Your wrong, I should have backed up my statements. At least she was nice enough to reply in a way that wouldn't be mod'd down to flaimbait. (Though her assumptions about me were inaccurate.)
Huh. This is so off-topic and provocative that I will be nice to you.
Firstly, if you want to ask a question, and there is no relevant story at the time, go to the "Submit Story" link that you can probably see in the top-left corner below the Slashdot title. Choose "Ask Slashdot" in the Topic and Section drop down menu.
Now in response to the question, my answer would be to do a lot more research. Many of the best firewall systems are in fact free. Open source
firewall's generally means more peice of mind.
Linux and BSD are both great for running firewall's. An example of a free Linux distribution made specifically for firewall's is Astaro Security Linux. There are many other Linux distributions usable as firewall's.
These will generally give you more security than any Windows based firewall, at a much lower total cost of ownership.
Apologies to the Slashdot community for this reply to an off-topic post.
Hmm..
I would be interested in your explaination as to why the gun death rate **per person** is so much lower in Australia than America.
Everytime the gun laws have been tightened in Australia, the amount of gun deaths has dropped. Australia still has problems, and many groups are looking to have heavy restrictions or even banning of handguns.
For example, in 1998 there were 57 gun assults in Australia, for 19 million people. There were 280 other deaths, 234 of them were suicide. 21 accidents. In total there were 327 gun deaths in 1998.
The Australian assult rate is about 1 per 350,000 people year. (1999 Statistics)
The American assult rate is about 1 per 25000 people, (1997 Statistics)
Notice anything. Less guns mean less gun assults. Incidentially, Australia has less assults with all weapons due to laws resticting use in public, and even private.
Just thought I might clear a few things up.
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Public domain is, and always remains public domain and "freely available to all". There's no way to remove something from the public domain.
Sure there is. Public domain software effectively removes itself when people stop using it. (ie: better alternative).
Your wrong, I should have backed up my statements. At least she was nice enough to reply in a way that wouldn't be mod'd down to flaimbait. (Though her assumptions about me were inaccurate.)
I have no experience and I am just bullshitting. ;-)
Huh. This is so off-topic and provocative that I will be nice to you.
Firstly, if you want to ask a question, and there is no relevant story at the time, go to the "Submit Story" link that you can probably see in the top-left corner below the Slashdot title. Choose "Ask Slashdot" in the Topic and Section drop down menu.
Now in response to the question, my answer would be to do a lot more research. Many of the best firewall systems are in fact free. Open source firewall's generally means more peice of mind. Linux and BSD are both great for running firewall's. An example of a free Linux distribution made specifically for firewall's is Astaro Security Linux. There are many other Linux distributions usable as firewall's. These will generally give you more security than any Windows based firewall, at a much lower total cost of ownership.
Apologies to the Slashdot community for this reply to an off-topic post.
Hmm.. I would be interested in your explaination as to why the gun death rate **per person** is so much lower in Australia than America. Everytime the gun laws have been tightened in Australia, the amount of gun deaths has dropped. Australia still has problems, and many groups are looking to have heavy restrictions or even banning of handguns. For example, in 1998 there were 57 gun assults in Australia, for 19 million people. There were 280 other deaths, 234 of them were suicide. 21 accidents. In total there were 327 gun deaths in 1998. The Australian assult rate is about 1 per 350,000 people year. (1999 Statistics) The American assult rate is about 1 per 25000 people, (1997 Statistics) Notice anything. Less guns mean less gun assults. Incidentially, Australia has less assults with all weapons due to laws resticting use in public, and even private. Just thought I might clear a few things up.
Oh wait, that would be Aibo.
Made me think of this poem I encountered in the wonderful game - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - as follows:
A handsome young Cyborg named Ace,
Wooed women at every base,
But once ladies glanced at
His special enhancement
They vanished with nary a trace.
-- Barracks Graffiti,
Sparta Command