programs were doing
Which is exactly how it should be.
Rest stops. Stretch stops. Walking stops. Urination stops. Masturbation stops. Cell phone stops. Reading book stops.
Now we only need people who a) Rest while driving, b) Stretch while driving, c) Walk while driving, d) Urinate while driving, e) Masturbate while driving, f) Use their cell phone while driving, g) Read books while driving.
b) maybe, f) definitely.
a,c-e,g) bullshit, you're a moron.
What turned me off Linux based OSes 10-12 years ago was the amount of text file hacking that was required to get a usable system.
Thank god for modern concepts like ,,Registry'' and non human-readable binary file formats. Yay:)
Being popular as a distribution does not mean they are evil. And the comparison with Windows is just plain _stupid_ Microsoft promotes software patenting. Microsoft embraces and extends open standards to break them - allows importing of data but only crappy exporting.
Nice set of straw men. Where did you see me saying Ubuntu was a) evil, b) popular or c) popular and thus evil? /you/ by any chance ,,just plain stupid''?
And how is it stupid to compare a distro trying hard to be Windows-like with Windows? Are
Now, I do agree that Ubuntu made some less popular decisions to make money.
I was under the impression those were Canonical's decisions..
While I don't like it either, they are easily apt-get removed.
Now what? Ubuntu or Canonical is easily removed from Ubuntu?
Ubuntu also does their software development in OpenSource fashion.
Geez, did you CamelCase OpenSource? AreYouAJavaProgrammerByAnyChance? ,,in open source fashion'' is standard in the open source world. Hence the name ,,open source'', internet superhero.
Anyway Big deal. Doing software development
I think some of the ubuntu-bashing is unjustified and unconstructive.
I think some of A is B. For many values and combinations of A and B.
Ubuntu has a certain amount of critical mass which is very interesting and which leads to a better quality experience than for example with Fedora.
Especially since Unity, right?
While I don't agree with all the 'dumbing down', it still allows power user to dive as deep as they want into the system and into the code. And I like the fact that it's not required for novice users.
First thing a novice user should do, is /at least/ get familiar with the command line shell. If you like pushing around your mouse, you might just be better off with a Windows machine.
We see Ubuntu still as the distribution of choice for developer workstations.
Funny, we see Ubuntu as Canonical's variant of Windows(tm). For people who, for whatever reasons (stupid or legitimate), don't /want/ to get a clue about their machines.
If Ubuntu declines, then the question is to what?
Not sure. Would be awesome if there were lots of other distros on which you could run the same software.
Oh, wait, there are.
No. Because that's not what it says.
Are you by any chance mentally retarded?
Any non moron who gets beer usually pays for it.
Yes. That doesn't change the fact that 'free beer' is commonly known from events, parties (maybe not so much in your mum's basement, i give you that.), and, in that context, unambiguously means 'gratis'.
And that is why anyone with at least half a brain understands 'free as in beer' is to be taken as 'free as in free beer'.
The default state is that you pay for beer.
This is completely irrelevant.
You are wrong.
You're special.
I neither need nor want that sort of "security", i.e. blindly trusting some IC/firmware written by You-know-who to magically make my system 'secure'.
Protip: *nix users might be opposed to it because they are smart enough to understand the implications. You, and granny, who want their wintel box to Just Work(tm) on the other hand...