Well using your analogy, right now even if we were to pass a law against murder, it would be impossible for us to catch them or prosecute them. Shouldn't we have a method for catching them first?
Otherwise any law that would be passed would be a joke. They are putting the responsibility on the tech sector to come up with a solution so that they can pass laws that will actually affect change.
They actually have reason for the rejection of a do not psam list; How would they enforce it?
How can you say who spammed you? Is it the email referrer who spammed you, the zombie machine that used the referrer or the person from Russia?
And how would they enact vengeance upon said spammer? We have to have a system in place first so that even the slickest lawyer couldn't wiggle through a loophole.
Yeah the neighbors around there are kind of pissed because the houses are almost all empty. Billy lets some employees stay at the homes but knowing the way his company works, I'd expect them all to have hidden cameras and microphones so they could be observed.
Still, Bill Gates and Linus in a reality show would be hilarious. Actually, Steve Ballmer vs. Linus would be funnier.
...is actually Seattle (and surrounding parts. But that would be funny if Linus moved up here. Maybe he could be Bill Gates neighbor. I see a whacky sitcom brewing...
I hear you. I do all my code in Textpad. There are some things I like a GUI for but I quite honestly want to be able to choose!!! Why can't command line functionality be built into everything like an address bar at the top of your web browser.
Sure there are people who want to have the computer do everything for them... we all call them 'Mom'. But for the rest of us, a choice would be nice.
Poor security (this is just today) http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php? id=11731 6298&eid=-255
Poor stability - The average Windows server has an uptime of 30 days. The average Linux server has an average of 120 days.
No built in security features - Oooooh, they FINALLY build a firewall into XP. It only took them HOW MANY YEARS? And when you have it on, it sucks at least 15-25% of system resources (depending on your config. Yeah, chalk up a real victory for Microsoft. Makes me want to go buy one already.
I'm sorry but there are some of us who want to think for ourselves rather than having someone else do our thinking. But I do forget that there are those who prefer others to do their thinking for them... they're called drones.
The reasons why windows degrade over time is due to defragmentation (only slightly) and it's unclean registry. Every time you install a program, it loads crap to your registry. When you uninstall it, it doesn't always get rid of that. Spyware also installs its own and trial software, shareware, games, etc all stick their little bits on it as well. Over time you have a registry packed with little bits of code that don't do anything enymore but take up space.
And for some reason, your programs start going wonky. Things start dying without reason. You'll get mystery reboots. Etc.
He's been around a bit. And I can see why that would irritate him. I myself say that anyone who comes up with an innovative idea should not release it as open source initially.
But I do believe that vendors who no longer support older software have a responsibility to release it to the public so people with legacy systems can support their own systems.
I love open source and think that due to market conditions and the glut of software options out there, just about every product could have an open source equivalent. I myself am working on a CRM using PHP and MySQL (and eventually converting the code to Java or C).... like a million other people:) And though I'd like to make a buck off it, if I can't, you can guarantee it will be made open source.
You are talking desktop and I am talking general. XP has the fewer stability issues and more depending on how you look at it. Here's a classic; the registry does not clean itself and programs that are uninstalled don't always delete their values from the registry (like trial software for instance). Aside from that spyware and other apps install into the registry as well. Once that registry reaches a certain size, mystery problems begin to occur.
Aside from that for every Linux machine that you have running as a server, you will need 2 Windows machines to do the same job. That's two licenses plus software (though they are now waving those licenses on backup servers).
Their poor security can be blamed on their code. It's a desktop and they want to build a ton of features directly into the OS and the more features you have, the more doors you open to hackers and virus writers. This is a fact of life. Windows used to install with everything open. They got slightly smarter with XP but still alot of features are automatically on.
Code bloat exists as a result of them wanting to add all these features and trying to stick as much Microsoft software on your system as possible. They also have started integrating their software directly into the OS. This is not necessary and leads to bloat as well.
inux allows me to choose my config. I can copy and paste using default Windows keys or default Mac keys or default Unix keys, etc. I can change the look, the feel, nearly all of it can be customized to fit my wants and needs. You should try it sometime. You might see why people like it so much.
These options and choices do not take a programmer. In fact, there are GUI's built for nearly everything in Linux.
And if you don't understand lock-in, maybe you should pay a visit to Abu Graib? I hear they like getting fucked by their vendors too.
- lack of cross platform compatibility - OS lockin through products or development languages (SQL Server, C#, etc) - poor security - poor stability - code bloat/ excessive functionality - lack of choice; choices are forced down your throat on install - no built in firewall or other security features - closed environment that cannot be modified - want to do everything for you
I like choice and Microsoft doesn't. That's pretty much it.
OOoooh... that has the equivalent cool point factor of being a MUD wizard. You are back in the club.:)
But I here you. I myself am a web developer for a Microsoft partner. I had to struggle to even let them let me use Apache, MySQL and PHP. They insisit on blindly using everything Microsoft makes. Not that all their crap is bad but let's face facts... Microsoft is a desktop company, not a server company. They entered the server market late and with crappy NT and to date, their reliability and security are still in serious doubt.
Hmmm minor cool points alotted. Noticing IIS running for web server. Docking you further cool points. You are hereby put on notice that your gek status is in jeopardy of being revoked. To avoid this, please download the latest version of Suse and install while singing the 'Philosopher song' and wearing your MST3K t-shirt.
I've had to do thuis exact same thing for lawyers and had to advise them on how to do this exact same thing for documents and briefs that were hundreds of pages long.
Basically, they have form fed scanners that can handle hundreds of pages in just a few minutes. If you use these scanners in conjunction with a good text recognition software (like Textbridge for example), you can convert them into plain text docs.
HOWEVER... they must exist in some typed up version first. It cannot recognize handwriting. It CAN recognized typed script. But nowadays, most of those typed documents are done in word processors and do not need to be converted.
Same some time and teach them how to use a word processor. Might I suggest Open Office?:)
I had a friend who was bulemic who just couldn't get the hang of Pac-man. 'You mean I'm supposed to EAT the dots. But look, he's so round!! He doesn't NEED to eat!!'
Please keep in mind that a man's second brain lies within his crotch and it is always barking subliminal commands to us from our nether regions whenever dealing with the fairer sex.
While completely capable of rationale thought amongst other men, our species tends to go retarded around women. This is highlighted by our fear of women in the workplace and in the military for so long.
Our retardedness even goes further so that even when imagining women, we can only imagine what we saw in our state of retardedness and boil women down only to what caught the 'second brains' attention.
But all is not lost. The new geek generation has found wonder within the modern geek girl making the brains and the strength behind the woman the new turnon. A woman who reads comic books, programs in C++ and will mace you in a hard beat becomes the new fetish for men of the 21st century.
So the retardedness of the second brain persists however it will shortly becomes focused upon the less superficial aspects of womanhood.
Heh. Everyone has complained about this and the company says that the ability to play villains will be added into the first expansion due probably late fall of 2005.
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Actually, a more proper analogy would be to not pass laws against UFO's until we could actually do something to catch them and prosecute them.
In effect, will a law change anything? Will it affect anything? Or is it just a bandaid for a sucking chest wound?
Well using your analogy, right now even if we were to pass a law against murder, it would be impossible for us to catch them or prosecute them. Shouldn't we have a method for catching them first?
Otherwise any law that would be passed would be a joke. They are putting the responsibility on the tech sector to come up with a solution so that they can pass laws that will actually affect change.
They actually have reason for the rejection of a do not psam list; How would they enforce it?
How can you say who spammed you? Is it the email referrer who spammed you, the zombie machine that used the referrer or the person from Russia?
And how would they enact vengeance upon said spammer? We have to have a system in place first so that even the slickest lawyer couldn't wiggle through a loophole.
Yeah the neighbors around there are kind of pissed because the houses are almost all empty. Billy lets some employees stay at the homes but knowing the way his company works, I'd expect them all to have hidden cameras and microphones so they could be observed.
Still, Bill Gates and Linus in a reality show would be hilarious. Actually, Steve Ballmer vs. Linus would be funnier.
...is actually Seattle (and surrounding parts. But that would be funny if Linus moved up here. Maybe he could be Bill Gates neighbor. I see a whacky sitcom brewing...
Sure there are people who want to have the computer do everything for them... we all call them 'Mom'. But for the rest of us, a choice would be nice.
Poor security (this is just today)? id=11731 6298&eid=-255
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php
Poor stability - The average Windows server has an uptime of 30 days. The average Linux server has an average of 120 days.
No built in security features - Oooooh, they FINALLY build a firewall into XP. It only took them HOW MANY YEARS? And when you have it on, it sucks at least 15-25% of system resources (depending on your config. Yeah, chalk up a real victory for Microsoft. Makes me want to go buy one already.
I'm sorry but there are some of us who want to think for ourselves rather than having someone else do our thinking. But I do forget that there are those who prefer others to do their thinking for them... they're called drones.
Buzz buzz pussycat, buzz buzz.
The reasons why windows degrade over time is due to defragmentation (only slightly) and it's unclean registry. Every time you install a program, it loads crap to your registry. When you uninstall it, it doesn't always get rid of that. Spyware also installs its own and trial software, shareware, games, etc all stick their little bits on it as well. Over time you have a registry packed with little bits of code that don't do anything enymore but take up space.
And for some reason, your programs start going wonky. Things start dying without reason. You'll get mystery reboots. Etc.
This is why it happens. It's inherently flawed.
He's been around a bit. And I can see why that would irritate him. I myself say that anyone who comes up with an innovative idea should not release it as open source initially.
:) And though I'd like to make a buck off it, if I can't, you can guarantee it will be made open source.
But I do believe that vendors who no longer support older software have a responsibility to release it to the public so people with legacy systems can support their own systems.
I love open source and think that due to market conditions and the glut of software options out there, just about every product could have an open source equivalent. I myself am working on a CRM using PHP and MySQL (and eventually converting the code to Java or C).... like a million other people
You are talking desktop and I am talking general. XP has the fewer stability issues and more depending on how you look at it. Here's a classic; the registry does not clean itself and programs that are uninstalled don't always delete their values from the registry (like trial software for instance). Aside from that spyware and other apps install into the registry as well. Once that registry reaches a certain size, mystery problems begin to occur.
Aside from that for every Linux machine that you have running as a server, you will need 2 Windows machines to do the same job. That's two licenses plus software (though they are now waving those licenses on backup servers).
Their poor security can be blamed on their code. It's a desktop and they want to build a ton of features directly into the OS and the more features you have, the more doors you open to hackers and virus writers. This is a fact of life. Windows used to install with everything open. They got slightly smarter with XP but still alot of features are automatically on.
Code bloat exists as a result of them wanting to add all these features and trying to stick as much Microsoft software on your system as possible. They also have started integrating their software directly into the OS. This is not necessary and leads to bloat as well.
inux allows me to choose my config. I can copy and paste using default Windows keys or default Mac keys or default Unix keys, etc. I can change the look, the feel, nearly all of it can be customized to fit my wants and needs. You should try it sometime. You might see why people like it so much.
These options and choices do not take a programmer. In fact, there are GUI's built for nearly everything in Linux.
And if you don't understand lock-in, maybe you should pay a visit to Abu Graib? I hear they like getting fucked by their vendors too.
Aw hell... it's fun to flame MS. Enjoy while they are still a monopoly. :)
Wow. Trolling so early after being banned? Your really striving to make friends aren't you? :)
- lack of cross platform compatibility
- OS lockin through products or development languages (SQL Server, C#, etc)
- poor security
- poor stability
- code bloat/ excessive functionality
- lack of choice; choices are forced down your throat on install
- no built in firewall or other security features
- closed environment that cannot be modified
- want to do everything for you
I like choice and Microsoft doesn't. That's pretty much it.
OOoooh... that has the equivalent cool point factor of being a MUD wizard. You are back in the club. :)
But I here you. I myself am a web developer for a Microsoft partner. I had to struggle to even let them let me use Apache, MySQL and PHP. They insisit on blindly using everything Microsoft makes. Not that all their crap is bad but let's face facts... Microsoft is a desktop company, not a server company. They entered the server market late and with crappy NT and to date, their reliability and security are still in serious doubt.
UGH.
Hmmm... alloting cool points for finding bug in error recognition sequence. :)
True. I just wanted to get in the joke before someone else did :)
Well my comp sci teacher lied to me. Apparently, you can't barter computer skills for sex. Bastard!
Hmmm minor cool points alotted. Noticing IIS running for web server. Docking you further cool points. You are hereby put on notice that your gek status is in jeopardy of being revoked. To avoid this, please download the latest version of Suse and install while singing the 'Philosopher song' and wearing your MST3K t-shirt.
Thank you.
I've had to do thuis exact same thing for lawyers and had to advise them on how to do this exact same thing for documents and briefs that were hundreds of pages long.
:)
Basically, they have form fed scanners that can handle hundreds of pages in just a few minutes. If you use these scanners in conjunction with a good text recognition software (like Textbridge for example), you can convert them into plain text docs.
HOWEVER... they must exist in some typed up version first. It cannot recognize handwriting. It CAN recognized typed script. But nowadays, most of those typed documents are done in word processors and do not need to be converted.
Same some time and teach them how to use a word processor. Might I suggest Open Office?
I had a friend who was bulemic who just couldn't get the hang of Pac-man. 'You mean I'm supposed to EAT the dots. But look, he's so round!! He doesn't NEED to eat!!'
Oh joy! How I love to clean Stimpy's diaper and wipe Stimpy's ass!
Mozilla!!
Please keep in mind that a man's second brain lies within his crotch and it is always barking subliminal commands to us from our nether regions whenever dealing with the fairer sex.
While completely capable of rationale thought amongst other men, our species tends to go retarded around women. This is highlighted by our fear of women in the workplace and in the military for so long.
Our retardedness even goes further so that even when imagining women, we can only imagine what we saw in our state of retardedness and boil women down only to what caught the 'second brains' attention.
But all is not lost. The new geek generation has found wonder within the modern geek girl making the brains and the strength behind the woman the new turnon. A woman who reads comic books, programs in C++ and will mace you in a hard beat becomes the new fetish for men of the 21st century.
So the retardedness of the second brain persists however it will shortly becomes focused upon the less superficial aspects of womanhood.
Someone's tryin' to get laid, the subliminal way. :)
Heh. Everyone has complained about this and the company says that the ability to play villains will be added into the first expansion due probably late fall of 2005.