"Just look at the vulnerabilities that are discovered by people who didn't have access to the source code."
Yeah, but that's only because you guys haven't woken up. Look around you and see how to make an OS that doesn't suffer from source code access. There are plenty of such operating systems around you, one quickly rising as a serious competitor.
But this is all kinda like the RIAA problem. Like telling a wall about problems, since their entire business model has a serious problem with it. Only time will tell if RIAA and/or MS will still survive in the future.
The future of open source software definitely seems more safe anyway.
"You get what you pay for. When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that, in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get.'"
Sounds like a quote from someone who has no idea about what open source is...:-P I don't really get how it passed him that a company well-known for their licenses are equally well-konwn for their flawed software... Price and quality has nothing to do with each other in this case.
This and this:
"because of its very openness, will inevitably lead to security concerns"
leads me to not even care about wasting my time reading whatever more rubbish he came up with. One of the very basic lessons you learn when studying computer security is that openness is good. Security by obscurity is bad.
... and in this case, with Opera, most of the RAM goes to the memory cached web pages and images. The memory cache is user configurable, and I think even possible to disable so you only use disk cache.
It's just in beta / technology preview stage yet. I think geeks are using it now, mostly. You often don't want to install 0.x software in corporate environments. They probably use Mozilla 1.x / Seamonkey, which isn't getting any name changes. From what I've seen, it serves mostly as a code name now, and will probably not cause more confusion than Windows Cairo did before it was named Windows 2000. Eventually, Firefox should replace Seamonkey.
They had no conflicts with existing software trademarks. I noticed the About dialog showed a TM sign too, so I have a feeling they now actually got a registration through.
Who cares if a game controller is called Firefox or a movie with Clint Eastwood is? The thing that can cause confusion to the point it becomes a problem is if there already is a software called Firefox.
Also, what we're all discussing now is only a code name for a software being a technology preview, that will likely disappear in the future anyway.
The purpose of a stunt such as this is to get publicity.
Hopefully they will get it too. It's publicity that will not only benefit them, but yet bring music organizations like RIAA back as a target. Some news papers might write about it, etc. Perfect
You're talking like it was a single unfair moderator doing the moderation here. Actually, it's a whole lot of moderators, sometimes with completely different opinions about things. Some moderators might have thought the -1 one was OK, but not noticed it due to browsing threshold, etc...
"And the whole thing is completely portable and achieves accuracy down to one or two millionth of an inch across an 18 inch surface!"
Wow, that sounds really cool and accurate. But current telescopes are obviously also very very accurate too. So this doesn't really say much. I wonder how good this one is compared to current ones, made for the same purpose. Is there a noticeable loss of quality?
Through the media SCO Group sent the message that a virus writer that targets its website would be a Linux enthusiast.
Because the SCO Group has Linux as their target, sinking to lower levels for each attack they do, why should it be news or strange that some Linux user would do so as well? SCO has chosen to fight a dirty battle.
I just got the latest issue of a computer magazine I subscribe to, and they had a picture of Microsoft showing a slide explaining how their future security strategy will work and (of course) the positive effects that will come from it. In the center of the slide, there was a quote very similar to this one:
"Make efforts to cause public disclosures about security flaws look bad".
I wonder what they're thinking? So they'll get time to peacefully work on solutions while virus writers spread their work of art?
I couldn't care less about WinZip. WinRAR came in version 3.30 today, for the same price as WinZip and a lot more features. IMHO, it would be better than WinZip even if it didn't support RAR, simply from its arhiver support and features.:-)
That it happens to use the superior RAR format makes the decision easy for me. We're installing it at our company too, since it isn't even a hard to use archiver for geeks in any way. I know about for example bzip2 and 7-zip, but 7-zip still seems like a rather immature archiver, although it's interesting. The problem is the lack of a good feature set besides the core archiving part. And the official bzip2 package compiled for Windows doesn't come with a GUI so that makes it a bit less useful to me at least, especially when RAR has a comparable compression ratio. Sure, I can use a command line archiver, but I wouldn't like to.:-)
The only downside I can see is that RAR is a closed source format, with only the decompressor being open.
Sometimes, I think it's better to not have two different companies trying to get control over a single format.:-P
I know I'm getting for a head of myself but I think that the main reason that we'll all be disappointed in this movie is that we're no longer five to eight years old-- the age range Lucas says he's targeting.
Sounds strange when he's putting all this about politics and trade blockades into the movie. The problem I have with especially the prequels is partly what you say -- they may seem too childish for adults, but also that children might miss out so much when key moments in the movies deal with the senate and Palpatine. I think this is one of the largest problems with the Star Wars prequels. Most of us don't really think a Jar-Jar talking funny and stepping in poo is very funny, and most children are probably bored by the old man rambling on about politics.
Sounds great!:-) I mean, it could be worse and hopefully they can recover from it pretty well.
However, since this is a software problem they might not yet know why it appeared (I haven't heard they do so far), and Opporunity is probably using very similar if not identical software, well... what now? Another round of QA before letting it move off the lander and do its analysis stuff? Or just cross fingers?
Yes, since I'm not a follower of the "shoot the messenger" philosophy of RIAA, their suings don't make sense to me. However, I still think "copyright infrigement" is a bit far fetched for Sherman to use as a reason too.
"misusing Kazaa software to invade users' privacy"
This isn't copyright infrigement imho. Wouldn't RIAA just use a scanner to check what IP addresses it's connecting to and log those? They don't need to invade Sherman's copyrights or use an altered / hacked version of Kazaa at all.
"and send corrupt files and threatening messages."
This isn't copyright infrigement either. However, I agree that it's an awful business model or whatever you'd call it.
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"Just look at the vulnerabilities that are discovered by people who didn't have access to the source code."
Yeah, but that's only because you guys haven't woken up. Look around you and see how to make an OS that doesn't suffer from source code access. There are plenty of such operating systems around you, one quickly rising as a serious competitor.
But this is all kinda like the RIAA problem. Like telling a wall about problems, since their entire business model has a serious problem with it. Only time will tell if RIAA and/or MS will still survive in the future.
The future of open source software definitely seems more safe anyway.
Now, don't know where the source was leaked from, but 1 + 1 = ?
;-)
1 + 1 = USA in this case
"You get what you pay for. When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that, in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get.'"
:-P I don't really get how it passed him that a company well-known for their licenses are equally well-konwn for their flawed software... Price and quality has nothing to do with each other in this case.
Sounds like a quote from someone who has no idea about what open source is...
This and this:
"because of its very openness, will inevitably lead to security concerns"
leads me to not even care about wasting my time reading whatever more rubbish he came up with. One of the very basic lessons you learn when studying computer security is that openness is good. Security by obscurity is bad.
... and in this case, with Opera, most of the RAM goes to the memory cached web pages and images. The memory cache is user configurable, and I think even possible to disable so you only use disk cache.
It's just in beta / technology preview stage yet. I think geeks are using it now, mostly. You often don't want to install 0.x software in corporate environments. They probably use Mozilla 1.x / Seamonkey, which isn't getting any name changes. From what I've seen, it serves mostly as a code name now, and will probably not cause more confusion than Windows Cairo did before it was named Windows 2000. Eventually, Firefox should replace Seamonkey.
... and the major reason to why it was picked:
They had no conflicts with existing software trademarks. I noticed the About dialog showed a TM sign too, so I have a feeling they now actually got a registration through.
Who cares if a game controller is called Firefox or a movie with Clint Eastwood is? The thing that can cause confusion to the point it becomes a problem is if there already is a software called Firefox.
Also, what we're all discussing now is only a code name for a software being a technology preview, that will likely disappear in the future anyway.
Answer: To beat Java.
C# wasn't made to beat Java.
J# is.
Oh god -- is Linux written in Visual Basic :-O
The purpose of a stunt such as this is to get publicity.
Hopefully they will get it too. It's publicity that will not only benefit them, but yet bring music organizations like RIAA back as a target. Some news papers might write about it, etc. Perfect
If this kind of thing is valid, I don't see where so many .au slashdotters get off saying that the US is a police state. What bollix and hypocricy.
Where's the hypocrisy in that??
If your own country act like this, can't you comment about other countries where police can do the same?
You're talking like it was a single unfair moderator doing the moderation here. Actually, it's a whole lot of moderators, sometimes with completely different opinions about things. Some moderators might have thought the -1 one was OK, but not noticed it due to browsing threshold, etc...
"And the whole thing is completely portable and achieves accuracy down to one or two millionth of an inch across an 18 inch surface!"
Wow, that sounds really cool and accurate. But current telescopes are obviously also very very accurate too. So this doesn't really say much. I wonder how good this one is compared to current ones, made for the same purpose. Is there a noticeable loss of quality?
Through the media SCO Group sent the message that a virus writer that targets its website would be a Linux enthusiast.
Because the SCO Group has Linux as their target, sinking to lower levels for each attack they do, why should it be news or strange that some Linux user would do so as well? SCO has chosen to fight a dirty battle.
Yes. Unfortunately they never seem to have realized they could avoid the problem by doing like Opera for example... Dialog:
-----
You are entering www.thewebsite.com while using this login information:
User name: blah
Password: foo
Proceed?
[ Yes ] [ No ]
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I just got the latest issue of a computer magazine I subscribe to, and they had a picture of Microsoft showing a slide explaining how their future security strategy will work and (of course) the positive effects that will come from it. In the center of the slide, there was a quote very similar to this one:
"Make efforts to cause public disclosures about security flaws look bad".
I wonder what they're thinking? So they'll get time to peacefully work on solutions while virus writers spread their work of art?
I know what I see at least, and I also agree it looks like shit. :-)
and we make nearly everything we compose direct to the point of sterility.
I see you aren't browsing at -1
I actively dissuade people from using it. Winzip handles tar.bz2 just fine, so I don't feel bad for pushing that alternative.
Unfortunately, WinZip misses so many features I find useful and doesn't support RAR, which is, once again, rather common in the Windows community.
And I can't say I've met another that gives a shit about it being closed. I agree that it's a downside though.
I couldn't care less about WinZip. WinRAR came in version 3.30 today, for the same price as WinZip and a lot more features. IMHO, it would be better than WinZip even if it didn't support RAR, simply from its arhiver support and features. :-)
:-)
:-P
That it happens to use the superior RAR format makes the decision easy for me. We're installing it at our company too, since it isn't even a hard to use archiver for geeks in any way. I know about for example bzip2 and 7-zip, but 7-zip still seems like a rather immature archiver, although it's interesting. The problem is the lack of a good feature set besides the core archiving part. And the official bzip2 package compiled for Windows doesn't come with a GUI so that makes it a bit less useful to me at least, especially when RAR has a comparable compression ratio. Sure, I can use a command line archiver, but I wouldn't like to.
The only downside I can see is that RAR is a closed source format, with only the decompressor being open.
Sometimes, I think it's better to not have two different companies trying to get control over a single format.
I know I'm getting for a head of myself but I think that the main reason that we'll all be disappointed in this movie is that we're no longer five to eight years old-- the age range Lucas says he's targeting.
Sounds strange when he's putting all this about politics and trade blockades into the movie. The problem I have with especially the prequels is partly what you say -- they may seem too childish for adults, but also that children might miss out so much when key moments in the movies deal with the senate and Palpatine. I think this is one of the largest problems with the Star Wars prequels. Most of us don't really think a Jar-Jar talking funny and stepping in poo is very funny, and most children are probably bored by the old man rambling on about politics.
Also, it's seen before since orbiters have mapped the landing area before. I don't think one should take that statement too literally. :-)
Sounds great! :-) I mean, it could be worse and hopefully they can recover from it pretty well.
However, since this is a software problem they might not yet know why it appeared (I haven't heard they do so far), and Opporunity is probably using very similar if not identical software, well... what now? Another round of QA before letting it move off the lander and do its analysis stuff? Or just cross fingers?
Yes, since I'm not a follower of the "shoot the messenger" philosophy of RIAA, their suings don't make sense to me. However, I still think "copyright infrigement" is a bit far fetched for Sherman to use as a reason too.
"misusing Kazaa software to invade users' privacy"
This isn't copyright infrigement imho. Wouldn't RIAA just use a scanner to check what IP addresses it's connecting to and log those? They don't need to invade Sherman's copyrights or use an altered / hacked version of Kazaa at all.
"and send corrupt files and threatening messages."
This isn't copyright infrigement either. However, I agree that it's an awful business model or whatever you'd call it.
If that's true, they don't exploit an IE flaw at all. If I'm not wrong and everything before the @ shouldn't be treated as user name to login with.
Or this if you don't want to spend over a thousand to switch your hardware in order to meet said systems hardware requirements. :-P