That site is exactly what I'm talking about. Condescending, smarmy kids at help desks earning $10/hour because they know how to install Windows. Like I said initially: bottom of the totem pole.
Well, I'm sure that there ARE actual OSS users that are interested in Slashdot that aren't college kids or hopeless geeks that will forever remain at the bottom of IT (in sysadmin work) because of their smarmy, childish attitudes.
You're absolutely right. They're essentially just maintenance for computers... same as HVAC guys, plumbers, etc. They're usually easily replaceable, also.
I feel bad for sysadmins. They're the absolute bottom rung of any company, yet they have to do things to try to feel self-important. It's both funny and sad at the same time. But, take heart... you CAN move up from sysadmin. Learn to program, and eventually you can get out of those shit jobs.
Right. That's the sign of good software. Install a new version every night. Sure.
And I thought MS got bashed for having to release too many patches...
I'm a big fan of: download the software. Use the software. If I have to update it every damn day, I'm not interested. I really have other things to do than to download and install software constantly.
Security through obscurity? You're right, but I'd argue it's the other way around. Script kiddies are pounding away on W2K boxes, not Linux boxes. If anything, Linux is enjoying security through both obscurity and many various trees/distros. W2K is out there and in front. It's certainly not obscure.
because I actually think that MS will be providing an OS that is very very stable in the next few years,
Actually, it's already here... It's been here for a while... W2K is incredibly stable... I've seen lots and lots of people setting on W2K servers recently, saying stuff like "I'm not switching OS'es again until I have a reason not to". Well, for small to mid-range stuff, at least.
Yes, it is very possible. When you work for a company as a programmer, you're the same as any other employee. Sure, you generally get to dress a bit sloppier, and take longer lunches, but if the boss says "fix bugs today", then you fix bugs today. It's that simple. When you're a programmer in a company (especially big companies), you're not some random artist type that does what you want. Hell, most of what I write for a living is shit, but I write it because I'm paid to.
Think about it. Shareware is like those little candy boxes you see in places that have "honor boxes". You take a piece, you drop in $0.10. The only difference is that shareware often costs $10-$50. If you had a $10-$50 product that wasn't software. Heck, think PS2 games, would YOU use an honor box? I sure as hell wouldn't. If those companies/individuals want to use shareware, they're going to have to expect significant theft because it's simply a boneheaded way to try to do business.
Who determines what "excessive profit" is? You? Businesses in most part of the world are solely private. Attempts to regulate businesses' profits is getting close to Socialism, which obviously doesn't work. Businesses have every right to charge what the market will bear for their product. If it's worth that much to you, buy it, if it's not, don't. That's how basic capitalism works.
And no, most industries are NOT regulated to prevent them making as you call it "excessive" profit. Only a few are... power, telephone, water, etc. And it's even debatable as to whether or not regulating these industries' profit works. Remember the rolling blackouts in California? Those were due to power companies not being able to charge what they needed to to sell power, thus, there simply wasn't enough to go around.
I strongly suggest that you real Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".
I would love to buy a nixie clock (I don't have the technical aptitude to build one), but I can't seem to find anyone who sells decent assembled, completed nixie clocks. Anyone know where I could get one? I have money to spend!
Of course headhunters are out for themselves? What did you think they did? Find jobs for people out of the goodness of their hearts?
I use recruiters exclusively because A. I only work contract positions and B. recruiters are usually the only people who have access to jobs at some of the very large companies.
I've gotten ALL of my IT positions (about 12 now) through recruiters.
There's really no point in that. Starting a business selling Linux games is a hell of a lot better test than a poll on a single Linux website. You already have your answer. There is not a large enough market for Linux games to be profitable. That's the fact. Loki proved it, unless they happened to be doing something terribly wrong.
No, they haven't been "betting their future on Linux", but they've been "hedging their bets". IBM is not in trouble in any way, financially. Their Linux division is tiny to the point of almost being a solely PR move. IBM is getting a piece of the hype. There's virtually no proof that IBM is "betting their future on Linux". If they really were, they're drop support for all other OSes in all of their products for support of Linux. In reality, they've made a few Linux versions for a handful or their products and publicized them like crazy.
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Sure. Exploit the feature. YOU write brand new games for free, then! It's obvious that money can't be made porting games for free. No business will sell something that they can't make a profit from. That's the definition of business.
Well, it is harder, but it's still possible to make money. If you know what you're doing, and you bust your ass, it's very, very possible to make money in porn. The truth is, very few people do, because MOST of the people in the business are kids who throw up a few galleries and expect the money to come rolling in. But yet, certain sites (I'm not going to name names) do give out a LOT of free porn.
Well, there aren't going to be studies and articles about companies that virtually nobody knows about. I happen to know people who do it, and that's how it's done. But you're right. I'm sure that all of the spam you're getting are from legitimate S-Corporations with nice large offices in Silicon Valley that have PR people with who you can register complaints. Right. Laws will be passed, but in the end, it will make no difference whatsoever.
Well, it's very simple. Straight porn is played out. People aren't interested in blonde, big chested airbrushed bimbos anymore. That's not where the money is any more.
Wrong. But thanks for the typical knee-jerk no-thinking solution. The vast majority of spamming originates from machines in Russia, other former Soviet states, and China. Most companies that spam are ghost corporations, legally residing in a small island in the Pacific. A US law cannot touch these people. It won't work any more than regulating porn or gambling online. The Net is a whole new set of rules. A simple "let's just make it illegal" won't even come close to solving the problem.
First off, you need to read Atlas Shrugged. Now. Today.
Perhaps it is best that we reward artists and programmers for their work to provide them an incentive, but this is not a matter of fundamental morality. If you don't want your work copied you can keep it secret, but if you share it with others I see no innate, compelling reason why you should have the power to control how each person uses it should it fall into their hands. In fact, I *do* find it immoral that some should try to restrict use of their work or discoveries in a way that unduly restricts the work's benefit to society in the name of profiteering.
What is wrong with profiteering? Why is profit a bad thing? Profit is a great thing. It's people getting what they deserve for using their mind to create something useful. If somebody writes something, that's theirs. It IS morally wrong for any government to take that away from them. It IS morally wrong for a government to tell an individual how long or how much they are allowed to profit from their work. This is most definately a MORAL issue. Any kind of limitation put on how much a person can profit from his/her work is one thing: thievery.
Richard Branson doesn't do any "actual work"? Last I checked, it required a tremendous amount of effort to run a huge multinational company. What do you define as "work"? Richard Branson and anybody else should earn as much as they can, period. Nothing is stopping anybody else from starting a large company, or getting promoted to run a large company.
1) write (more) secure code and test it to make sure it IS secure
2) have an option to turn off VBScript (whoops - it's built into the OS - seemed like a good idea at the time - see also #1 )
3) not have made it a default install in the first place.
1. IIS with all of the latest patches, and properly configured IS secure.
2. VBScript in and of itself works fine server-side. Also, you can use any scripting language you'd like with IIS.
3. Since nobody has yet invented a time machine, removing it from XP Workstation is the best thing that they could do right now.
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That site is exactly what I'm talking about. Condescending, smarmy kids at help desks earning $10/hour because they know how to install Windows. Like I said initially: bottom of the totem pole.
Well, I'm sure that there ARE actual OSS users that are interested in Slashdot that aren't college kids or hopeless geeks that will forever remain at the bottom of IT (in sysadmin work) because of their smarmy, childish attitudes.
You're absolutely right. They're essentially just maintenance for computers... same as HVAC guys, plumbers, etc. They're usually easily replaceable, also.
I feel bad for sysadmins. They're the absolute bottom rung of any company, yet they have to do things to try to feel self-important. It's both funny and sad at the same time. But, take heart... you CAN move up from sysadmin. Learn to program, and eventually you can get out of those shit jobs.
That's funny... both India and Hong Kong were colonized, yet they're doing just fine. I wonder why...
Right. That's the sign of good software. Install a new version every night. Sure.
And I thought MS got bashed for having to release too many patches...
I'm a big fan of: download the software. Use the software. If I have to update it every damn day, I'm not interested. I really have other things to do than to download and install software constantly.
Security through obscurity? You're right, but I'd argue it's the other way around. Script kiddies are pounding away on W2K boxes, not Linux boxes. If anything, Linux is enjoying security through both obscurity and many various trees/distros. W2K is out there and in front. It's certainly not obscure.
because I actually think that MS will be providing an OS that is very very stable in the next few years,
Actually, it's already here... It's been here for a while... W2K is incredibly stable... I've seen lots and lots of people setting on W2K servers recently, saying stuff like "I'm not switching OS'es again until I have a reason not to". Well, for small to mid-range stuff, at least.
Yes, it is very possible. When you work for a company as a programmer, you're the same as any other employee. Sure, you generally get to dress a bit sloppier, and take longer lunches, but if the boss says "fix bugs today", then you fix bugs today. It's that simple. When you're a programmer in a company (especially big companies), you're not some random artist type that does what you want. Hell, most of what I write for a living is shit, but I write it because I'm paid to.
Think about it. Shareware is like those little candy boxes you see in places that have "honor boxes". You take a piece, you drop in $0.10. The only difference is that shareware often costs $10-$50. If you had a $10-$50 product that wasn't software. Heck, think PS2 games, would YOU use an honor box? I sure as hell wouldn't. If those companies/individuals want to use shareware, they're going to have to expect significant theft because it's simply a boneheaded way to try to do business.
Who determines what "excessive profit" is? You? Businesses in most part of the world are solely private. Attempts to regulate businesses' profits is getting close to Socialism, which obviously doesn't work. Businesses have every right to charge what the market will bear for their product. If it's worth that much to you, buy it, if it's not, don't. That's how basic capitalism works.
And no, most industries are NOT regulated to prevent them making as you call it "excessive" profit. Only a few are... power, telephone, water, etc. And it's even debatable as to whether or not regulating these industries' profit works. Remember the rolling blackouts in California? Those were due to power companies not being able to charge what they needed to to sell power, thus, there simply wasn't enough to go around.
I strongly suggest that you real Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".
I would love to buy a nixie clock (I don't have the technical aptitude to build one), but I can't seem to find anyone who sells decent assembled, completed nixie clocks. Anyone know where I could get one? I have money to spend!
Of course headhunters are out for themselves? What did you think they did? Find jobs for people out of the goodness of their hearts?
I use recruiters exclusively because A. I only work contract positions and B. recruiters are usually the only people who have access to jobs at some of the very large companies.
I've gotten ALL of my IT positions (about 12 now) through recruiters.
If you had to modify your resume for each individual job, then either they weren't a perfect fit, or you're terrible at writing your resume.
There's really no point in that. Starting a business selling Linux games is a hell of a lot better test than a poll on a single Linux website. You already have your answer. There is not a large enough market for Linux games to be profitable. That's the fact. Loki proved it, unless they happened to be doing something terribly wrong.
No, they haven't been "betting their future on Linux", but they've been "hedging their bets". IBM is not in trouble in any way, financially. Their Linux division is tiny to the point of almost being a solely PR move. IBM is getting a piece of the hype. There's virtually no proof that IBM is "betting their future on Linux". If they really were, they're drop support for all other OSes in all of their products for support of Linux. In reality, they've made a few Linux versions for a handful or their products and publicized them like crazy.
Sure. Exploit the feature. YOU write brand new games for free, then! It's obvious that money can't be made porting games for free. No business will sell something that they can't make a profit from. That's the definition of business.
Well, since you're new to "business", the reason a company usually stops selling a product is because they're not making any profit on that product.
Well, it is harder, but it's still possible to make money. If you know what you're doing, and you bust your ass, it's very, very possible to make money in porn. The truth is, very few people do, because MOST of the people in the business are kids who throw up a few galleries and expect the money to come rolling in. But yet, certain sites (I'm not going to name names) do give out a LOT of free porn.
Well, there aren't going to be studies and articles about companies that virtually nobody knows about. I happen to know people who do it, and that's how it's done. But you're right. I'm sure that all of the spam you're getting are from legitimate S-Corporations with nice large offices in Silicon Valley that have PR people with who you can register complaints. Right. Laws will be passed, but in the end, it will make no difference whatsoever.
Well, it's very simple. Straight porn is played out. People aren't interested in blonde, big chested airbrushed bimbos anymore. That's not where the money is any more.
Wrong. But thanks for the typical knee-jerk no-thinking solution. The vast majority of spamming originates from machines in Russia, other former Soviet states, and China. Most companies that spam are ghost corporations, legally residing in a small island in the Pacific. A US law cannot touch these people. It won't work any more than regulating porn or gambling online. The Net is a whole new set of rules. A simple "let's just make it illegal" won't even come close to solving the problem.
First off, you need to read Atlas Shrugged. Now. Today.
Perhaps it is best that we reward artists and programmers for their work to provide them an incentive, but this is not a matter of fundamental morality. If you don't want your work copied you can keep it secret, but if you share it with others I see no innate, compelling reason why you should have the power to control how each person uses it should it fall into their hands. In fact, I *do* find it immoral that some should try to restrict use of their work or discoveries in a way that unduly restricts the work's benefit to society in the name of profiteering.
What is wrong with profiteering? Why is profit a bad thing? Profit is a great thing. It's people getting what they deserve for using their mind to create something useful. If somebody writes something, that's theirs. It IS morally wrong for any government to take that away from them. It IS morally wrong for a government to tell an individual how long or how much they are allowed to profit from their work. This is most definately a MORAL issue. Any kind of limitation put on how much a person can profit from his/her work is one thing: thievery.
Richard Branson doesn't do any "actual work"? Last I checked, it required a tremendous amount of effort to run a huge multinational company. What do you define as "work"? Richard Branson and anybody else should earn as much as they can, period. Nothing is stopping anybody else from starting a large company, or getting promoted to run a large company.
1) write (more) secure code and test it to make sure it IS secure
2) have an option to turn off VBScript (whoops - it's built into the OS - seemed like a good idea at the time - see also #1 )
3) not have made it a default install in the first place.
1. IIS with all of the latest patches, and properly configured IS secure.
2. VBScript in and of itself works fine server-side. Also, you can use any scripting language you'd like with IIS.
3. Since nobody has yet invented a time machine, removing it from XP Workstation is the best thing that they could do right now.