If a DVD i just bought starts with an unskippable video which accuses me of being a criminal, threatening me with up to x years of jail time it doesn't exactly help their case.
We all know the drill. Some interns from the mail room do the coding while the Ivy League MBA guys with a major in Bullshitology blow tons of money on booze, drugs and hookers.
There are already plenty of other document readers out there. Why reinvent the wheel if they can just endorse an alternate reader and team up with those developers? The different available plugins for Flash, Java and so on aren't that different if you think about it.
Hell, if they want to cram more and more non-core crap into the browser why not do something similar to Eclipse, where you download either the basic version or purpose-based packages which already include the necessary plugins/items? After all, the add-on system exists for a reason.
Don't forget: Before he became pope he was the head of what's left of the Inquisition (and I don't mean the Monty Python variety). That should tell you a thing or three.
Not sure about the others, but in case of ColdFusion it's pure laziness, since there are tons of built-in features to prevent SQL injection. No additional and/or custom stuff necessary.
Nor exactly. With politicians in Europe being just as corrupt and/or gullible as in the US the possible introduction of software patents is always a constant threat as well. It's just a matter of when enough of the right hands have been greased.
Probably more complex than you'd think, since many of their products have been "bought together", like the eGroups system beneath their Yahoo Groups stuff, instead of being built on a common base.
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If a DVD i just bought starts with an unskippable video which accuses me of being a criminal, threatening me with up to x years of jail time it doesn't exactly help their case.
We all know the drill. Some interns from the mail room do the coding while the Ivy League MBA guys with a major in Bullshitology blow tons of money on booze, drugs and hookers.
IIRC he got the idea from a military research project the Brits have done back in the late 80's.
There are already plenty of other document readers out there. Why reinvent the wheel if they can just endorse an alternate reader and team up with those developers?
The different available plugins for Flash, Java and so on aren't that different if you think about it.
Hell, if they want to cram more and more non-core crap into the browser why not do something similar to Eclipse, where you download either the basic version or purpose-based packages which already include the necessary plugins/items? After all, the add-on system exists for a reason.
I hope someone will be annoyed enough to start a fork which removes this gimmicky crap but keeps the security fixes.
Poor guy. He's so ronery!
Don't forget: Before he became pope he was the head of what's left of the Inquisition (and I don't mean the Monty Python variety). That should tell you a thing or three.
Just more of the same shit.
Anyone remember Bleem?
True, even a huge chunk of the classic Doctor Who episodes would have been lost, had it not been for archives abroad.
Yes, somebody should sit them down and explain the part about redundant storage again.
^^ Which is why it's so funny how they and their lapdogs kept up this "flip-flopper" bullshit during John Kerry's campaign.
Not sure about the others, but in case of ColdFusion it's pure laziness, since there are tons of built-in features to prevent SQL injection. No additional and/or custom stuff necessary.
"Loosing" it? Did they run out of glue?
2010-2012: Rotting corpse
2012-2013: Zombie stage
http://xkcd.com/303/
You just need an endless supply of booze.
^^ The things people would do to kill that fucking dog!
Nor exactly. With politicians in Europe being just as corrupt and/or gullible as in the US the possible introduction of software patents is always a constant threat as well. It's just a matter of when enough of the right hands have been greased.
Film at 11!
Serious flashback to Demolition Man!
Warrant-less wiretapping, data retention laws, continuous tracking of financial transactions, first amendment violated on a regular basis, Gitmo, ...
Terrorists hate our freedoms, so we have to hollow them out wherever we can???
Has this been verified by Al Gore???
Probably more complex than you'd think, since many of their products have been "bought together", like the eGroups system beneath their Yahoo Groups stuff, instead of being built on a common base.
What's so new about that? Concept ideas along those lines have been around for years, long before OLED screens became mainstream.