That's a very fair point. Let's also remember that the DoD has a nasty habit of using crypto long after it's lost its strength. Also, are we 100% sure they'll remember to set up their communication protocols to prevent replay attacks, etc?
Using cryptography effectively is hard, and choosing the right encryption method is usually one of the simpler parts of it. I believe that bugs are inevitable, and there's a fair chance of an exploitable mistake in the implementation.
How about when a hacker starts sending bad "mine blown" messages to the grid, making the mines reconfigure? Maybe they keep detonating off each other, maybe they start all hopping (with some nice navigational hacking) back towards the ones who deployed them?
It really surprises me that people in the IT industry can be so apathetic to theft. We all know how many millions (billions ?) get put into software development each year, and how thankless a job it really is. Just as important, we're in this industry! I write code most every day of my life, as do many others here, to make a living.
My open source code I'm happy to give away, it was fun to write! But please, let me eat with the boring, soulless code I have to write at work.
Writing software has made me appreciate the work that goes into professional level production of electronic work at any level: music, _fonts_, software, graphics, games, etc. I don't know about y'all, but I don't pirate software, I buy my music, and if I can't afford the software, I don't use it. Considering how much good software's available for free, I can't see how someone can justify stealing commercial apps.
I can't see how anyone expecting to make a living in the IT industry can pirate with a clear conscious.
If you see your app growing later, then one of the big three will be useful. If you use one of the free versions for small-scale, it's an easy transition. Start off with one of the free ones, and you've got some growing pains coming.
See trained people at work. The dojo I go to has "break concrete cinderblock with one strike" as part of its black belt test. Suffice it to say, I'm no black belt (yet!), but I've seen some amazing things in this dojo.
It's amazing what you can do if you train hard and long for it.
As for the cinderblock, it's about getting your knuckles to move _very_ fast, and then getting them out before the cinderblock returns the energy. A bullet isn't very big or heavy, but it moves really quick. Also, quite a few blackbelt applicants may break a hand (or two! leaving elbows, wrists, and knees to try again!) while doing it.
Note to slashdot repliers: Enough with the ad hominem attacks. If you don't like what China's doing, talk about what they're doing, not what you like/dislike about China.
We've all got our personal opinions on politics and the politics of technology, but if our words are to mean anything, we've got to appeal to higher standards.
It's not a warm-fuzzy comprimise for the Open-source. A lot of governments don't like the idea of running code from a foreign nation without being able to see its source code. Which, IMHO, is fair.
The market's barely big enough to fit 2 ISPs in the same area.
They're more likely to do exactly the same thing, and then use it to cut prices to the consumer in a price war. The consumer will get lower prices, to a shit Internet.
Closest we've got is the iBook and 12" Powerbook. The 12" is a good machine, but it's also the smallest I think we'll get out of Apple anytime soon. They only make a few models and have to choose the markets they go after carefully. Only so many really talented engineers @ Apple, and we all know that you can't honestly hire really good engineers off the street.
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Then they'd have to use X. Which frankly needs a technology enema.
And then there's X applications, and X toolkits. Both of which still stink of the mid-90s. No thanks.
By definition, courtesy is a form of insincerity.
That's a very fair point. Let's also remember that the DoD has a nasty habit of using crypto long after it's lost its strength. Also, are we 100% sure they'll remember to set up their communication protocols to prevent replay attacks, etc?
Using cryptography effectively is hard, and choosing the right encryption method is usually one of the simpler parts of it. I believe that bugs are inevitable, and there's a fair chance of an exploitable mistake in the implementation.
2 guys! That's half of apple's US market share! :-P
Seriousy, how many current mac heads were linux heads only a little while ago? I know I'm on that list.
How about when a hacker starts sending bad "mine blown" messages to the grid, making the mines reconfigure? Maybe they keep detonating off each other, maybe they start all hopping (with some nice navigational hacking) back towards the ones who deployed them?
Why's it gotta be something rare and expensive, like gold? Why not old butter? I've got lots of old butter.
If I used windows, this'd really concern me. Go Mac OS, go Linux :-)
For everyone else, perhaps looking into the feasibility of switching (to either) is in order?
It really surprises me that people in the IT industry can be so apathetic to theft. We all know how many millions (billions ?) get put into software development each year, and how thankless a job it really is. Just as important, we're in this industry! I write code most every day of my life, as do many others here, to make a living.
My open source code I'm happy to give away, it was fun to write! But please, let me eat with the boring, soulless code I have to write at work.
Writing software has made me appreciate the work that goes into professional level production of electronic work at any level: music, _fonts_, software, graphics, games, etc. I don't know about y'all, but I don't pirate software, I buy my music, and if I can't afford the software, I don't use it. Considering how much good software's available for free, I can't see how someone can justify stealing commercial apps.
I can't see how anyone expecting to make a living in the IT industry can pirate with a clear conscious.
If you see your app growing later, then one of the big three will be useful. If you use one of the free versions for small-scale, it's an easy transition. Start off with one of the free ones, and you've got some growing pains coming.
Exactly. Just like PHP raised the value of actual programmers.
Holy shit! Any developer with any intelligence @ all would've hopped jobs at this point.
So we'll have to wait, what 10 years for DirectX 10, when Vista comes out?
See trained people at work. The dojo I go to has "break concrete cinderblock with one strike" as part of its black belt test. Suffice it to say, I'm no black belt (yet!), but I've seen some amazing things in this dojo.
It's amazing what you can do if you train hard and long for it.
As for the cinderblock, it's about getting your knuckles to move _very_ fast, and then getting them out before the cinderblock returns the energy. A bullet isn't very big or heavy, but it moves really quick. Also, quite a few blackbelt applicants may break a hand (or two! leaving elbows, wrists, and knees to try again!) while doing it.
:-) Fair enough.
Still, the Net will be what we choose it to be.
Note to slashdot repliers: Enough with the ad hominem attacks. If you don't like what China's doing, talk about what they're doing, not what you like/dislike about China.
We've all got our personal opinions on politics and the politics of technology, but if our words are to mean anything, we've got to appeal to higher standards.
I saw it as "Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Baby"
I need some coffee.
It's not a warm-fuzzy comprimise for the Open-source. A lot of governments don't like the idea of running code from a foreign nation without being able to see its source code. Which, IMHO, is fair.
These are on the motherboard, not the HDD.
The market's barely big enough to fit 2 ISPs in the same area.
They're more likely to do exactly the same thing, and then use it to cut prices to the consumer in a price war. The consumer will get lower prices, to a shit Internet.
That's what market forces will do.
Sony's always said that this was 'early adopter' pricing.
The technical quirks can easily be fixed, this is slashdot.
And frankly, the other two look like bad gnome themes.
Closest we've got is the iBook and 12" Powerbook. The 12" is a good machine, but it's also the smallest I think we'll get out of Apple anytime soon. They only make a few models and have to choose the markets they go after carefully. Only so many really talented engineers @ Apple, and we all know that you can't honestly hire really good engineers off the street.
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That's not selling, that's forcing it down your throat :-) Windows isn't voluntarily purchased.
It's a lot more than that. Read the other comments.