Microsoft sells an OS vulnerable to buffer overflow exploits.
The obvious solution for secure computing -- better quality control on their code.
The Microsoft solution -- anything but better quality control. Limit the user's control of the machine. Enact a code-signing scheme. But, whatever you do, don't make us audit millions of lines of our own code.
And I can see by your 6-digit UID you have been on this forum long enough to understand Slashdot "Karma".
Here's a clue, cowboy: Default scores bear no relation to the worth of an individual post. They are only a reflection of the poster's recent activity. It is entirely possible a poster may have spent a few weeks playing around with offtopic comments but was recently moved to post something serious. This happens all the time.
Furthermore, Malda himself has said people get too wrapped up in Karma. It is not a game. It is not a reflection of an individual's intelligence or "worth". Given the herd (or HURD, heh) mentality of many slashdot moderators, it is mostly a reflection of whether or not most long-timers agree with someone's postings.
This was not the intent of Karma and, in fact, the moderation guidelines explicitly warn against it. Unfortunately, that's how it seems to work in real life. Not enough people with moderation privileges read and take to heart these guidelines. Some just don't care and want to use the "power" to further their "cause".
Impartiality and the benevolent use of power are rare. Just look at the network news for proof.
So, in summary, your snide comment about seeing someone else's karma drop says more about you than about them. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to log in with one of my other accounts and mod you down because you're mean *giggle*.
One of the more interesting things about the recent anthrax terrorism is the presence of anthrax on the first victim's keyboard.
The unfortunate victim died as a result of inhaled anthrax. Spores were found on both his keyboard and in his nasal lining.
Now, I ask, since most people touch their keyboards with their fingers (rather than their nose), how did the spores get from his nasal passage to his keyboard?
Is it possible the contamination went directly from his nasal passages to the keyboard? Could keyboard sniffing already be a widespread practice amongst people in the press?
Like most people who have actually read the book, I was VERY disappointed in the "Lord of the Rings" movie.
It omitted several of the most important aspects of the novel.
Specifically, there was no island, no conch shell, and no "Piggy". Instead, we got a bunch or fanciful immature swords-and-sorcery dungeons-and-dragons crap.
and has pretty much ripped up the Bill of Rights from No 3. on
Please cite evidence proving Ashcroft has sought to allow forcible quartering of soldiers in private households.
You do know what what Amendment Three says, don't you?
So please back up your poorly-punctuated assertion about "No. 3 on." Otherwise, I will simply dimiss you as yet another immature, Constitutionally misinformed, knee-jerk slashdot wannabe geek.
Now that we finally have a strict Constitutional literalist in the White House, we can expect more judges who understand what "shall make no law" means.
Please allow me a moment to point something out....
It is well-known amongst the "Powers That Be" that this is your 700th post.
700 posts is a significant threshold by any standard short of Signal 11.
Even more remarkable is you have achieved this with a higher-than-400,000 user id.
By way of comparison, there are users at the 30,000 level who have only made approximately 600 posts. You have posted far more than users who have been here far longer. Indeed, you must be posting multiple times per story, per day in order to achieve this respectable sum.
And given this remarkably promiscuous posting pattern, one would think you might be contributing a great deal to the discussions.
Yet this does not seem to be the case.
Therefore we are collectively considering the possiblity that you might have a psychological disorder akin to obsessive/compulsive behavior. Do you fell uncontrollably compelled to post? Do you wash your hands after each post? Does posting give a feeling of relief similar to, say, a bowel movement?
If so, please consider seeking help. You cannot keep up this pace for long without it seriously impacting your career, studies, and social life.
If it is not an obsessive/compulsive disorder, then we are left with only one possible alternative to explain your behavior.
I mean if you're really going to karma whore, you can't just stop at saying, "Product X should be open source." Granted, you get some credit for suggesting "hackers" would make such a platform great (of 1337, if you prefer), but in the modern jaded era of Slashdot Moderation, you have to go all out and use both barrels.
Try it like this:
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The question I have, as I heard about plans for future expansions, is has anyone ever considered devloping an "open source" gaming platform? A system whose schematics and such are open for everyone and under which both commercial developers and hobbyists have the same capabilities. It might be interesting to see something like this. Think of all the peripherals you can think of, and think of hackers making some of them.
Such a system could easily be made using a lightweight Linux kernal with optimized graphics code -- perhaps even capable of supporting OpenGL and/or DirectX. This would allow developers to jump-start their development with open standards.
Also, while DVD and PS2 support is nice, USB and Firewire would be far superior standards for expansion.
Such a system would offer tremendous advantages over Microsoft's still-vapor "X-Box". The openness of the platform would undoubtedly encourage development from third-party vendors and might even bring back the long-lost days of the small independent gaming software company. Certainly, with internet connectivity, the need to rely on under-the-table retail shelf-placement deals goes away.
And, if all that wasn't enough, can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things?
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There. Plenty of "+1 Interesting/Insightful" fodder. Take it from an old pro, you'll get yourself up to the 50 cap in no time at all. Hope this helps.
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"I've found the experiences of dancing and programming to have a great deal in common."
Then either your dancing or your programming needs some serious help.
Nice going. Obviously, we won't be giving you the secret locations for our meetings anymore.
In soviet russia, posts filter out you.
Microsoft sells an OS vulnerable to buffer overflow exploits.
The obvious solution for secure computing -- better quality control on their code.
The Microsoft solution -- anything but better quality control. Limit the user's control of the machine. Enact a code-signing scheme. But, whatever you do, don't make us audit millions of lines of our own code.
You sound like someone who never advanced past the support desk.
[i]Anything else is a support nightmare for a large organization, and eventually for Sun.[/i]
I'll take the support nightmare of users installing their own apps over the productivity nightmare of users not being able to install apps they need.
And I can see by your 6-digit UID you have been on this forum long enough to understand Slashdot "Karma".
Here's a clue, cowboy: Default scores bear no relation to the worth of an individual post. They are only a reflection of the poster's recent activity. It is entirely possible a poster may have spent a few weeks playing around with offtopic comments but was recently moved to post something serious. This happens all the time.
Furthermore, Malda himself has said people get too wrapped up in Karma. It is not a game. It is not a reflection of an individual's intelligence or "worth". Given the herd (or HURD, heh) mentality of many slashdot moderators, it is mostly a reflection of whether or not most long-timers agree with someone's postings.
This was not the intent of Karma and, in fact, the moderation guidelines explicitly warn against it. Unfortunately, that's how it seems to work in real life. Not enough people with moderation privileges read and take to heart these guidelines. Some just don't care and want to use the "power" to further their "cause".
Impartiality and the benevolent use of power are rare. Just look at the network news for proof.
So, in summary, your snide comment about seeing someone else's karma drop says more about you than about them. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to log in with one of my other accounts and mod you down because you're mean *giggle*.
One of the more interesting things about the recent anthrax terrorism is the presence of anthrax on the first victim's keyboard.
The unfortunate victim died as a result of inhaled anthrax. Spores were found on both his keyboard and in his nasal lining.
Now, I ask, since most people touch their keyboards with their fingers (rather than their nose), how did the spores get from his nasal passage to his keyboard?
Is it possible the contamination went directly from his nasal passages to the keyboard? Could keyboard sniffing already be a widespread practice amongst people in the press?
It's certainly something to think about.
Like most people who have actually read the book, I was VERY disappointed in the "Lord of the Rings" movie.
It omitted several of the most important aspects of the novel.
Specifically, there was no island, no conch shell, and no "Piggy". Instead, we got a bunch or fanciful immature swords-and-sorcery dungeons-and-dragons crap.
Far too many dramatic liberties were taken.
and has pretty much ripped up the Bill of Rights from No 3. on
Please cite evidence proving Ashcroft has sought to allow forcible quartering of soldiers in private households.
You do know what what Amendment Three says, don't you?
So please back up your poorly-punctuated assertion about "No. 3 on." Otherwise, I will simply dimiss you as yet another immature, Constitutionally misinformed, knee-jerk slashdot wannabe geek.
Now that we finally have a strict Constitutional literalist in the White House, we can expect more judges who understand what "shall make no law" means.
It's about time. Thank God.
Christmas was three days ago.
Actually, I probably could ignore Perl if Slashdot didn't choke on such a regular basis.
And yet Starship Trooper posted logged-in. That's more than you can say, isn't it?
Please allow me a moment to point something out....
It is well-known amongst the "Powers That Be" that this is your 700th post.
700 posts is a significant threshold by any standard short of Signal 11.
Even more remarkable is you have achieved this with a higher-than-400,000 user id.
By way of comparison, there are users at the 30,000 level who have only made approximately 600 posts. You have posted far more than users who have been here far longer. Indeed, you must be posting multiple times per story, per day in order to achieve this respectable sum.
And given this remarkably promiscuous posting pattern, one would think you might be contributing a great deal to the discussions.
Yet this does not seem to be the case.
Therefore we are collectively considering the possiblity that you might have a psychological disorder akin to obsessive/compulsive behavior. Do you fell uncontrollably compelled to post? Do you wash your hands after each post? Does posting give a feeling of relief similar to, say, a bowel movement?
If so, please consider seeking help. You cannot keep up this pace for long without it seriously impacting your career, studies, and social life.
If it is not an obsessive/compulsive disorder, then we are left with only one possible alternative to explain your behavior.
Specifically, you are something of a wanker.
No, no, no. The question was, "What happens to AC posts about VALinux and Microsoft?"
and if they are not practicing what they preach, I'd be the first one taking my readership elsewhere.
They aren't. You won't.
Well, never mind.
Stupid slashcode.
That link is wrong. I meant to post this one.
At another site.
Interesting slogan on those shirts.
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http://www.elj.com/elj-quotes/elj-quotes-1999.htm
Depends.
Microsoft's inability to deliver was going to push Linux to the front.
Then the dot com revolution was going to do it.
Then the consumer bandwidth revolution was going to do it.
Then the globalization of computing was going to do it.
Now an economic recession is going to do it.
Any bets on how long it will be until we're back at "Microsoft's inability to deliver" again?
Actually, the quote is originally attributed to a 19th-century French socialist philosopher named Jacques Renault.
I mean if you're really going to karma whore, you can't just stop at saying, "Product X should be open source." Granted, you get some credit for suggesting "hackers" would make such a platform great (of 1337, if you prefer), but in the modern jaded era of Slashdot Moderation, you have to go all out and use both barrels.
Try it like this:
====
The question I have, as I heard about plans for future expansions, is has anyone ever considered devloping an "open source" gaming platform? A system whose schematics and such are open for everyone and under which both commercial developers and hobbyists have the same capabilities. It might be interesting to see something like this. Think of all the peripherals you can think of, and think of hackers making some of them.
Such a system could easily be made using a lightweight Linux kernal with optimized graphics code -- perhaps even capable of supporting OpenGL and/or DirectX. This would allow developers to jump-start their development with open standards.
Also, while DVD and PS2 support is nice, USB and Firewire would be far superior standards for expansion.
Such a system would offer tremendous advantages over Microsoft's still-vapor "X-Box". The openness of the platform would undoubtedly encourage development from third-party vendors and might even bring back the long-lost days of the small independent gaming software company. Certainly, with internet connectivity, the need to rely on under-the-table retail shelf-placement deals goes away.
And, if all that wasn't enough, can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things?
====
There. Plenty of "+1 Interesting/Insightful" fodder. Take it from an old pro, you'll get yourself up to the 50 cap in no time at all. Hope this helps.