You're the kind of people that make the "attitude" of the Linux community. You are also the kind of person that makes me an advocate of Linux, but not a self-proclaimed "member of the Linux community."
The fact that the Linux community doesn't want to hear others' opinions is completely apparent. Maybe he didn't make the greatest support for his statements (I think many of us could make many more to back up what he stated), but he is heading in the right direction. Programmers need to live and raise families... something they can not do producing free software 24x7. They need income to survive and they won't get income by being open source developers.
The whole "bond" thing mentioned the other day on/. is a perfect example of how people are attempting to "live" from OpenSource software, but I have a strong feeling this won't fly too well since those who purchase such a bond won't be able to make any kind of profit on their money (and very few people are willing to give away free money, especially now that we're in a recession).
A lot of companies are doing the "service & support" thing like Mandrakesoft, but I honestly fee that the numerous newsgroups, IRC channels, and web pages can provide much better support for any Linux distro and/or opensourced project than any company can. By sheer numbers, we can see that Mandrakesoft (nor RedHat; nor Caldera) can hire 1 million people to do service & support while newsgroups and the such offer such a wide range of experience and aptitude.
As for survivability, Linux will survive, maybe more so for hobbyists and those who like the alternative. Linux won't be able to make money directly to those who build companies around it or Open Sourced software (well, maybe a few but I don't see a trend). The money will come into those individual programmers who spend their days working for an IT shop (or going to school) and their nights coding their window manager; using this project to get them experience which means better jobs. A person who developes open sourced software is looking at expanding his/her own horizons and by getting jobs for software companies that sell software, (s)he will be able to make the money (s)he needs to live, raise their family, and provide a better coder so future versions of windows DON'T SUCK.
I don't think there is one, simple solution to the spam problem. This idea sounds like it will work, but as mentioned, what about mailing lists?
Okay, and what about the "counters" spammers would use? Maybe there should be a system that uses 'diff' to compare lines or something similar... mailings that have let's say 99% of the same message would be considered spam.
As far as mailing lists, why wouldn't they be able to register as legitimate mail? Like an exception list, an MTA can contact this central repository with the mail it receives, send the checksum (or what have you) and the repository would still say "yeah, it matches, but it's from a valid mailing list located in our database." Therefore, the MTA would not block it.
I think one of the better solutions for getting rid of SPAM is for ISPs to do a better job or implementing and actively enforcing their anti-spam policies. The only way to do this is to claim a $500 per e-mail check for every piece of unwanted e-mail you receive. If they give a sh*t or two, they will stop the spammer, and although maybe not give you your $500, you surely did your part to stop at least 1 spammer.
Hrmm... this sounds like a form of "stock purchase" in which people buy "part of the company" in order to invest their own money to make more money... Why not just start their own company? Oh that's right, that requires some sense of business.. which most of these geeks don't have. Oh yeah, and if they did they'd be against everything they fight for when they use StarOffice instead of MS Office... because it's free.
So..../ geeks complain about having to pay money for software... but programmers want to get paid. Since it would be hypocritical to start a company and sell their software, they come up with this "bomd scheme" to provide themselves with money while they remain jobless.
Yes... I can see it now. Okay, I've got an idea... I'm going to start a "free software fund"... everyone who wants to join will send me $10... then for every person you get to join, you take $10 of their dollars and send me half of that... then when they get someone to join, they take THEIR $10, give you five of it and you give me $2.50. Hrmm oh yeah and the money I "earn" will be funding a project to code a PHP script to refresh a browser every 30 seconds incrementing a variable by 1. How about it?
Right there you prove how the legal system DOES NOT work. Getting out and burning flags doesn't change things, you would see this from history... hippies burning flags int he '60s didnt stop the Vietnam war. Making such eluded comments as 'this is an attack on Russian culture' is rediculous. This isn't an attack on anything other than a guy who was doing something "against the law" whether the law be right or not, it is still the law. This is a premise your young, feeble mind must realize. Breaking the law which you ara "protesting" is NOT the way to get rid of it... you're just letting the lawmakers say, "see, the law is doing what we meant it to do."
Now we just need to do more research on ways we can use computers to do even more pointless research. Uhh... maybe we should start an OpenSource project?
You should try reading my whole comment before making dumb remarks.
First, if you try to go buy dynamite you will not be allowed (try it, I dare you). This is because it is illegal for the common person to own explosive devices. Yes, as I said, people CAN own such things but they require licenses and fall under very strict guidelines. Otherwise, it is illegal.
The reason it is illegal is because unless you are particularly licensed to perform such things as demolition, your only reason for having an explosive device is to maliciously destroy something and cause harm to others, also what I said in my prior statement.
As far as your last comment on rights, obviously your reading comprehension skills are inadequete. I didn't say that you owning a rootkit infringed on my rights. My point was, you have no right owning and/or distributing a rootkit because you have INTENT to illegally gain access to someone else's computer.
Is obtaining explosives or parts used in explosives illegal? Should it be illegal? Well, it is illegal. Why? Because by creating an explosive, you have an intent to either kill someone or destroy property.
Let's compare this to a rootkit. Should it be illegal? Maybe. Why? Because building a rootkit is INTENT to commit a crime; that crime being unauthorized and therefore illegal access to a computer system. Just like there cannot be many arguments made for creating or having an explosive device that is 'legitimate' there isn't many arguments for creating a rootkit that's legitimate.
A good example of creating an explosive for legitimate use would be if you were a contractor that dealt with bringing down skyscrapers. Now, if your business is as this is, you have a legal right to have explosives. Likewise, miners use explosives, etc etc.
An example of a rootkit? Well, let's say you're a O/S vender. The ability for you get to administrative access to a machine when your customers can't is an asset (or everyone gets pissed), therefore it would be legal for you to have a rootkit for your O/S.
True, maybe making a rootkit is a "learning experience" but so is making a bomb. It doesn't make it any MORE legal just because you learn from it. Because you learn how to make crack-coccaine doesn't mean it should be legal.
Granted we have all this freedom, but there is a point where freedom oversteps the bounds of good moral and common sense for the good of everyone. Since freedom is a concept for all men and women and not JUST you, then it would be to the benefit of everyone to make either the creation of a rootkit or distribution of a rootkit illegal.
FreeBSD was not bought by BSDI. Yahoo! uses FreeBSD and provides most of it's current funding (or at least provides the funding to Walnut Creek who then funds FreeBSD). Since Yahoo wanted dual processor machines, they "integrated" BSDI into FreeBSD resulting in SMP support in FreeBSD (as of 4.3 I believe)
Let's also not forget that the majority of Linux code is STILL based on (old) *BSD code.
There is a saying that applies here (I think):
"BSD is for people who love UNIX; Linux is for people who hate Windows"
The U.S. is primarily a democracy however most major issues are done in a republic manner. For instance, your local town may want to put in a new park so they hold a vote amongst the people of your town as to where to put it (this is a democracy). In a republic, officials are elected to make the best decision for the community (this is the case of the house and senate). In a republic there is no call for people to vote on measures other than elected officials, however there is in a democracy.
LLC companies have nothing to do with corporations. Corporations have been around thousands of years, going back to one of the biggest companies the East India Company. This was owned by share holders, some being of royalty, but in general it was a coporation.
Why is every corporate entity determined to be "evil"? Do people not understand that the United States and most of the world are defined by the corporation which is a major part of democracy?
Again, it's another post that is anti-corporation and it's getting tiring. Would it be so hard to have posts about something more intelligent than propoganda submitted by leftist/. moderators?
Do people here have jobs? Do you not work for a company? Or are you just a high school kid that gets everything from his daddy... and therefore doesn't understand the concept of making money and being profitable to survive?
Companies don't just take money to make lots of money, but it's the people behind them that want the money. And probably so, you have a friend who either owns his own company or his father owns a company (or maybe just a CEO of a publically held company). In any case, this is the way our society is. Without the corporation,/. wouldn't exist.. it would have fallen under from the "lack of funding and therefore resources" category./. is only here due to corporate sponsorship paying half-brained individuals to post more rediculous stories about "bad" corporations.
I've always been pretty "okay" with such activities, but this is getting rediculous.
My solution is TiVo! (Skip the commercials!!)
But seriously, I like watching the TV commercials for breast enhancements and those paid commercials for that stuff that removes hair from your body without shaving (I may try it on my bunghole!) And although I don't drink beer, I still like the Budweiser commercials. If I don't watch sports (which I really dont do often), does that mean I won't be able to share in the same commercials as my drunk friends? Are they going to force me to watch the Yankees game to see these commercials... and to just through in more commercials or advertisements in the middle of the game like "this instant reply is brought to you by...." or "this blade of grass is brought to you by Lawn Doctor..."? This is crap.
Advertising is there for a reason and honestly it helps everyone everyday find something they like, but now it's getting rediculous.
BTW, John, in the early 1900s they thought hysteria was caused within women and the solution was a hysterectemy. Maybe you need one of these, because you're the biggest twat I've seen!
Just 2 days ago (I believe) you claimed that Microsoft stiffled innovation. How is this when you just named several products they are releasing which are arguably BETTER than what is already out there? Isn't that innovation?
.Net services, software that permits unrelated Web sites to talk with one another and with PC programs, without the user having to open new programs or visit new sities. This is the company's wedge into Web services.
The first real competition to AOL? AOL obviously has the Internet service market share, and people are ALWAYS complaining about that. Now when someone has the balls and resources to compete with AOL, others complain
XBox. As we know, this is the company's huge leap into the $20 billion game console business, scheduled for launch on November 9. XBox is supposed to be three times more powerful than Sony's or Nintendo's boxes, and Microsoft says it plans to spend $500 million on advertising in the first 18 months alone.
Again, this has to do with your statement of "lack of innovation". If the XBox is 3 times better than Sony or Nintendo, isn't THIS an innovation? And no, this will NOT knock Sony out of any markets since Sony's annual capitalization is actually higher than Microsoft's... using your theory, Sony will be able to "live out the competition" which includes Microsoft.
Small Business Software. For the first time, Microsoft will jump into the $19 billion small-business software arena, says Business Week, having bought accounting software specialist Great Plains Software for $1.l billion in April. The company says it then plans to offer customer-relationship, human-resources, and supply-chain software.
A market they haven't gotten into. And I'm sure, just like Windows gives users what they want for a desktop system, their Small Business software will give companies good software that does what they want. Microsoft is just giving consumers and corporations the products which work to best fit their needs.
Stinger, Microsoft's latest effort at software for cellphones, begins trials in Europe later this year.
I'd rather have a WinCE screen on my cell phone with a nice little color display. A lot better than that crappy pixalated B&W display currently on there! Ever compared the iPaq handheld with a Palm or Handspring? WinCE is a better mobile platform, because of it's ability to do things PalmOS cannot do! Again, THIS IS INNOVATION!
Ultimate TV. Described by industry analysts as a "set-top box on steroids." For less than $400, this box will allow people to surf the Web and interact with TV shows, and record progams on hard drives for storage and later viewing.
Since I haven't seen this one myself, I cannot comment on it directly. However, seeming as 2 of my previous statements show that Microsoft created a better solution to it's competition, I'm sure UltimateTV will be an innovation with it's competitors ReplayTV and TiVo
As far as XP goes, from reports I've seen it's a great O/S! Again, Microsoft delivers what consumers and corporations want... and they do it with an elegantly put together product.
You cannot claim Microsoft to be a "big bad bully" without comparing it to other companies. For instance, Sony. They sell TVs, audio equipment, computers, monitors, handheld devices, a A.I. god, video cameras, still digital cameras, music, videos, TiVo compatible device, Satelite TV equipment, and telephones. What about such companies as General Motors? I found out one of my credit cards was handled by GM Capital. GM now just doesn't sell cars, but also sells insurance and credit. They are the single largest corporation in the world with the amount of money they make every year. (Microsoft doesn't come close!) What about Japanese companies like Fujitsu? They make a lot of things as well, mostly sold in Asia
Since almost everyone who goes online intersects with a Microsoft product, there are substantial privacy concerns. It follows that MS knows more about the Web habits of Americans than any other company. And should the company ever decide to impose political or cultural values on its users and properties, it could have an enormous impact on speech and the transmission of political ideas.
This is pure hysteria. Microsoft will never have the power to do such a thing. Sure, all the desktop systems run XP... but there are MILLIONS of devices out there NOT running ANY Microsoft software. They will never *control* the net as you say they will.
Microsoft, reports Business week in a thorough report in its June 4 issue, and discussed in on Slashdot two weeks ago, is drowning in cash: $30 billion, more than any other company in the Corporate Republic formerly known as America.
As I said above, General Motors is the largest corporation in the world! Microsoft is but a spec of dust. This statement is FALSE and again you only live off of hysteria.
We now have the Unaccountable Company, bigger than the government of the nation in which it resides
What?! The U.S. has more money being spent on hammers this year than Microsoft has made in the last ten years. You don't think that funding the biggest, most technically advanced military, funding the largest space program, funding the world's best spy network doesn't cost lots of money? For heavens sake, they just gave us back $1.3 trillion dollars in 10 years. Microsoft will only MAKE that much in 10 years, let alone give it back!
People who need the Net and the Web in their personal loves or workplaces will do business with Microsoft, or they won't do business.
That's right. Until someone comes out with something BETTER, Microsoft will be the way... but instead of everyone whining about it, they should get off their asses and do something about it!
That returns Gates to his pre-lawsuit position as the pre-eminent figure of the Internet, invincible as Frankenstein's monster, the creature that really can't be vanquished or driven off.
Frankenstein's monster was eventually killed. Invincible? No. Hard to defeat? Maybe. Microsoft has gotten to it's position by a very intelligent marketing mastermind (Mr. Gates) He just doesn't understand computers but also how people think and what they want. Until someone else can do this, he'll remain at the top of his game.
Everyone should use certificates. Certificates are used in browser apps. By using certificates, we can verify we are ourselves as we connect to a website. Any decent email system supports certificates. You can get a free e-mail certificate from www.thawte.com (which is part of verisign). These can be used not just to encrypt your message but also to sign it (to verify it is from you). According to Versign, Digital Certificates are the only way to electronically sign something (just like your ink signature on a check). You also have the ability to declare multiple e-mail addresses. Since it is handled by a CA, you can revoke your digital certificate at any time, and you do not need to send your public key to everyone who wants to use it (as you would with PGP). Typically, if your receiver has a digital certificate, you can encrypt the data to them (outlook does this, I know off hand) and then sign it with your key, just like in PGP. This is all done automatically through the CA, as opposed to e-mailing someone and requesting their public key.
Besides all of this, it's just a good method. The encryption isn't as powerful as PGP, but for most secure communications it's excellent (how many of us do banking with 128bit encryption daily?)
You are all paranoid. Again, I will say, the government doesn't have the resources to monitor everyone in the world, so GET OVER IT.
Secondly, the judge was correct. The Russians could not be guarenteed privacy when using a computer that is not theirs. As far as the document, we do not know the title of the document itself. If it read, "my hacked shells.txt" then the FBI could legally copy it and obtain a warrant. It's very similar to seeing a shotgun in someone's car while the cop has him/her pulled over for a traffic stop and then legally being allowed to do a full search of the car.
Thirdly, the FBI did not violate any laws of Russia. And no that doesn't give you the right to illegally access machines of people that supposedly illegally accessed you. No, the FBI is not above the law however in order to protect us, law enforcement agencies do need to be able to bend the law a little bit to get the evidence they need. Sorta like the FBI going into a business and requesting their Tax files from the last 10 years in investigating a tax fraud case.
Finally, if you have nothing to hide then don't worry about law enforcement. If you do have something to hide then put your tail between your legs. Every person on here who complains about the FBI and the gov't is just afraid that their warez'd version of Photoshop will be found.
What still makes me wonder is why most computer geeks and teenagers these days are liberals (and maybe democrats) considering Democrats are the people usually attempting to pass laws of censorship. In fact, former vice president Al Gore's wife, Tippur, is the founder and currently the president of the national agency to put those 'Parental Advisory' labels on your music. Democrats are also at the front of bills to eliminate public cryptography, stop kids from playing "dangerous" video games, and the ones who headed ratings on your TV shows.
The democratic philosophy is "bigger government." Basically, increase the size of government to manage the daily lives of people. This is liberal thinking, but not very liberating at all... just more control.
Because it's fast and convenient? The price is good? Good reasons for me to grab a burger as opposed to spending an hour on a home-cooked dinner especially when I don't have an hour to spend. McDonald's hasn't replaced anything... it's meerly a compliment.
If you dont care if people know where your traveling, do the following. When you park your car in a deserted area, put a sign on it saying you'll be gone for more than an hour. Leave it unlocked, with the keys in the car. Point it out to the local riff raff. Point out they ought to get jobs while your at it.
If you're stupid enough to do this, then you deserve to have your car stolen. This has nothing to do with privacy or lack thereof
When you go on vacation, post your home address to a few newsgroups, mentioning that you'll be gone for a few weeks with no housesitter or alarm system. Mention that if anyone needed to get in "for a medical emergency" you keep you spare key under the flowerpot by the mailbox.
Again, what does this have to do with privacy? ONLY a stupid person would do this. In fact, I notify my neighbors when I'll be out of town. This way, they CAN look after my house (even loosely) so that I can stay protected. If I didnt tell anyone I was leaving, then they'd assume I was dead and have a party (can't let that happen)
When you get to Abu-Dabi or worse, Cleveland, loudly announce that you have exactly $1,642.00 in cash on you, and could anyone reccommend a nice Mexican restaurant. (Mexican chosen from a prior example, no implication of Mexican related crime - that's your bias, not mine.)
I do not recall making a biased against Mexicans or any bias whatsoever. And again, why would you announce how much money you had? Besides, I said there are certain things you want to keep private, such as your financial situation. It's obvious your reading skills aren't past the 3rd grade level, that may be why you posted anonymously
Post your home address, all your credit card information, and ATM PIN code on your hotel door when you go to the beach.
And the point of this would be...? Again, I've said it before.. financial information should be confidential
Or you could put $1500 in your sock, $42 in your wallet and $100 in your pocket, park your car, fly out, grab a burrito if there's Mex handy or try something local (or a Snickers - It Satisfies) then head to beach with a waterproof wallet.
What world of crack addiciton did you pull this statement from?
to read this guy's babblings. What are you thinking? You must have smoked too much weed or something.
The fact is, the U.S. was founded based on money. Believe it or not, the main reason many of the people wanted free from England was to get away from the taxes imposed by imports and exports. After freeing themselves, it helped improve their standard of living and forced england to pay them for England to bring things into the country. It worked out for the better.
On another note, McDonald's has not detracted from cultural differences in other parts of the country. For instance, in Philadelphia you have the cheese steak. It's very hard to find an authentic cheese steak anywhere else in the U.S. In Chicago, the Deep dish pizza was born. Pizzeria Uno's (a national chain) has spread this nationally (and i love their food), however I have NEVER had a pizza as good as one from Chicago area! New Orleans... Cajun cooking, nothing like it anywhere but in Louisianna. Mexican, real mexican, best in the southern states. I've never had a chunk of beef as good as the ones I've had in the upper western states (Wyoming and Montana). The western food in these regions, especially with meats from bovine are superior to ANYTHING in my NYC suburb.. or anyplace else I've been. To say that McDonald's has ruined the U.S. culturally is narrow minded thinking!
The U.S. gov't has always been open to providing large sums of money to people who want to "make a difference." Especially providing money for people to compete against big companies. The problem is, no one looks into these features... and even with technology, there is nothing *better* for the Corporate Desktop environment other than Windows. Sorry, but it's true. Linux is nice and All (Yes, I use it.. and Windows) and many things I can do in Windows I cant do in Linux (and visa versa for that matter). Needless to say, a lot of the things I need to do at work I can't do in Linux.
Granted, there is certain information you don't want people to know about necessarily... such as your medical history, your income, your financial status in general, your social security #... things that, if found out by someone, could cause you a lot of trouble.
However, there are things which just do not make a sh*t of difference. What kind of movies or music you like... or where you are in the country. Why do you care, really, if someone knows where you are as you travel? You have something to hide? And who cares if some company knows that Robert De Niro is my favorite actor! Sure, if Paramount wants to notify me that he's in a new movie coming out, YES, I'd want to go see it... so tell me.
It's funny. One thing I realized from the Matrix... a line said by Agent Smith was something similar to "we made everything perfect, but you rebelled because you couldn't believe it was so good." This is what you're thinking... your thought process is "if they can track me they know where i'm always at and they're gonna track me down and it's an invasion of my rights." There are how many people in this country? Let's say, for figures sake, if you had 1 million people the Gov't was tracking around the country... and let's say a single person could track 100 people (I dunno depends on the person on what they're doing this number could fluctuate, probably be even lower)... it would take 1000 people, 1000 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITH SALARIES to track those 1 million people. And guess what, there is a HELL of a lot more than 1 million people in the country... or the world (6 billion in the world... that's about 60,000,000 people *watching* and paid to do so) God! That's expensive! Give them a decent salary of let's say $15/hr that's like... $900,000,000 per hour... or $1,872,000,000,000 PER YEAR. That's right.. almost 2 trillion dollars just so each and every one of us can be watched. And ya know what's even more erroneous? You really think they could keep 60 million people from TELLING on "big brother"? You don't think that SOMEONE would rat out the see'er of all? Even if 1% were to rat out, that would be like 600,000 people! Wholly shit! Some religions don't have that many people!
In other words, GET OVER IT.
All software has bugs.. Open Source or Closed Source. To imply that because this software is closed source in turn meaning it's fundamentally inferior is an overexageration of the point about the superiority of Open Source. This is simply the fault of a company not reacting to faults in their software. This happens to a lot of companies and NOT just software houses, but in all industries. This is how the companies who know how to do business stay alive for 100+ years (like IBM) and those that fall face first into the pavement.
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You're the kind of people that make the "attitude" of the Linux community. You are also the kind of person that makes me an advocate of Linux, but not a self-proclaimed "member of the Linux community."
/. is a perfect example of how people are attempting to "live" from OpenSource software, but I have a strong feeling this won't fly too well since those who purchase such a bond won't be able to make any kind of profit on their money (and very few people are willing to give away free money, especially now that we're in a recession).
The fact that the Linux community doesn't want to hear others' opinions is completely apparent. Maybe he didn't make the greatest support for his statements (I think many of us could make many more to back up what he stated), but he is heading in the right direction. Programmers need to live and raise families... something they can not do producing free software 24x7. They need income to survive and they won't get income by being open source developers.
The whole "bond" thing mentioned the other day on
A lot of companies are doing the "service & support" thing like Mandrakesoft, but I honestly fee that the numerous newsgroups, IRC channels, and web pages can provide much better support for any Linux distro and/or opensourced project than any company can. By sheer numbers, we can see that Mandrakesoft (nor RedHat; nor Caldera) can hire 1 million people to do service & support while newsgroups and the such offer such a wide range of experience and aptitude.
As for survivability, Linux will survive, maybe more so for hobbyists and those who like the alternative. Linux won't be able to make money directly to those who build companies around it or Open Sourced software (well, maybe a few but I don't see a trend). The money will come into those individual programmers who spend their days working for an IT shop (or going to school) and their nights coding their window manager; using this project to get them experience which means better jobs. A person who developes open sourced software is looking at expanding his/her own horizons and by getting jobs for software companies that sell software, (s)he will be able to make the money (s)he needs to live, raise their family, and provide a better coder so future versions of windows DON'T SUCK.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
I've always been a proponent of blocking *.msn.com *.hotmail.com anyway. ;)
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
I don't think there is one, simple solution to the spam problem. This idea sounds like it will work, but as mentioned, what about mailing lists?
Okay, and what about the "counters" spammers would use? Maybe there should be a system that uses 'diff' to compare lines or something similar... mailings that have let's say 99% of the same message would be considered spam.
As far as mailing lists, why wouldn't they be able to register as legitimate mail? Like an exception list, an MTA can contact this central repository with the mail it receives, send the checksum (or what have you) and the repository would still say "yeah, it matches, but it's from a valid mailing list located in our database." Therefore, the MTA would not block it.
I think one of the better solutions for getting rid of SPAM is for ISPs to do a better job or implementing and actively enforcing their anti-spam policies. The only way to do this is to claim a $500 per e-mail check for every piece of unwanted e-mail you receive. If they give a sh*t or two, they will stop the spammer, and although maybe not give you your $500, you surely did your part to stop at least 1 spammer.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
I guess the word conscious would be over your head too, eh?
. I guess, though, there's conscience so you may still be in luck!I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Hrmm... this sounds like a form of "stock purchase" in which people buy "part of the company" in order to invest their own money to make more money... Why not just start their own company? Oh that's right, that requires some sense of business.. which most of these geeks don't have. Oh yeah, and if they did they'd be against everything they fight for when they use StarOffice instead of MS Office... because it's free.
./ geeks complain about having to pay money for software... but programmers want to get paid. Since it would be hypocritical to start a company and sell their software, they come up with this "bomd scheme" to provide themselves with money while they remain jobless.
So...
Yes... I can see it now. Okay, I've got an idea... I'm going to start a "free software fund"... everyone who wants to join will send me $10... then for every person you get to join, you take $10 of their dollars and send me half of that... then when they get someone to join, they take THEIR $10, give you five of it and you give me $2.50. Hrmm oh yeah and the money I "earn" will be funding a project to code a PHP script to refresh a browser every 30 seconds incrementing a variable by 1. How about it?
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Right there you prove how the legal system DOES NOT work. Getting out and burning flags doesn't change things, you would see this from history... hippies burning flags int he '60s didnt stop the Vietnam war. Making such eluded comments as 'this is an attack on Russian culture' is rediculous. This isn't an attack on anything other than a guy who was doing something "against the law" whether the law be right or not, it is still the law. This is a premise your young, feeble mind must realize. Breaking the law which you ara "protesting" is NOT the way to get rid of it... you're just letting the lawmakers say, "see, the law is doing what we meant it to do."
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Now we just need to do more research on ways we can use computers to do even more pointless research. Uhh... maybe we should start an OpenSource project?
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Well, Slashdot content is worthless to me anyway. Guess they just lost a customer ;)
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
You should try reading my whole comment before making dumb remarks.
First, if you try to go buy dynamite you will not be allowed (try it, I dare you). This is because it is illegal for the common person to own explosive devices. Yes, as I said, people CAN own such things but they require licenses and fall under very strict guidelines. Otherwise, it is illegal.
The reason it is illegal is because unless you are particularly licensed to perform such things as demolition, your only reason for having an explosive device is to maliciously destroy something and cause harm to others, also what I said in my prior statement.
As far as your last comment on rights, obviously your reading comprehension skills are inadequete. I didn't say that you owning a rootkit infringed on my rights. My point was, you have no right owning and/or distributing a rootkit because you have INTENT to illegally gain access to someone else's computer.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Is obtaining explosives or parts used in explosives illegal? Should it be illegal? Well, it is illegal. Why? Because by creating an explosive, you have an intent to either kill someone or destroy property.
Let's compare this to a rootkit. Should it be illegal? Maybe. Why? Because building a rootkit is INTENT to commit a crime; that crime being unauthorized and therefore illegal access to a computer system. Just like there cannot be many arguments made for creating or having an explosive device that is 'legitimate' there isn't many arguments for creating a rootkit that's legitimate.
A good example of creating an explosive for legitimate use would be if you were a contractor that dealt with bringing down skyscrapers. Now, if your business is as this is, you have a legal right to have explosives. Likewise, miners use explosives, etc etc.
An example of a rootkit? Well, let's say you're a O/S vender. The ability for you get to administrative access to a machine when your customers can't is an asset (or everyone gets pissed), therefore it would be legal for you to have a rootkit for your O/S.
True, maybe making a rootkit is a "learning experience" but so is making a bomb. It doesn't make it any MORE legal just because you learn from it. Because you learn how to make crack-coccaine doesn't mean it should be legal.
Granted we have all this freedom, but there is a point where freedom oversteps the bounds of good moral and common sense for the good of everyone. Since freedom is a concept for all men and women and not JUST you, then it would be to the benefit of everyone to make either the creation of a rootkit or distribution of a rootkit illegal.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
You moron.
FreeBSD was not bought by BSDI. Yahoo! uses FreeBSD and provides most of it's current funding (or at least provides the funding to Walnut Creek who then funds FreeBSD). Since Yahoo wanted dual processor machines, they "integrated" BSDI into FreeBSD resulting in SMP support in FreeBSD (as of 4.3 I believe)
Let's also not forget that the majority of Linux code is STILL based on (old) *BSD code.
There is a saying that applies here (I think):
"BSD is for people who love UNIX; Linux is for people who hate Windows"
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Try doing a lookup of 'democracy' at www.dictionary.com. I quote:
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The U.S. is primarily a democracy however most major issues are done in a republic manner. For instance, your local town may want to put in a new park so they hold a vote amongst the people of your town as to where to put it (this is a democracy). In a republic, officials are elected to make the best decision for the community (this is the case of the house and senate). In a republic there is no call for people to vote on measures other than elected officials, however there is in a democracy.
LLC companies have nothing to do with corporations. Corporations have been around thousands of years, going back to one of the biggest companies the East India Company. This was owned by share holders, some being of royalty, but in general it was a coporation.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Why is every corporate entity determined to be "evil"? Do people not understand that the United States and most of the world are defined by the corporation which is a major part of democracy?
/. moderators?
/. wouldn't exist.. it would have fallen under from the "lack of funding and therefore resources" category. /. is only here due to corporate sponsorship paying half-brained individuals to post more rediculous stories about "bad" corporations.
Again, it's another post that is anti-corporation and it's getting tiring. Would it be so hard to have posts about something more intelligent than propoganda submitted by leftist
Do people here have jobs? Do you not work for a company? Or are you just a high school kid that gets everything from his daddy... and therefore doesn't understand the concept of making money and being profitable to survive?
Companies don't just take money to make lots of money, but it's the people behind them that want the money. And probably so, you have a friend who either owns his own company or his father owns a company (or maybe just a CEO of a publically held company). In any case, this is the way our society is. Without the corporation,
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
I've always been pretty "okay" with such activities, but this is getting rediculous.
My solution is TiVo! (Skip the commercials!!)
But seriously, I like watching the TV commercials for breast enhancements and those paid commercials for that stuff that removes hair from your body without shaving (I may try it on my bunghole!) And although I don't drink beer, I still like the Budweiser commercials. If I don't watch sports (which I really dont do often), does that mean I won't be able to share in the same commercials as my drunk friends? Are they going to force me to watch the Yankees game to see these commercials... and to just through in more commercials or advertisements in the middle of the game like "this instant reply is brought to you by...." or "this blade of grass is brought to you by Lawn Doctor..."? This is crap.
Advertising is there for a reason and honestly it helps everyone everyday find something they like, but now it's getting rediculous.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
BTW, John, in the early 1900s they thought hysteria was caused within women and the solution was a hysterectemy. Maybe you need one of these, because you're the biggest twat I've seen!
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Just 2 days ago (I believe) you claimed that Microsoft stiffled innovation. How is this when you just named several products they are releasing which are arguably BETTER than what is already out there? Isn't that innovation?
The first real competition to AOL? AOL obviously has the Internet service market share, and people are ALWAYS complaining about that. Now when someone has the balls and resources to compete with AOL, others complain
Again, this has to do with your statement of "lack of innovation". If the XBox is 3 times better than Sony or Nintendo, isn't THIS an innovation? And no, this will NOT knock Sony out of any markets since Sony's annual capitalization is actually higher than Microsoft's... using your theory, Sony will be able to "live out the competition" which includes Microsoft.
A market they haven't gotten into. And I'm sure, just like Windows gives users what they want for a desktop system, their Small Business software will give companies good software that does what they want. Microsoft is just giving consumers and corporations the products which work to best fit their needs.
I'd rather have a WinCE screen on my cell phone with a nice little color display. A lot better than that crappy pixalated B&W display currently on there! Ever compared the iPaq handheld with a Palm or Handspring? WinCE is a better mobile platform, because of it's ability to do things PalmOS cannot do! Again, THIS IS INNOVATION!
Since I haven't seen this one myself, I cannot comment on it directly. However, seeming as 2 of my previous statements show that Microsoft created a better solution to it's competition, I'm sure UltimateTV will be an innovation with it's competitors ReplayTV and TiVo
As far as XP goes, from reports I've seen it's a great O/S! Again, Microsoft delivers what consumers and corporations want... and they do it with an elegantly put together product.
You cannot claim Microsoft to be a "big bad bully" without comparing it to other companies. For instance, Sony. They sell TVs, audio equipment, computers, monitors, handheld devices, a A.I. god, video cameras, still digital cameras, music, videos, TiVo compatible device, Satelite TV equipment, and telephones. What about such companies as General Motors? I found out one of my credit cards was handled by GM Capital. GM now just doesn't sell cars, but also sells insurance and credit. They are the single largest corporation in the world with the amount of money they make every year. (Microsoft doesn't come close!) What about Japanese companies like Fujitsu? They make a lot of things as well, mostly sold in Asia
This is pure hysteria. Microsoft will never have the power to do such a thing. Sure, all the desktop systems run XP... but there are MILLIONS of devices out there NOT running ANY Microsoft software. They will never *control* the net as you say they will.
As I said above, General Motors is the largest corporation in the world! Microsoft is but a spec of dust. This statement is FALSE and again you only live off of hysteria.
What?! The U.S. has more money being spent on hammers this year than Microsoft has made in the last ten years. You don't think that funding the biggest, most technically advanced military, funding the largest space program, funding the world's best spy network doesn't cost lots of money? For heavens sake, they just gave us back $1.3 trillion dollars in 10 years. Microsoft will only MAKE that much in 10 years, let alone give it back!
That's right. Until someone comes out with something BETTER, Microsoft will be the way... but instead of everyone whining about it, they should get off their asses and do something about it!
Frankenstein's monster was eventually killed. Invincible? No. Hard to defeat? Maybe. Microsoft has gotten to it's position by a very intelligent marketing mastermind (Mr. Gates) He just doesn't understand computers but also how people think and what they want. Until someone else can do this, he'll remain at the top of his game.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Everyone should use certificates. Certificates are used in browser apps. By using certificates, we can verify we are ourselves as we connect to a website. Any decent email system supports certificates. You can get a free e-mail certificate from www.thawte.com (which is part of verisign). These can be used not just to encrypt your message but also to sign it (to verify it is from you). According to Versign, Digital Certificates are the only way to electronically sign something (just like your ink signature on a check). You also have the ability to declare multiple e-mail addresses. Since it is handled by a CA, you can revoke your digital certificate at any time, and you do not need to send your public key to everyone who wants to use it (as you would with PGP). Typically, if your receiver has a digital certificate, you can encrypt the data to them (outlook does this, I know off hand) and then sign it with your key, just like in PGP. This is all done automatically through the CA, as opposed to e-mailing someone and requesting their public key.
Besides all of this, it's just a good method. The encryption isn't as powerful as PGP, but for most secure communications it's excellent (how many of us do banking with 128bit encryption daily?)
Anyway, my two cents.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
You are all paranoid. Again, I will say, the government doesn't have the resources to monitor everyone in the world, so GET OVER IT.
Secondly, the judge was correct. The Russians could not be guarenteed privacy when using a computer that is not theirs. As far as the document, we do not know the title of the document itself. If it read, "my hacked shells.txt" then the FBI could legally copy it and obtain a warrant. It's very similar to seeing a shotgun in someone's car while the cop has him/her pulled over for a traffic stop and then legally being allowed to do a full search of the car.
Thirdly, the FBI did not violate any laws of Russia. And no that doesn't give you the right to illegally access machines of people that supposedly illegally accessed you. No, the FBI is not above the law however in order to protect us, law enforcement agencies do need to be able to bend the law a little bit to get the evidence they need. Sorta like the FBI going into a business and requesting their Tax files from the last 10 years in investigating a tax fraud case.
Finally, if you have nothing to hide then don't worry about law enforcement. If you do have something to hide then put your tail between your legs. Every person on here who complains about the FBI and the gov't is just afraid that their warez'd version of Photoshop will be found.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
What still makes me wonder is why most computer geeks and teenagers these days are liberals (and maybe democrats) considering Democrats are the people usually attempting to pass laws of censorship. In fact, former vice president Al Gore's wife, Tippur, is the founder and currently the president of the national agency to put those 'Parental Advisory' labels on your music. Democrats are also at the front of bills to eliminate public cryptography, stop kids from playing "dangerous" video games, and the ones who headed ratings on your TV shows.
The democratic philosophy is "bigger government." Basically, increase the size of government to manage the daily lives of people. This is liberal thinking, but not very liberating at all... just more control.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Because it's fast and convenient? The price is good? Good reasons for me to grab a burger as opposed to spending an hour on a home-cooked dinner especially when I don't have an hour to spend. McDonald's hasn't replaced anything... it's meerly a compliment.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
If you're stupid enough to do this, then you deserve to have your car stolen. This has nothing to do with privacy or lack thereof
Again, what does this have to do with privacy? ONLY a stupid person would do this. In fact, I notify my neighbors when I'll be out of town. This way, they CAN look after my house (even loosely) so that I can stay protected. If I didnt tell anyone I was leaving, then they'd assume I was dead and have a party (can't let that happen)
I do not recall making a biased against Mexicans or any bias whatsoever. And again, why would you announce how much money you had? Besides, I said there are certain things you want to keep private, such as your financial situation. It's obvious your reading skills aren't past the 3rd grade level, that may be why you posted anonymously
And the point of this would be...? Again, I've said it before.. financial information should be confidential
What world of crack addiciton did you pull this statement from?
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
to read this guy's babblings. What are you thinking? You must have smoked too much weed or something.
The fact is, the U.S. was founded based on money. Believe it or not, the main reason many of the people wanted free from England was to get away from the taxes imposed by imports and exports. After freeing themselves, it helped improve their standard of living and forced england to pay them for England to bring things into the country. It worked out for the better.
On another note, McDonald's has not detracted from cultural differences in other parts of the country. For instance, in Philadelphia you have the cheese steak. It's very hard to find an authentic cheese steak anywhere else in the U.S. In Chicago, the Deep dish pizza was born. Pizzeria Uno's (a national chain) has spread this nationally (and i love their food), however I have NEVER had a pizza as good as one from Chicago area! New Orleans... Cajun cooking, nothing like it anywhere but in Louisianna. Mexican, real mexican, best in the southern states. I've never had a chunk of beef as good as the ones I've had in the upper western states (Wyoming and Montana). The western food in these regions, especially with meats from bovine are superior to ANYTHING in my NYC suburb.. or anyplace else I've been. To say that McDonald's has ruined the U.S. culturally is narrow minded thinking!
The U.S. gov't has always been open to providing large sums of money to people who want to "make a difference." Especially providing money for people to compete against big companies. The problem is, no one looks into these features... and even with technology, there is nothing *better* for the Corporate Desktop environment other than Windows. Sorry, but it's true. Linux is nice and All (Yes, I use it.. and Windows) and many things I can do in Windows I cant do in Linux (and visa versa for that matter). Needless to say, a lot of the things I need to do at work I can't do in Linux.
I think "get over it" is my phrase for the day!
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
Granted, there is certain information you don't want people to know about necessarily... such as your medical history, your income, your financial status in general, your social security #... things that, if found out by someone, could cause you a lot of trouble. However, there are things which just do not make a sh*t of difference. What kind of movies or music you like... or where you are in the country. Why do you care, really, if someone knows where you are as you travel? You have something to hide? And who cares if some company knows that Robert De Niro is my favorite actor! Sure, if Paramount wants to notify me that he's in a new movie coming out, YES, I'd want to go see it... so tell me. It's funny. One thing I realized from the Matrix... a line said by Agent Smith was something similar to "we made everything perfect, but you rebelled because you couldn't believe it was so good." This is what you're thinking... your thought process is "if they can track me they know where i'm always at and they're gonna track me down and it's an invasion of my rights." There are how many people in this country? Let's say, for figures sake, if you had 1 million people the Gov't was tracking around the country... and let's say a single person could track 100 people (I dunno depends on the person on what they're doing this number could fluctuate, probably be even lower)... it would take 1000 people, 1000 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITH SALARIES to track those 1 million people. And guess what, there is a HELL of a lot more than 1 million people in the country... or the world (6 billion in the world... that's about 60,000,000 people *watching* and paid to do so) God! That's expensive! Give them a decent salary of let's say $15/hr that's like... $900,000,000 per hour... or $1,872,000,000,000 PER YEAR. That's right.. almost 2 trillion dollars just so each and every one of us can be watched. And ya know what's even more erroneous? You really think they could keep 60 million people from TELLING on "big brother"? You don't think that SOMEONE would rat out the see'er of all? Even if 1% were to rat out, that would be like 600,000 people! Wholly shit! Some religions don't have that many people! In other words, GET OVER IT.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.
All software has bugs.. Open Source or Closed Source. To imply that because this software is closed source in turn meaning it's fundamentally inferior is an overexageration of the point about the superiority of Open Source. This is simply the fault of a company not reacting to faults in their software. This happens to a lot of companies and NOT just software houses, but in all industries. This is how the companies who know how to do business stay alive for 100+ years (like IBM) and those that fall face first into the pavement.
I think your brain needs a firmware upgrade.
I think you need to flash your brain's firmware.