You are absolutely right. We should also enforce a maximum speed limit of 1kph on automobiles, because any faster and someone could get killed! Think of the thousands of people that die every year in cars going more than 1kph! We could save all those lives if we just banned driving?
Does this sound rediculous? It's exactly what you're saying, s/car/plane/.
> its [sic] not that hard to find out wtf the article's talking about
This reminds me of the old saying: Teach a man to research slashdot stories; he's a subscriber for one day. Give the man an answer in the comments, and he's a subscriber for life:)
> I don't particularly relish the idea of having to take MS's word for what's happening down in kernel or having theirs being the only powerful security/utility products availble.
Just the more reason to ditch unaudited proprietary operating systems, and use something more open. OpenBSD's aproach to security is much better than Windows + 100 (potentially buggy) commercial "security" apps. And it's free.
Cell phones are a special case. You're not allowed to buy equipment that can tune in the cell-phone frequencies (conveniently making software radios technically illegal).
The simple reason for this is that the big corporations paid a lot of money for the cell-phone spectrum, whereas you're paying nothing to use the 49MHz or 2.4GHz spectrum for your cordless phone.
I know it sounds like a conspiracy;), but all this business about "buying laws" is rooted in fact.
> Has anyone had any luck with disputing charges by credit card?
Nope. Somehow charges for two anti-spyware software packages showed up on my card. (Total of about $70, and I only use Linux, so I had no need for the software). I called up the credit card company and asked them to investigate. They told me I would have to contact the spyware vendor to see what was up. Well guess what, neither company responded to my phone calls/voicemail or e-mail. I told the credit card company, and they said that if I can't contact them, there's nothing they can do but let the charge go through. So that was that. (And now they want me to pay $30 a month so I can have "fraud prevention".)
This is Citibank, BTW. My advice is to NEVER do business with them. They have a nice front, but they're a super shitty company, with shitty support to match. (They're even worse when your employeer has screwed up your pay for 2 months, and your payment is late. They've been calling me every day for the last two weeks and don't seem to understand that YES I will pay off the balance as soon as I get some money. I've had to turn off my cell phone and ignore legitimate calls in the mean time. I am so cancelling when I pay off the balance!)
I'm saying not that you license your company's source code under the GPL, I'm saying that you make sure your company's source code is a "derived work". For example, if SCO's kernel patches touch any GPL'd part of the code, SCO has to distribute them under the GPL. This isn't a choice someone makes at SCO, it's the law. So in that case, the employee (who wants to help Linux) is helped by the GPL; the GPL requires that modifications also be GPL'd.
Now if you write some software completely in house, and then you (the employee) decide, "hey I want to GPL this", you could get in trouble. However, if your program links against libreadline (say), then your employer is required by law to GPL the entire program (unless the software is not distributed outside the company, but nobody really puts their uber-IP in internal apps, hopefully:). This is why people whine about the GPL being viral, but in the end, that viralness can help people:)
So anyway, my advice is to make sure your internal app (or whatever) depends on a GPL'd library. That way, your code is GPL by default, and the world can enjoy your programming.
(And BTW, never think your program "isn't ready" to open source. There are always people that will find you via Google and offer to help write the other 1/4 of your program that you've "been meaning to do". I wrote some blog software for a conference talk, and wasn't planning to release it right away because it "wasn't done yet". Some people got on my case via e-mail, I setup a SVN repository and a Trac site, and now every few days I get advice, patches, feature requests, etc. It's really motivated me to make a good product, and I'm glad that I get so much help.:)
You don't have to contribute anonymously. Just make sure your code depends on something GPL'd, and the viral effect will ensure that your software stays Free forever. Your employer wouldn't want to get in a big GPL lawsuit just because you send in a patch to your favorite project. And they can't just remove the GPL clause, because your work is a derived work.
> So Google Video and YouTube should stop using Flash to serve videos?
Yes, they should. Why should we be tied to one proprietary platform (flash) when there are plenty of lower-bandwidth, higher-quality, lower-priced solutions? Flash is kind of convenient, but not if it doesn't run on your platform or OS (Flash's license doesn't meet the DFSG guidelines, so I can't use it). I can't use YouTube at all as a result. At least Google lets me download the files in industry-standard formats that play easily on my system. (I would prefer that they use Ogg/Theora, but I'm willing to meet them half-way. Let me use my own video player, and I'm happy.)
As for flash in general, it's mostly a waste. Again, I'm willing to meet halfway if they used SVG + ECMAscript instead. Then I could actually watch it on my computer. (And a screenreader could easily get at whatever text was in the SVG -- it's just plain text after all -- so SVG+scripts is much more accessible than flash.)
Slashdot Mirror
I'd rather my laptop not be hacked while I'm using my wireless network card, thanks. So I'll stick with OpenBSD for now.
You are absolutely right. We should also enforce a maximum speed limit of 1kph on automobiles, because any faster and someone could get killed! Think of the thousands of people that die every year in cars going more than 1kph! We could save all those lives if we just banned driving?
Does this sound rediculous? It's exactly what you're saying, s/car/plane/.
mod_rewrite needs to be enabled also, and you have to be using a very special RewriteRule.
But yeah, both Apache and IIS are bad in a security sense. No hole is acceptable.
And you can get the patch for Ubuntu here.
I've gotten SPAMs that were very obviously generated by the Template Toolkit :)
:)
They looked like:
<!-- timer: foo.tt 1.2322s -->
From: spammer@fake.com
To: [% email %]
Subject: Buy our [% shit %]
Blah blah v1GrA! OMG PENIS!
[% random_words %]
<!-- end -->
I was kind of amazed that they were running TT with TIMER enabled
> its [sic] not that hard to find out wtf the article's talking about
:)
This reminds me of the old saying: Teach a man to research slashdot stories; he's a subscriber for one day. Give the man an answer in the comments, and he's a subscriber for life
> Because Slashdot needs more Apple rumours and less science reporting.
Don't worry, WWDC is next week.
> The Xserve RAID is a storage device, it has no need for a Woodcrest (Xeon 51xx) processor.
It does need to be bumped from PATA to SATA. PATA for enterprise storage doesn't sit well with me.
> i'm buying a macbook pro though
:)
How exactly does that "fuck Apple". Let me let you in on a little secret -- when you buy a MacBook Pro, you're HELPING Apple
> perl -MCPAN -e 'install Slashdot::Karma'
Psh, all the cool kids use CPANPLUS now. Among other things, it will build packages for your distro, and keep those up to date for you. Check it out.
Yes, this functionality is part of the Prototype library:
http://prototype.conio.net/
chroot jails are a BSD thing, actually.
The press can say whatever they want, they're just not allowed to do any research or deviate from the party line!
:)
Perfectly constutitional, fellow citizen! If you disagree, I will use my freedom of speech to report you to the Department of Homeland Security.
> pay-pur
I thought the Pirate Party was against pay-per play.
> I don't particularly relish the idea of having to take MS's word for what's happening down in kernel or having theirs being the only powerful security/utility products availble.
Just the more reason to ditch unaudited proprietary operating systems, and use something more open. OpenBSD's aproach to security is much better than Windows + 100 (potentially buggy) commercial "security" apps. And it's free.
Cell phones are a special case. You're not allowed to buy equipment that can tune in the cell-phone frequencies (conveniently making software radios technically illegal).
;), but all this business about "buying laws" is rooted in fact.
The simple reason for this is that the big corporations paid a lot of money for the cell-phone spectrum, whereas you're paying nothing to use the 49MHz or 2.4GHz spectrum for your cordless phone.
I know it sounds like a conspiracy
When I went to UIC, we were required to have a challenge/response in case we forgot our password. Mine was:
:)
Q: What is your password?
A: <my password>
Interestingly, Dan Bernstein's is:
Q: How many idiotic ACCC policies can dance on the head of a pin?
A: <dunno, you'll have to ask him>
> Has anyone had any luck with disputing charges by credit card?
Nope. Somehow charges for two anti-spyware software packages showed up on my card. (Total of about $70, and I only use Linux, so I had no need for the software). I called up the credit card company and asked them to investigate. They told me I would have to contact the spyware vendor to see what was up. Well guess what, neither company responded to my phone calls/voicemail or e-mail. I told the credit card company, and they said that if I can't contact them, there's nothing they can do but let the charge go through. So that was that. (And now they want me to pay $30 a month so I can have "fraud prevention".)
This is Citibank, BTW. My advice is to NEVER do business with them. They have a nice front, but they're a super shitty company, with shitty support to match. (They're even worse when your employeer has screwed up your pay for 2 months, and your payment is late. They've been calling me every day for the last two weeks and don't seem to understand that YES I will pay off the balance as soon as I get some money. I've had to turn off my cell phone and ignore legitimate calls in the mean time. I am so cancelling when I pay off the balance!)
> So shut the fuck up unless you are going to talk about something usefull.
Why not set the good example? And BTW, you spelled "usefull" wrong. (Are your eyes working today?)
> God, it's like a bunch of linux nerds run this place!
I, for one, welcome our Linux nerd overlords!
I'm saying not that you license your company's source code under the GPL, I'm saying that you make sure your company's source code is a "derived work". For example, if SCO's kernel patches touch any GPL'd part of the code, SCO has to distribute them under the GPL. This isn't a choice someone makes at SCO, it's the law. So in that case, the employee (who wants to help Linux) is helped by the GPL; the GPL requires that modifications also be GPL'd.
:). This is why people whine about the GPL being viral, but in the end, that viralness can help people :)
:)
Now if you write some software completely in house, and then you (the employee) decide, "hey I want to GPL this", you could get in trouble. However, if your program links against libreadline (say), then your employer is required by law to GPL the entire program (unless the software is not distributed outside the company, but nobody really puts their uber-IP in internal apps, hopefully
So anyway, my advice is to make sure your internal app (or whatever) depends on a GPL'd library. That way, your code is GPL by default, and the world can enjoy your programming.
(And BTW, never think your program "isn't ready" to open source. There are always people that will find you via Google and offer to help write the other 1/4 of your program that you've "been meaning to do". I wrote some blog software for a conference talk, and wasn't planning to release it right away because it "wasn't done yet". Some people got on my case via e-mail, I setup a SVN repository and a Trac site, and now every few days I get advice, patches, feature requests, etc. It's really motivated me to make a good product, and I'm glad that I get so much help.
You don't have to contribute anonymously. Just make sure your code depends on something GPL'd, and the viral effect will ensure that your software stays Free forever. Your employer wouldn't want to get in a big GPL lawsuit just because you send in a patch to your favorite project. And they can't just remove the GPL clause, because your work is a derived work.
:)
Everybody wins
> So Google Video and YouTube should stop using Flash to serve videos?
Yes, they should. Why should we be tied to one proprietary platform (flash) when there are plenty of lower-bandwidth, higher-quality, lower-priced solutions? Flash is kind of convenient, but not if it doesn't run on your platform or OS (Flash's license doesn't meet the DFSG guidelines, so I can't use it). I can't use YouTube at all as a result. At least Google lets me download the files in industry-standard formats that play easily on my system. (I would prefer that they use Ogg/Theora, but I'm willing to meet them half-way. Let me use my own video player, and I'm happy.)
As for flash in general, it's mostly a waste. Again, I'm willing to meet halfway if they used SVG + ECMAscript instead. Then I could actually watch it on my computer. (And a screenreader could easily get at whatever text was in the SVG -- it's just plain text after all -- so SVG+scripts is much more accessible than flash.)
http://www.bestpractical.com/rt
Whatever features it's missing, I'm sure they'd be happy to add for you at way less than what the above recommendations cost.
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