Yes they are; you'd have to have a list to figure it out. That would have to be a separate system outside of Napster, which is how it would have to be anyhow...
1) Ah, yes. Shoot all those who use proper tail recursion. There go all the good compiler writers.
2) When you said "enterprise", I assumed you meant using Java for enterprise-level tasks. I guess you could mock up an interface with it, and use it as a front-end, if that's what you want. But I wouldn't trust it with anything serious.
3) My point? That I didn't need your opinion. And you obviously don't need mine.
Obviously, we're both bigots, so be careful where you point that finger, sonny. But isn't that what slashdot is for these days?;)
I agree that slashdot isn't as good as it was 3-4 years ago; I was there too, before User Accounts, even. But I think that owes more to the sheer scale of things than it does to the quality.
Even the Slashdot story submissions have gotten somewhat better, though not by much. However, whatever was left of a community on slashdot has been lost.
Yeah, uh huh. Like you're *so* much more informed on the topic.
1) Java removed actual powerful functionality from C and C++, and made the whole mess less maintainable , less useful, and far less efficient. No decent way to implement proper tail recursion, no macros, and a broken class/package protection model all spring to mind immediately.
2) I can list other massively successful products that have sucked as well. Success is not a guage of worth, efficiency, or really anything else besides marketing. Java sucks just as hard as Word 6.0 did when it came out. And using "Java" in the same breath as "enterprise software" is a pretty good indication that you have no idea what you're talking about, or are also trolling.
3) We really don't care about your opinions in the Gnome/KDE flamewar. Personally, I hate them both, but I'm not going to let you draw us all into a pointless "GUI War" argument. Just remember that KDE is generally modeled after Windows, so if you like their way of doing things, then maybe you'll find KDE intuitive. I find a command prompt to be more intuitive.
Blizzard releases exclusive licenses for educational and non-commercial use only, and only for native speakers of English and Spanish, to allow us to use words like "Diablo" or "Blizzard" in a sentence.
Bah. On second thought, sue the pants off of them.
I had a similar idea long ago about converting text into something *more* compressible. It would involve some loss of information of course. It basically involved (1) reducing the character set, where possible (i.e., lowercasing after a period) and (2) converting common words to synonyms (through a thesaurus). The hard part would be analyzing context to ensure a lack of ambiguity.
I got this idea after I noticed how the same program written in Pascal compressed much better than the equivalent C program (and generally smaller, as well!); that's because the Pascal program had a more consistent structure, which reduced ambiguity as well as the total amount of information needed to write the program (in the Information Theory sense of the word).
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
CONTACT)
TELEFAX: 234-42-254548
ATTN: SIR,
I HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE
AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FOR THIS
IMPORTANT BUSINESS BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET
ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.
I AM MR RANK SIDNEY,THE EASTERN DISTRICT BANK
MANAGER OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC. (UBA). THERE IS
AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1980 AND SINCE 1990
NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING
THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED
THAT IF I DO NOT REMITT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT
WILL BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS, A
FOREIGNER, AND THE MANAGER OF PETRO TECHNICAL
SUPPORT SERVICES, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION
AND HE DIED SINCE 1990. NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT
THIS ACCOUNT OR ANY THING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT
HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED
TO ME AS WELL THAT THIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS (USD 26
MILLION DOLLARS). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A
SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DONT KNOW ANY
FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER
BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL BANK
HERE, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT
BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS IS A
FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO
YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DONT KNOW OUR SELVES BEFORE,
BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I
ONLY GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM THE COMPUTER,WITH
BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS
BUSINESS YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED
IN THIS BUSINESS, SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT I
WILL INFORM YOU THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE URGENTLY.
I WANT US TO SEE FACE TO FACE OR SIGN A BINDING
AGREEMENT TO BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN RECIEVE
THIS MONEY INTO A FORIEGN ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF
YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE REMMITTED.AND I
WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SHARING
AND OTHER INVESTMENTS.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A
FOREIGNER WITH FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND FOREIGN
BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS
WORK FINE. BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE
THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT
INFORMATION OF THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU
LATER IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WITH CAPABILITY
TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL
BENEFIT BECAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NEVER COME AGAIN
IN MY LIFE. A NEED TRUTHFUL PERSON IN THIS BUSINESS
BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO MAKE MISTAKE I NEED YOUR
STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST.
WITH MY POSITION NOW IN THE OFFICE I CAN TRANSFER THIS
MONEY TO ANY FOREIGNERS RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHICH YOU CAN
PROVIDE WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT
PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SHARING. I WILL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION
IMMEDIATELY WE RECIEVE THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO
ANY PLACE. YOU CAN ALSO COME TO DISCUSS WITH ME FACE
TO FACE AFTER WHICH I WILL MAKE THIS REMITTANCE IN
YOUR PRESENCE AND TWO OF US WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY
AT LEAST TWO DAYS AHEAD OF THE MONEY GOING INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.
I WILL APPLY FOR ANNUAL LEAVE TO GET VISA IMMEDIATELY
I HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE READY TO ACT AND RECEIVE
THIS FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL USE MY POSITION AND
INFLUENCE TO EFFECT LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD
TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH
APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FORMS OF THE MINISTRIES AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENTS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN
35% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 60% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5%
WILL BE FOR EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED
DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY BY FAX ONLY.
TELEFAX LINE: 234-42-254548.
YOURS TRULY,
MR RANK SIDNEY
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
You won't see Windows available "for non-commercial use" anytime soon; that's a huge part of their market.
But, more importantly, you won't see QNX on the desktop. In fact, I'd be amazed if you see it *anywhere*, because it really has no place.
QNX isn't a real-time operating system in the HRT sense of the word. And soft real-time operating systems make no sense, because they don't provide any real guarantees! What real-time OS would want to worry about your brand of video card slowing it down?
However, you won't see QNX on the desktop any time soon, either. And if you did, it would involve adding all sorts of ridiculous things that a RTOS should *never* have. Dumber, even, than when MS moved graphics into the kernel and caused 10 times more NT boxes to bluescreen.
So I give up. This announcement is pointless, and Slashdot's coverage of it is, yet again, completely inappropriate. Feel free to download QNX; let me know if you can get it to do anything that's Hard Realtime, though, and I'll be amazed.
In fact, tell me if you do anything besides play with it, and say "gee, that looks really cool; I wish it had some apps", and then go back to your pitiful little slashbot existence. Please, let me know.
In other words, Microsoft representatives warned, "anyone who adds or innovates under the GPL agrees to make the resulting code, in its entirety, available for all to use... [which] might constrain innovating stemming from taxpayer-funded software development."
Could someone please explain to me what this means? The Microsoft speak is too thick for me.
If software is taxpayer-funded, then the taxpayers should have a right to use it; the GPL doesn't prohibit that.
If it has a GPL license to begin with, then whoever adds to the project should be educated as to what that means. Personally, I think that people should be educated on the terms of Microsoft's standard licensing agreements--they look much more sinister (here's one; spot the violations of your rights that the DMCA will legalize...).
If it doesn't have a GPL license to begin with, then don't use the GPL if you don't want to, or release it under multiple licenses instead. Nothing should stop you from doing that.
And what does 'innovate' mean in this context? I have yet to see Microsoft innovate, but they use the word all the time. Does it mean "make money", or "exploit the user"? How are they (mis)using that word?
You may think that Slashdot is not a software announcement site, and every time Slashdot announces software someone posts "This is not FreshMeat!", but the fact is, they can and do announce software.
Also, they announce very buggy software, put it in a positive light, and end up being linked to from the likes of cnn, and made fun of by zdnet.
I would argue that Slashdot is often a place for software announcements, but isn't a place for responsible journalism. In a nutshell, Slashdot is "Stuff That Matters, for Nerds". But it isn't News. Think about that.
It gets kinda dull down here, talking to the other impostors. (".Bruce Perens" is almost as annoying as "Bruce Perens." was originally)
Incidentally, I was the one who noticed "Bruce Perens." in the first place; if you've still got the e-mail, then you know my secret identity!
I agree with you about Linux, but it's nice to see the heavyweights getting behind it. After the GUI Wars, it's nice to see them agree on anything. Heartening, even.
I'm not arguing about their hardware! I'm sure HP makes great hardware. But HP/UX is crufty and must die. If Linux isn't there yet, then you can bet that IBM, HP, SGI, and others will drag it there, kicking and screaming, until it is there.
My personal favorite Journaling filesystem for Linux is ReiserFS; the standard one will probably be ext3. There are a couple of others as well. Linux also has a Volume Manager now, although I haven't tried it. And it's pretty awesome in the hardware support department...
This lab used to be all HP workstations, and it got replaced with DELLs running NT, and Solaris boxes. The NT boxes are getting replaced with Linux boxes...:)
Yeah right. Ever try to code sound on an HP/UX box? It's just yet another freaky, crufty Unix implementation, and it's weirder than most. When their passwd file gets corrupted, and they drop you to a prompt that says "Warning: you are SUPERUSER!", well... you'll be laughing too.
Besides, HP has gotten Linux to run on HP hardware as well. But don't trust me; just see what HP migrates to...
Well, I wrote the original parody; the original song is by Eminem, ("Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up") and if you really want to know my secret identity...
Well, I don't care if you credit it to "Will The Real Bruce Perens Please Stand Up"; otherwise, I could set up yet another free e-mail account or something.
But yes, whatever you decide, please rap it, and post the link.:)
Slashdot Mirror
Expect the next Katz article to be "Bosons in the Workplace"...
I couldn't read the damn article because of the sheer number of *cookies* it requested! Those are real banner ads!
:)
But once I killed them all, it was damn funny.
Yes they are; you'd have to have a list to figure it out. That would have to be a separate system outside of Napster, which is how it would have to be anyhow...
That's why I'd rather just go with OpenNap.
There are a million ways to get around this, like index files, or MD5 hashes. However, is it worth it?
I think OpenNap servers are going to be the way to do this for a while, at least until Gnutella scales again.
I'm not talking about writing tail-recursive code in Java; I'm talking about *implementing* tail-recursion decently on top of Java.
:)
And I did indeed refer to it in my post, which is what he replied to... so... wrong again!
"The fab jammed again..."
"Is there a jam?"
"...it says it's out of toner?"
This much is true. But Intel also underclocks chips that could run faster based on supply and demand.
They also overclock the hell out of some (few) stable chips and cool them, and sell them for big bucks.
...and then they introduce hardware to stop you from doing the same.
No sir, I don't like it, not one little bit.
1) Ah, yes. Shoot all those who use proper tail recursion. There go all the good compiler writers.
;)
2) When you said "enterprise", I assumed you meant using Java for enterprise-level tasks. I guess you could mock up an interface with it, and use it as a front-end, if that's what you want. But I wouldn't trust it with anything serious.
3) My point? That I didn't need your opinion. And you obviously don't need mine.
Obviously, we're both bigots, so be careful where you point that finger, sonny. But isn't that what slashdot is for these days?
I agree that slashdot isn't as good as it was 3-4 years ago; I was there too, before User Accounts, even. But I think that owes more to the sheer scale of things than it does to the quality.
Even the Slashdot story submissions have gotten somewhat better, though not by much. However, whatever was left of a community on slashdot has been lost.
Yeah, uh huh. Like you're *so* much more informed on the topic.
1) Java removed actual powerful functionality from C and C++, and made the whole mess less maintainable , less useful, and far less efficient. No decent way to implement proper tail recursion, no macros, and a broken class/package protection model all spring to mind immediately.
2) I can list other massively successful products that have sucked as well. Success is not a guage of worth, efficiency, or really anything else besides marketing. Java sucks just as hard as Word 6.0 did when it came out. And using "Java" in the same breath as "enterprise software" is a pretty good indication that you have no idea what you're talking about, or are also trolling.
3) We really don't care about your opinions in the Gnome/KDE flamewar. Personally, I hate them both, but I'm not going to let you draw us all into a pointless "GUI War" argument. Just remember that KDE is generally modeled after Windows, so if you like their way of doing things, then maybe you'll find KDE intuitive. I find a command prompt to be more intuitive.
Actually, EVERYTHING(tm) is trademarked.
You now own OSDN 8.2 Trillion Dollars.
Thank you.
Blizzard sues over use of the word "Blizzard"!
Blizzard releases exclusive licenses for educational and non-commercial use only, and only for native speakers of English and Spanish, to allow us to use words like "Diablo" or "Blizzard" in a sentence.
Bah. On second thought, sue the pants off of them.
I had a similar idea long ago about converting text into something *more* compressible. It would involve some loss of information of course. It basically involved (1) reducing the character set, where possible (i.e., lowercasing after a period) and (2) converting common words to synonyms (through a thesaurus). The hard part would be analyzing context to ensure a lack of ambiguity.
I got this idea after I noticed how the same program written in Pascal compressed much better than the equivalent C program (and generally smaller, as well!); that's because the Pascal program had a more consistent structure, which reduced ambiguity as well as the total amount of information needed to write the program (in the Information Theory sense of the word).
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
,WITH
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
CONTACT)
TELEFAX: 234-42-254548
ATTN: SIR,
I HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE
AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FOR THIS
IMPORTANT BUSINESS BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET
ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.
I AM MR RANK SIDNEY,THE EASTERN DISTRICT BANK
MANAGER OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC. (UBA). THERE IS
AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1980 AND SINCE 1990
NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING
THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED
THAT IF I DO NOT REMITT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT
WILL BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS, A
FOREIGNER, AND THE MANAGER OF PETRO TECHNICAL
SUPPORT SERVICES, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION
AND HE DIED SINCE 1990. NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT
THIS ACCOUNT OR ANY THING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT
HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED
TO ME AS WELL THAT THIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS (USD 26
MILLION DOLLARS). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A
SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DONT KNOW ANY
FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER
BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL BANK
HERE, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT
BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS IS A
FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO
YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DONT KNOW OUR SELVES BEFORE,
BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I
ONLY GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM THE COMPUTER
BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS
BUSINESS YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED
IN THIS BUSINESS, SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT I
WILL INFORM YOU THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE URGENTLY.
I WANT US TO SEE FACE TO FACE OR SIGN A BINDING
AGREEMENT TO BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN RECIEVE
THIS MONEY INTO A FORIEGN ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF
YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE REMMITTED.AND I
WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SHARING
AND OTHER INVESTMENTS.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A
FOREIGNER WITH FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND FOREIGN
BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS
WORK FINE. BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE
THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT
INFORMATION OF THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU
LATER IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WITH CAPABILITY
TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL
BENEFIT BECAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NEVER COME AGAIN
IN MY LIFE. A NEED TRUTHFUL PERSON IN THIS BUSINESS
BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO MAKE MISTAKE I NEED YOUR
STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST.
WITH MY POSITION NOW IN THE OFFICE I CAN TRANSFER THIS
MONEY TO ANY FOREIGNERS RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHICH YOU CAN
PROVIDE WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT
PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SHARING. I WILL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION
IMMEDIATELY WE RECIEVE THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO
ANY PLACE. YOU CAN ALSO COME TO DISCUSS WITH ME FACE
TO FACE AFTER WHICH I WILL MAKE THIS REMITTANCE IN
YOUR PRESENCE AND TWO OF US WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY
AT LEAST TWO DAYS AHEAD OF THE MONEY GOING INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.
I WILL APPLY FOR ANNUAL LEAVE TO GET VISA IMMEDIATELY
I HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE READY TO ACT AND RECEIVE
THIS FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL USE MY POSITION AND
INFLUENCE TO EFFECT LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD
TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH
APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FORMS OF THE MINISTRIES AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENTS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN
35% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 60% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5%
WILL BE FOR EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED
DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY BY FAX ONLY.
TELEFAX LINE: 234-42-254548.
YOURS TRULY,
MR RANK SIDNEY
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
----------
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
You won't see Windows available "for non-commercial use" anytime soon; that's a huge part of their market.
But, more importantly, you won't see QNX on the desktop. In fact, I'd be amazed if you see it *anywhere*, because it really has no place.
QNX isn't a real-time operating system in the HRT sense of the word. And soft real-time operating systems make no sense, because they don't provide any real guarantees! What real-time OS would want to worry about your brand of video card slowing it down?
However, you won't see QNX on the desktop any time soon, either. And if you did, it would involve adding all sorts of ridiculous things that a RTOS should *never* have. Dumber, even, than when MS moved graphics into the kernel and caused 10 times more NT boxes to bluescreen.
So I give up. This announcement is pointless, and Slashdot's coverage of it is, yet again, completely inappropriate. Feel free to download QNX; let me know if you can get it to do anything that's Hard Realtime, though, and I'll be amazed.
In fact, tell me if you do anything besides play with it, and say "gee, that looks really cool; I wish it had some apps", and then go back to your pitiful little slashbot existence. Please, let me know.
Could someone please explain to me what this means? The Microsoft speak is too thick for me.
If software is taxpayer-funded, then the taxpayers should have a right to use it; the GPL doesn't prohibit that.
If it has a GPL license to begin with, then whoever adds to the project should be educated as to what that means. Personally, I think that people should be educated on the terms of Microsoft's standard licensing agreements--they look much more sinister (here's one; spot the violations of your rights that the DMCA will legalize...).
If it doesn't have a GPL license to begin with, then don't use the GPL if you don't want to, or release it under multiple licenses instead. Nothing should stop you from doing that.
And what does 'innovate' mean in this context? I have yet to see Microsoft innovate, but they use the word all the time. Does it mean "make money", or "exploit the user"? How are they (mis)using that word?
You may think that Slashdot is not a software announcement site, and every time Slashdot announces software someone posts "This is not FreshMeat!", but the fact is, they can and do announce software.
Also, they announce very buggy software, put it in a positive light, and end up being linked to from the likes of cnn, and made fun of by zdnet.
I would argue that Slashdot is often a place for software announcements, but isn't a place for responsible journalism. In a nutshell, Slashdot is "Stuff That Matters, for Nerds". But it isn't News. Think about that.
That's a great idea for a song!
:)
Excellent.
It gets kinda dull down here, talking to the other impostors. (".Bruce Perens" is almost as annoying as "Bruce Perens." was originally)
Incidentally, I was the one who noticed "Bruce Perens." in the first place; if you've still got the e-mail, then you know my secret identity!
I agree with you about Linux, but it's nice to see the heavyweights getting behind it. After the GUI Wars, it's nice to see them agree on anything. Heartening, even.
That would have been cool, since everything he's posted has been modded up to +5.
;)
That way, my post would at least be at +3!
Sorry, Bruce.
:)
For some of us, slashdot is just fun and games, but some people take a good joke too far (or too seriously).
FWIW, I remember the original impostor, and that wasn't cool at all. In fact, I even wrote a song about it...
I'm not arguing about their hardware! I'm sure HP makes great hardware. But HP/UX is crufty and must die. If Linux isn't there yet, then you can bet that IBM, HP, SGI, and others will drag it there, kicking and screaming, until it is there.
:)
My personal favorite Journaling filesystem for Linux is ReiserFS; the standard one will probably be ext3. There are a couple of others as well. Linux also has a Volume Manager now, although I haven't tried it. And it's pretty awesome in the hardware support department...
This lab used to be all HP workstations, and it got replaced with DELLs running NT, and Solaris boxes. The NT boxes are getting replaced with Linux boxes...
Exactly. The Real Bruce Perens has some low UID or something, and doesn't post anonymously and stuff.
And I haven't seen him posting on this SID yet, but we'll see.
Incidentally, I'm the guy who originally notified him about "Bruce Perens.", the original impostor. Weird, eh?
Yeah right. Ever try to code sound on an HP/UX box? It's just yet another freaky, crufty Unix implementation, and it's weirder than most. When their passwd file gets corrupted, and they drop you to a prompt that says "Warning: you are SUPERUSER!", well... you'll be laughing too. Besides, HP has gotten Linux to run on HP hardware as well. But don't trust me; just see what HP migrates to...
Well, I wrote the original parody; the original song is by Eminem, ("Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up") and if you really want to know my secret identity...
:)
Well, I don't care if you credit it to "Will The Real Bruce Perens Please Stand Up"; otherwise, I could set up yet another free e-mail account or something.
But yes, whatever you decide, please rap it, and post the link.
Man, that's a catchy song! ;)
.mp3!
If anyone who can rap wants to record this for me... well... Post the link on slashdot; I'll happily link to the