Ok, Personal Computers 101... An "Operating System", such as Windows, OSX, is a program that sits on top of the hardware layer, and gives "Applications" access to hardware, such as the keyboard, monitor, hard drive, etc. Mail is not read by the operating system. Mail is something that the operating system isn't even aware of. Mail is a creation of various applications that run on top of the OS. So, no matter what the OS is, email is email. With that being said, you can read your email with any fucking program you'd like, and you can tell that program to ignore attachments, if you'd like. Saying email has anything at all to do with the operating system is like referring to email as "The Internet".
OK, we get it. Don't run random attachments that people you don't know email to you. Why is this news? I get probably a hundred emails with viral attachments daily. Is Slashdot somehow suggesting that this is Microsoft's fault in some bizarre, convoluted way?
I'm proud to say that I asked my local librarian if they follow the Patriot Act rules. She said they'd have to, BUT all computer access is anonymous, and they keep no records of checked out books after they're returned. Hell, I was thrilled that a librarian has heard of the Patriot Act.
You're exactly right. I top notch carpenter that I use occasionally is thinking about finding a new business. He does custom cabinet work. Beautiful stuff, but everybody keeps putting off their job because they're broke. Personally,I think the decline of the US has already started, and it ain't gonna stop until our standard of living is more in par with the rest of the world.
You're right. Signatures are currently useless. They were not even designed to be used for security. They were designed to act as an agreement that you would pay the fees due (or your credit card company would). That's it. Now they're adding security to actually check if they are being used by the right person.
c'mon, be serious. We all know that government employees don't actually *work*. They're certainly not going to work in a cafeteria, during their federally-mandated 3 hour lunch break each day.
What cost of entry to producing a torrent? There's zero now. And no, the point of.torrents is that each has to match based on hash files. You can't have people like the RIAA introducing bogus files.
That's about all I could understand of your post... sorry!
The industry won't die. People want news. Smart people want real news. Smart people are not content to get their information from secondhand blogs written by bored teenagers that simply rehash their own non-reporting. Smart people are not content to get their news from only Reuters and the Associated Press. Newspapers and real reporting will always have a demand, even if it's only the smart people demanding it (sorry, there are a lot of us left).
I'm not commenting on the article (I stopped at the first few grammatical errors), but nobody seems to mention a more recent Apple flop... The Newton! That's all I had to say. Have a nice day. I'm going to go roll in the hay. I just may.
Big deal. Who cares? Anybody can get anybody else's SSN. I did this exact same thing in 1990 in high school, too. I then told all of the school bullies/assholes/jocks that if they so much as looked at me wrong, I'd also change all of their grades lower. From then on, high school was a breeze.
Actually, I'd guess that this article was written by a 16 year old kid. I'm amazed that Slashdot will post any article, so long as it's some rabid fanboy Linux diatribe. This one is written so badly that it's barely readable. Is there some kind of requirement that all Linux fanboys have to be illiterate? From the article:
For one thing, I can say with every friend and colleague who has ever written software drivers, compiled kernels etc. Microsoft Windows is not a superior product. Look I say this with caution but sincerity since I began using DOS around the same time I had used UNIX and its variants, VMS, Stratus VOS and others
There's virtually no information here, leaving me to think "who cares"? These whiny people already had one fellow writer fired this week, and taht wasn't good enough? I'm sure the ownership is glad to be rid of them. Besides, what journalistic integrity are they talking about? This is just some trashy trade rag that they're talking about. The articles are ads, just like Slashdot. If these idiots want a Pulitzer, they're going to have to find a real jounalism job, anyway.
Schools shouldn't be teaching IT. That's not their jobs. Kids need to learn the basics, not how to compile a kernel or fix XWindows. Windows is perfect for schools. It's easy and seamless and kids can spend time learning important subjects, instead of dicking around with comptuers. The computer kids already have access, they don't need more... or they can just pick up all of the stuff they want to know about computers *later*, after the basics are done.
So this software 1. Integrates with back office financials, such as Quickbooks? 2. Handles integrated credit card processing... through with merchant services? 3. Handles all standard POS hardware, such as card swipes, receipt printers, pin pads, cash drawers, pole displays, and touchscreens? 4. Can be easily taught in less than 5 minutes?
If it does these things, you have a good potential business on your hand. If it doesn't, then you're not a player yet.
That's nice and all if you don't have to earn a living using software, but for many of us who aren't as privileged as yourself, we have to make software decisions based on the bottom line. Idealism doesn't pay the rent.
As someone who's looked at the off-the-shelf OS POS market pretty thoroughly, I can say that there's nothing that comes close to traditional commercial applications in terms of quality and feature set. Nothing's in the ballpark. That means a brand new custom application. That's gonna run in the high 5 or well into 6 figures, and on top of that, with OSS, that company that paid for the development is at a massive competitive disadvantage.
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Actually, it's Hormel's rights, not yours.
Ok, Personal Computers 101... An "Operating System", such as Windows, OSX, is a program that sits on top of the hardware layer, and gives "Applications" access to hardware, such as the keyboard, monitor, hard drive, etc. Mail is not read by the operating system. Mail is something that the operating system isn't even aware of. Mail is a creation of various applications that run on top of the OS. So, no matter what the OS is, email is email. With that being said, you can read your email with any fucking program you'd like, and you can tell that program to ignore attachments, if you'd like. Saying email has anything at all to do with the operating system is like referring to email as "The Internet".
OK, we get it. Don't run random attachments that people you don't know email to you. Why is this news? I get probably a hundred emails with viral attachments daily. Is Slashdot somehow suggesting that this is Microsoft's fault in some bizarre, convoluted way?
That's actually a pretty good answer for 99.9% of the population, actually. What's your beef with it?
Actually, better would just have to be a non-exploding battery, as opposed to an exploding one.
I'm proud to say that I asked my local librarian if they follow the Patriot Act rules. She said they'd have to, BUT all computer access is anonymous, and they keep no records of checked out books after they're returned. Hell, I was thrilled that a librarian has heard of the Patriot Act.
You're exactly right. I top notch carpenter that I use occasionally is thinking about finding a new business. He does custom cabinet work. Beautiful stuff, but everybody keeps putting off their job because they're broke. Personally ,I think the decline of the US has already started, and it ain't gonna stop until our standard of living is more in par with the rest of the world.
That's the way it is now. Terminals are tied to a merchant service account, which is in by turn, tied to a bank account. That's how they work.
You're right. Signatures are currently useless. They were not even designed to be used for security. They were designed to act as an agreement that you would pay the fees due (or your credit card company would). That's it. Now they're adding security to actually check if they are being used by the right person.
Still. Big deal.
That is why all you Best Buy whores should shop at your local retailer.
Choice is still good which is why I want to to see Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Konq, Safari and even IE compete to build something better.
Hell, yeah! Why develop ONE web site when you can develop 10? Woo hoo!
c'mon, be serious. We all know that government employees don't actually *work*. They're certainly not going to work in a cafeteria, during their federally-mandated 3 hour lunch break each day.
What cost of entry to producing a torrent? There's zero now. And no, the point of .torrents is that each has to match based on hash files. You can't have people like the RIAA introducing bogus files.
That's about all I could understand of your post... sorry!
Ever see a fat speed freak?
The industry won't die. People want news. Smart people want real news. Smart people are not content to get their information from secondhand blogs written by bored teenagers that simply rehash their own non-reporting. Smart people are not content to get their news from only Reuters and the Associated Press. Newspapers and real reporting will always have a demand, even if it's only the smart people demanding it (sorry, there are a lot of us left).
I'm not commenting on the article (I stopped at the first few grammatical errors), but nobody seems to mention a more recent Apple flop... The Newton! That's all I had to say. Have a nice day. I'm going to go roll in the hay. I just may.
Big deal. Who cares? Anybody can get anybody else's SSN. I did this exact same thing in 1990 in high school, too. I then told all of the school bullies/assholes/jocks that if they so much as looked at me wrong, I'd also change all of their grades lower. From then on, high school was a breeze.
Actually, I'd guess that this article was written by a 16 year old kid. I'm amazed that Slashdot will post any article, so long as it's some rabid fanboy Linux diatribe. This one is written so badly that it's barely readable. Is there some kind of requirement that all Linux fanboys have to be illiterate? From the article:
For one thing, I can say with every friend and colleague who has ever written software drivers, compiled kernels etc. Microsoft Windows is not a superior product. Look I say this with caution but sincerity since I began using DOS around the same time I had used UNIX and its variants, VMS, Stratus VOS and others
There's virtually no information here, leaving me to think "who cares"? These whiny people already had one fellow writer fired this week, and taht wasn't good enough? I'm sure the ownership is glad to be rid of them. Besides, what journalistic integrity are they talking about? This is just some trashy trade rag that they're talking about. The articles are ads, just like Slashdot. If these idiots want a Pulitzer, they're going to have to find a real jounalism job, anyway.
By having someone placed in a jail cell for thinking, they are effectively exterminating their thoughts.
Who has Microsoft done this to?
Freedom doesn't come on a CD you buy at Wal-Mart.
Schools shouldn't be teaching IT. That's not their jobs. Kids need to learn the basics, not how to compile a kernel or fix XWindows. Windows is perfect for schools. It's easy and seamless and kids can spend time learning important subjects, instead of dicking around with comptuers. The computer kids already have access, they don't need more... or they can just pick up all of the stuff they want to know about computers *later*, after the basics are done.
So this software 1. Integrates with back office financials, such as Quickbooks? 2. Handles integrated credit card processing... through with merchant services? 3. Handles all standard POS hardware, such as card swipes, receipt printers, pin pads, cash drawers, pole displays, and touchscreens? 4. Can be easily taught in less than 5 minutes?
If it does these things, you have a good potential business on your hand. If it doesn't, then you're not a player yet.
That's nice and all if you don't have to earn a living using software, but for many of us who aren't as privileged as yourself, we have to make software decisions based on the bottom line. Idealism doesn't pay the rent.
As someone who's looked at the off-the-shelf OS POS market pretty thoroughly, I can say that there's nothing that comes close to traditional commercial applications in terms of quality and feature set. Nothing's in the ballpark. That means a brand new custom application. That's gonna run in the high 5 or well into 6 figures, and on top of that, with OSS, that company that paid for the development is at a massive competitive disadvantage.