Geez... the round ticket to Denver will actually be less than a round-trip ticket to Denver from DFW. Maybe I should fly first class.
-trp
P.S. BTW, based on all the "how much I make" brags from Visual Basic consultants on Slashdot, I expect the theatre to be packed with them! On the other hand, they probably all live in the Bay Area, where $100/hr. is minimum wage. >:-).
Great idea! Why rely on Microsoft to open gaping security holes in your system when we can do it in our vastly-superior Free Software way!
Not only is Perl code difficult to maintain, making it lousy for enterprise applications, but it has no security model! What could be a better for an applet language except, possibly scheme?
I can say that I've experienced absolutely *nothing* like that here.
So... all of the proven cases where Microsoft have done this in the past were also made up like this new allegation? Yeah, right.
I'm not saying that you are lying your personal experience, but wake the fuck up.
that sort of behavior would definitely not be endorsed or even condoned.
ROTFLMAO. That's why it's happened repeatedly in the past. I'm so sure all of the perps from the past occaisions were promptly fired. I'm laughin' so hard it hurts.
I'm an avid Linux user (both here and at home)
Oh, why didn't you say so. Now I can no longer think critically about anything you say no matter how stupid!
if I felt that Microsoft was up to half the shit that is suggested on slashdot, I wouldn't work here.
Well, I've been on the recieving end of a Microsoft dirty tricks campaign. Go drink a big gulp of numbing Micromilk from the Microteat and stay asleep, friend.
The problem is that Intel plans to make the computer broadcast these serial numbers over the internet.
It's comments like this that are making me start to wonder how much a lot of people who read slashdot really know about computers!
Intel makes CPUs. They don't make a single operating system or any network software that I'm aware of. How, exactly, is Intel going to "broadcast" my serial number over the Internet without any assitance from Linux, my software, or my corporate firewall, for that matter?
People are complaining that their software may "secretly use" this code to track them. Not if you are using free software! That's part of the reason you use and promote free software.
Those who say that the Pentium III will catch on anyway are correct. Just wait until the first big privacy screw-up and people find out that the only way to be safe is to use code you can inspect yourself...
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Geez... the round ticket to Denver will actually be less than a round-trip ticket to Denver from DFW. Maybe I should fly first class.
-trp
P.S. BTW, based on all the "how much I make" brags from Visual Basic consultants on Slashdot, I expect the theatre to be packed with them! On the other hand, they probably all live in the Bay Area, where $100/hr. is minimum wage. >:-).
Not only is Perl code difficult to maintain, making it lousy for enterprise applications, but it has no security model! What could be a better for an applet language except, possibly scheme?
- I can say that I've experienced absolutely *nothing* like that here.
So... all of the proven cases where Microsoft have done this in the past were also made up like this new allegation? Yeah, right.I'm not saying that you are lying your personal experience, but wake the fuck up.
- that sort of behavior would definitely not be endorsed or even condoned.
ROTFLMAO. That's why it's happened repeatedly in the past. I'm so sure all of the perps from the past occaisions were promptly fired. I'm laughin' so hard it hurts.- I'm an avid Linux user (both here and at home)
Oh, why didn't you say so. Now I can no longer think critically about anything you say no matter how stupid!- if I felt that Microsoft was up to half the shit that is suggested on slashdot, I wouldn't work here.
Well, I've been on the recieving end of a Microsoft dirty tricks campaign. Go drink a big gulp of numbing Micromilk from the Microteat and stay asleep, friend."For people who like to get out more."
- The problem is that Intel plans to make the computer broadcast these serial numbers over the internet.
It's comments like this that are making me start to wonder how much a lot of people who read slashdot really know about computers!Intel makes CPUs. They don't make a single operating system or any network software that I'm aware of. How, exactly, is Intel going to "broadcast" my serial number over the Internet without any assitance from Linux, my software, or my corporate firewall, for that matter?
Those who say that the Pentium III will catch on anyway are correct. Just wait until the first big privacy screw-up and people find out that the only way to be safe is to use code you can inspect yourself...