Redhat's unnecessary daemons
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Though to be fair, some Linux distributions - cought, RedHat, cough - turn on all sorts of random services by default that the user probably doesn't want/need.
They fixed that as of RH 7.1.
Re:Buffer overflow vulnerabilities
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Tell you what. Show me the source for an OS coded in Java, I'll see if I can't find buffer overflow risks in it.
Nope, I'm sure that "one person" was a committee. Someone had to write the spec, some[one| group] had to code it, someone else had to test and implement it, someone else had to sign off on the project.
The closest we get in this scenario to individual accountability is the one who signed off, and he (or she) is probably the person with the least direct involvement with the project. That's usually how it goes in megacorps.
Projected overheads on windshield glass already exist. I suspect they would not be replaced by nomad--perhaps there'd be a plug so the systems could share data.
As I mentioned before: they did not 'prove' a physical observation; a physical observation concurred with a 30-year-old theory. Do people not get it?
Also, this revelation 'debunked' nothing. There was no consensus before as to whether or not neutrinos had mass: now there is strong evidence that there is.
I'm sorry if I sound a little huffy, but this post sounds like a plea for deliberate ignorance, i.e., "We'll never really know, science is just another story, so let's just say the earth is flat and was created in six days, mmmkay?"
I agree that Unions are a...ahem, mixed blessing and are unnecessary in a lot of places. But regarding the last point you made:
It seems to me that you accept your working conditions when you accept the job, pay, benefits, etc. You shouldn't be complaining about them after you are hired.
--sometimes the working conditions change after you've accepted the job; that is one of the things unions are designed to prevent.
...would be the title of the Biblical porn movie I'd like to star in/direct. At one point, Absalom decides he'll humiliate his father, David, by getting it on with all of his concubines on the roof of his palace. And if anyone complained about obscenity, I could just say, "But it's the Bible, man!"
Now, this was frowned upon in the Bible, but on the other hand, David's polygamy wasn't. Go figure.
Ha! Ever heard of Union Carbide and what happened in Bho Pal?
Yes. Wasn't that where the Indian government made it illegal for UC to bring in the trained and exprerienced professionals necessary to run their plant, insisting instead that they employ local suppliers and personnel regardless of their qualifications?
Didn't someone deliberately conceive a baby so that they could have a kidney donor for their other child? Also, I believe livers have been split so that siblings could share them. So, non-clones have been created specifically for the sake of being organ donors already.
Twins are the same age (give or take a few minutes). Clones aren't.
*Gasp!* That means their astrological signs will be off! Then their genetic dispositions won't match the personality that Mother Sky intended for them! Oh, the horrors!
See the thread above, "google modifications available," for the response to this. If you aren't selling the product you make using GNU software (and google provides a service, not a product), you don't have to open-source it. Don't make such a knee-jerk reaction. They're still doing something cool, and showing the world that Linux is viable for business.
My understanding of the GPL (and of your question) is that you do not need to provide anything (source, binary, or documentation) for a product that you develop and use in-house. It only requires the open-sourcing of the code if you sell or distribute the final package.
How do you "accidentally" configure a router or DNS server?
And, how do you justify having this accident three times, after having been warned that it was against company policy? I can't install Linux on my machine at work; I can't install anything on my machine at work without violating company policy. That's why I don't.
That said, it still sounds like a heavy penalty for a light offense.
A right cannot be forfeited, waived, stolen, or transferred.
Cannot? Or should not? Because the rights to free assembly, a free press, hell, even free speech can all be physically taken away.
So, what are you trying to prove with this post? That property law as we know it is evil? You'll get some to agree and some to disagree, but whether or not you like a law has no bearing on whether or not someone broke it.
A hypothetical situation: You're stranded on a desert island, you have every reasonable expectation that you will be saved in, say, a couple of days, and, lo and behold, you have a couple of days worth of rations on you. (Assume that you are near starvation at this point, and if you eat any less than what you have, you will die.)
Now suppose someone in a lifeboat, in pretty much the same shape as you are, washes ashore. Said person also needs those rations to survive. Question: what claim does this person have to them? What claim do you have to it?
Take, for example, Hemingway. Or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Or Tom Wolfe. Or Joe Klein.
He will cite events and reveal opinions in a manner that totally supports his main idea or theme, whether or not it is factually accurate or considers all other perspectives.
And this is different from contemporary journalism in what way...?
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Tell you what. Show me the source for an OS coded in Java, I'll see if I can't find buffer overflow risks in it.
The closest we get in this scenario to individual accountability is the one who signed off, and he (or she) is probably the person with the least direct involvement with the project. That's usually how it goes in megacorps.
Also, this revelation 'debunked' nothing. There was no consensus before as to whether or not neutrinos had mass: now there is strong evidence that there is.
I'm sorry if I sound a little huffy, but this post sounds like a plea for deliberate ignorance, i.e., "We'll never really know, science is just another story, so let's just say the earth is flat and was created in six days, mmmkay?"
Now, this was frowned upon in the Bible, but on the other hand, David's polygamy wasn't. Go figure.
Reminds me of the Ralph Bakshi "Mighty Mouse" episode where he had to call in help from another flying-mammal superhero...Batbat.
So much for me not opening my mouth without having all the facts.
Petabyte== 1/8th of a gyro.
Their name for their product is too similar to my nick. Lawsuit!
And, how do you justify having this accident three times, after having been warned that it was against company policy? I can't install Linux on my machine at work; I can't install anything on my machine at work without violating company policy. That's why I don't.
That said, it still sounds like a heavy penalty for a light offense.
Cannot? Or should not? Because the rights to free assembly, a free press, hell, even free speech can all be physically taken away.
So, what are you trying to prove with this post? That property law as we know it is evil? You'll get some to agree and some to disagree, but whether or not you like a law has no bearing on whether or not someone broke it.
A hypothetical situation: You're stranded on a desert island, you have every reasonable expectation that you will be saved in, say, a couple of days, and, lo and behold, you have a couple of days worth of rations on you. (Assume that you are near starvation at this point, and if you eat any less than what you have, you will die.)
Now suppose someone in a lifeboat, in pretty much the same shape as you are, washes ashore. Said person also needs those rations to survive. Question: what claim does this person have to them? What claim do you have to it?
2.n: Common misspelling of 'sarcasm.'
And this is different from contemporary journalism in what way...?