Would anyone actually recommend one of those Linux based "all-in-one" appliances that you guys love so much? You have to wait for your vendor to patch those too!! Do you hear anyone asking that question?? Nope.
2 Things you can do if you find a security hole in a linux server:
1. You can... fix it yourself(assuming you have someone who understands the code)!
2. You can hire anyone else to do it for you, not just the vendor.
Those are 2 things you can't do with things like win2000 datacenter.
it would have been helpful to add the word "department" at the end of the headline. Saying "Intel kills Consumer Electornics" might freak some people out.
So I guess if for some strange reason you want all the world to run Linux, you'd better write commercial software for it. Not necessarily proprietary, but commercial. When the world finds a way to really make open source commercially successful, that's when Microsoft should start worrying.
And that's what the distros are working on right now. RH and Mandrake, SuSe and the rest of the pack still have a bit to go before reaching the appeal of windows, but they've come a long way since they were started.
So one person had a bad experience with militant penguins, and it's assumed that everyone who uses linux acts like that.
He says that if Linux slowly eroded the MS base, it would win. But instead you have guerilla IT departments go through and trash peoples computers, and make linux-ites look like a bunch of freaks
Hold on a minute. He mentions only one instance of a zealot who was malicious to a windows user and suddenly he(and you apparently) concludes that every single IT person acts like the zealot did?
I still consider myself a newbie(i installed linux on my box about 3 months ago), and I've had no bad experience trying to find help where i need it. Sure, one guy from Red Hat IT may be an asshole, but does that mean that everyone on Red Hat IT dept are assholes?
My summary of the article: Linux is great, but one guy who used it was an asshole, therefore everyone who uses it is an asshole.
does this guy even say anything we haven't heard before? He just makes the same gripes about linux that eveyone else has already been making. Granted, he's right about those gripes, but really, does this guy say anything new.
To tell you the truth, I'm unsure what to think about this. On the one side, this is going to be a big boost for TiVo's publcity, but on the other I'm concerned with how Sony is going to use TiVo's license(copyright controls?).
I am surprised though that Sony just didn't buy out TiVo. Maybe that is a good sign.
We can just go to the library and borrow a camera for free for one day(though we don't have that many cameras to go around). Oh yeah, and we can take as many pictures as we want.
The above system seems much better than what these japanese folks are doing. It would seem rather costly to make digital cameras that are restricted in use. Why not just let people borrow it for x amounts of hours or a day? The only problem there is figuring out how much people are willing to pay for a day's use of a digital camera.
I buy a car from someone. It looks fine, and he assures me that nothing is wrong with it. The next day it blows up because of a problem that the owner knew about.
Assuming I survive the explosion, I think that's grounds for a civil suit right there. Important Note: The act does not have to be illegal in order for him to get sued.
I don't think the RIAA is too worried about it. As to date, My dad still hasn't been able to successfully burn a single cd from his machine that's running XP. The RIAA doesn't worry about software that doesn't work.
They are obsolete. Laws are already in place(copyright, computer crime), to protect software makers from what's in most EULAs. The only other purpose they serve is to place draconian restrictions that shouldn't be allowed in the first place(no reverse engineering, can't use for x and y things).
IMO EULAs should not be legally binding. They serve no purpose other than restricting our rights to own something we buy.
b) This is exactly the kinds of things that Ben Franklin was mentioning. These laws are purley cosmetic. They "assure" the american people they are "safe", while in reality they do nothing of use. Essential Liberties are being taken away(search and seizure without due process?)
Repeat after me: NO AMOUNT OF SECURITY CAN GIVE ME THE SAFETY I DESIRE. The sooner we come to terms with that, the better off we will all be. We can't have a perfect solution. We have laws in place to deal with these things. But, unfortunatley, here in america, we must have a perfect solution, regardless of the cost.
of course i don't remember how, as my dad was the one doing it and i wasn't old enough to remember what he did. It's not necesarily a new idea(using ram as disk space, the ram hds are something relatively new), it's just become slightly more feasible than it was when i was a kid.
Bullshit. The democrats are just as much of corporate sellouts. Medicare and Medicaid is a perfect example of how the democrats have sold the good of the american people for corporate dicksucking.
Gore also got tons of money from the entertainment industry during the election. Hmmmm?? And the DMCA was made into law when who was president? Oh yeah, that sack of shit they call bill clinton.
You don't get it. Gore or Bush, we were fucked either way.
I have a stereo which i use to play sound through my computer. I can very easily hit record and put whatever's playing on my computer into a cassette. Then I can use playback on my stereo and use my line-in to put it back into mp3s. Presto! I have just circumvented the RIAA's nifty technology! So how long before owning a stereo be illegal?
Ever think that this article might be useful for those readers on/. who use windows that don't have the time to sift through microsoft press releases, or other news sites. Sure, lots of MS bashing results from articles like this, but some people will actually get informed and will download the necessary patches because of it.
There's maybe some good that can be interperted by this decision. For one, it sorta implies that internet activities are regulated by sort of an "international jurisdiction". This ruling can be used to get around the DMCA, since no "international" DMCA law exists(AFAIK). If i'm distributing, say Dimitry's E-book program, solely through the internet, then the FBI can't technically do anything, since it's done solely through the net. Maybe this is a wild interpertation of the ruling, and i'm spewing shit, but it might be something to think about.
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teachers have a hard time getting kids attention in class. why are you giving them another distraction?
Would anyone actually recommend one of those Linux based "all-in-one" appliances that you guys love so much? You have to wait for your vendor to patch those too!! Do you hear anyone asking that question?? Nope.
... fix it yourself(assuming you have someone who understands the code)!
2 Things you can do if you find a security hole in a linux server:
1. You can
2. You can hire anyone else to do it for you, not just the vendor.
Those are 2 things you can't do with things like win2000 datacenter.
The registrar has the right to terminate the contract if they see fit
Actually, some registrars, like gandi, waive that right. Not only that, they give you ownership of the domain. Read about it here.
But yeah, this'll depend heavily on who you sign up with.
it would have been helpful to add the word "department" at the end of the headline. Saying "Intel kills Consumer Electornics" might freak some people out.
So I guess if for some strange reason you want all the world to run Linux, you'd better write commercial software for it. Not necessarily proprietary, but commercial. When the world finds a way to really make open source commercially successful, that's when Microsoft should start worrying.
And that's what the distros are working on right now. RH and Mandrake, SuSe and the rest of the pack still have a bit to go before reaching the appeal of windows, but they've come a long way since they were started.
He says that if Linux slowly eroded the MS base, it would win. But instead you have guerilla IT departments go through and trash peoples computers, and make linux-ites look like a bunch of freaks
Hold on a minute. He mentions only one instance of a zealot who was malicious to a windows user and suddenly he(and you apparently) concludes that every single IT person acts like the zealot did?
I still consider myself a newbie(i installed linux on my box about 3 months ago), and I've had no bad experience trying to find help where i need it. Sure, one guy from Red Hat IT may be an asshole, but does that mean that everyone on Red Hat IT dept are assholes?
My summary of the article: Linux is great, but one guy who used it was an asshole, therefore everyone who uses it is an asshole.
does this guy even say anything we haven't heard before? He just makes the same gripes about linux that eveyone else has already been making. Granted, he's right about those gripes, but really, does this guy say anything new.
To tell you the truth, I'm unsure what to think about this. On the one side, this is going to be a big boost for TiVo's publcity, but on the other I'm concerned with how Sony is going to use TiVo's license(copyright controls?).
I am surprised though that Sony just didn't buy out TiVo. Maybe that is a good sign.
... Welcome to the Pr0n neighborhood.
The above system seems much better than what these japanese folks are doing. It would seem rather costly to make digital cameras that are restricted in use. Why not just let people borrow it for x amounts of hours or a day? The only problem there is figuring out how much people are willing to pay for a day's use of a digital camera.
That can't happen while microsoft maintains its grip on its closed standards.
isn't it interesting that the name of this person is the root of the term "culpable"? ("mea culpa")
How about the I Love You Virus?
(And yes, i know the people who actually clicked on it were complete and utter morons)
IANAL, but I think even if you *give* someone something that appears benign and it does something malicious, you are responsible.
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I buy a car from someone. It looks fine, and he assures me that nothing is wrong with it. The next day it blows up because of a problem that the owner knew about.
Assuming I survive the explosion, I think that's grounds for a civil suit right there. Important Note: The act does not have to be illegal in order for him to get sued.
I don't think the RIAA is too worried about it. As to date, My dad still hasn't been able to successfully burn a single cd from his machine that's running XP. The RIAA doesn't worry about software that doesn't work.
They are obsolete. Laws are already in place(copyright, computer crime), to protect software makers from what's in most EULAs. The only other purpose they serve is to place draconian restrictions that shouldn't be allowed in the first place(no reverse engineering, can't use for x and y things).
IMO EULAs should not be legally binding. They serve no purpose other than restricting our rights to own something we buy.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the definition of "open-source software" imply easy portability? OSS is a philosophy, not the Linux OS.
equating gamblers as terrorists. And aren't some money laundering laws unconstitutional?
and a bunch of other things that Feingold is against such as:
"Computer Tresspaser" is too broadly defined for comfort.
"Secret Searches"?
Viewing private records without a warrant?
There is more to this bill than the press releases are letting on.
b) This is exactly the kinds of things that Ben Franklin was mentioning. These laws are purley cosmetic. They "assure" the american people they are "safe", while in reality they do nothing of use. Essential Liberties are being taken away(search and seizure without due process?)
Repeat after me: NO AMOUNT OF SECURITY CAN GIVE ME THE SAFETY I DESIRE. The sooner we come to terms with that, the better off we will all be. We can't have a perfect solution. We have laws in place to deal with these things. But, unfortunatley, here in america, we must have a perfect solution, regardless of the cost.
of course i don't remember how, as my dad was the one doing it and i wasn't old enough to remember what he did. It's not necesarily a new idea(using ram as disk space, the ram hds are something relatively new), it's just become slightly more feasible than it was when i was a kid.
Nader cost the Democrats the Whitehouse
Bullshit. The democrats are just as much of corporate sellouts. Medicare and Medicaid is a perfect example of how the democrats have sold the good of the american people for corporate dicksucking.
Gore also got tons of money from the entertainment industry during the election. Hmmmm?? And the DMCA was made into law when who was president? Oh yeah, that sack of shit they call bill clinton.
You don't get it. Gore or Bush, we were fucked either way.
to the LEGION OF DOOM!
Lex Luthur has been said to be quite sympathic of the corporation's plight.
I have a stereo which i use to play sound through my computer. I can very easily hit record and put whatever's playing on my computer into a cassette. Then I can use playback on my stereo and use my line-in to put it back into mp3s. Presto! I have just circumvented the RIAA's nifty technology! So how long before owning a stereo be illegal?
Ever think that this article might be useful for those readers on /. who use windows that don't have the time to sift through microsoft press releases, or other news sites. Sure, lots of MS bashing results from articles like this, but some people will actually get informed and will download the necessary patches because of it.
As for the lack of linux articles, i think i disagree.
There's maybe some good that can be interperted by this decision. For one, it sorta implies that internet activities are regulated by sort of an "international jurisdiction". This ruling can be used to get around the DMCA, since no "international" DMCA law exists(AFAIK). If i'm distributing, say Dimitry's E-book program, solely through the internet, then the FBI can't technically do anything, since it's done solely through the net. Maybe this is a wild interpertation of the ruling, and i'm spewing shit, but it might be something to think about.