M$ declined to comment, damnit. That's not a response, that's evasion...
The comment they made has zero really to do with the actual memo itself, and goes on some OJ-Defense-Teamesque Red Herring that is avoiding the entire case at hand.
It's really simple actually: 1) Avoid the subject, and show the world how great you are by not letting them see how bad you are (Security through Obscurity) 2) ???? 3) Profit.
Something tells me they're just going to continue munching on their foot till they bite themselves in the ass here.
Step 1: Imagining a Beowulf Cluster of those. Step 2: ????? Step 3: Profit
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If anything, closing source opens you up to "cheats" because every time that an exploit/cheat comes up, you don't have OpenSource-support to fix it sooner rather than later.
Closing source isn't like sealing a tank. It's more like building a beaver-dam.
No DMCA in Canada. So no, I won't obey it, and no, I won't report dick all. In fact, there's a fair number of laws I'd be more than happy to break/not report.
The annoyance of the full-page posting of this sucker, or the fact that this got modded up to 5 in a matter of minutes, whereas This post has been bouncing around 2 since the discussion began, despite the fact that it's actually on-topic, somewhat developed, albeit written thoroughly sleepdepped and not the most intelligent thing on/., but at least somewhat discussion-oriented.
The fact of the matter is the only people that I've seen that haven't been able to comprehend what's going on on their computer screen are technophobes and luddites. Which brings us to a simple gross generalisation to go along with all of the ones put forth:
If you're willing to embrace technology, then you'll be willing to learn how to use it.
Explaining the concepts behind a GUI aren't that hard. This is a "Mouse". See? It's got a little mousey tail! When you move it, that thing on the screen (it's called a cursor) moves.
Now, when you put the cursor over something and click with that left button it's calling "clicking on" that item. If you click it twice real fast, it's called (You still with me?) "Double Clicking".
Double Clicking opens up this program. This program is called [foo]. It does [bar].
Done. And suddenly my grandmother can check her e-mail.
Granted, the setup is a bit more complex than that, but these days we have plenty of professionals to not just guide you through that, but DO IT FOR YOU! Concept.
I don't think the Internet is badly designed. It's a data haven (almost... or at least was). Lack of rules means that anybody willing to put in the effort of wading through noise can get to anything in said haven.
Having rules, structure, and protocols so limiting as to make the internet "user-friendly" or any shit like that limits what you can do on the internet. Don't believe me? Go ahead. Try to use AOL to find copies of the Anarchist's cookbook without using the unspecified and user-unfriendly "Web".
I'm patenting the fucking question mark. I don't care people have failed before, but these days it seems like I might actually be able to get away with it....
I've taken plenty of Distance Education courses here at SFU, and I find the staff/TA support to be exceptional. It's really nice when you're taking courses that use the opportunities distance ed offers to their full extent, because usually that means that you can reach TAs and instructors just about every day, rather than simply once or twice a week during their office hours.
Almost every computing science course I've taken, with a few exceptions, has been open-book. So reading off a book isn't cheating at all.
The idea behind applied sciences is that it's real-world preparation, and in the real world, you're allowed to look at books if you don't know how to do something.
At worst, he could find you accountable for the files that were on his computer and _only_ his computer. I would guess that major important documents/programs that your company requires would be backed up elsewhere, and all the other stuff would range from the pr0n on his computer.
IANAL, but if I remember the legal process correctly, if he's suing you for $3000 or less (I could hardly imagine why a computer virus on his computer and only his computer would result in more than that in damages), then it goes to small claims court, which is jury-less and less formal that a full blown class-action lawsuit type dealy you always see in the movies. So I'd imagine that lawyers aren't _that_ extraordinarily helpful in a small claims court.
- 15 MOD PARENT UP posts - 1 all your base reference, even though the joke's been dead for well over a year and a half - 5 "Stephen King Dead at 54" posts - 8 "First Post" posts.
My immediate question is: Why don't you find out yourself? I mean, opinions here are so incredibly diverse about Linux distros and the like...
Personally, I say if you're willing to give enough effort to try out a new OS and learn a thing or two, hop straight over to 'drake or RedHat, but if not, then yeah... give this one a try, or hold out for When the new Corel-Linux gets released.
Don't necessarily completely overhaul your current box unless you really want to, but it wouldn't hurt to try something new, wouldn't you say?
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M$ declined to comment, damnit. That's not a response, that's evasion...
The comment they made has zero really to do with the actual memo itself, and goes on some OJ-Defense-Teamesque Red Herring that is avoiding the entire case at hand.
It's really simple actually:
1) Avoid the subject, and show the world how great you are by not letting them see how bad you are (Security through Obscurity)
2) ????
3) Profit.
Something tells me they're just going to continue munching on their foot till they bite themselves in the ass here.
Step 1: Imagining a Beowulf Cluster of those.
Step 2: ?????
Step 3: Profit
If anything, closing source opens you up to "cheats" because every time that an exploit/cheat comes up, you don't have OpenSource-support to fix it sooner rather than later.
Closing source isn't like sealing a tank. It's more like building a beaver-dam.
"Slashdot: News for Dead People. Stuff that Mattered"
No DMCA in Canada. So no, I won't obey it, and no, I won't report dick all. In fact, there's a fair number of laws I'd be more than happy to break/not report.
Why? Because I think rather than blindly obey.
Don't you mean Clint and Brandy? I mean... we are talking computers here....
(apologies to Neal Stephenson)
Now I can use WINE on my Xbox....
If anything, that post was asking to mod me down.
And lo and behold, it did.
I'm no so much a karma whore as a karma masochist.
Which leaves me to this question:
What kind of crack have you been smoking, and where can I get some?
Ya think?
The annoyance of the full-page posting of this sucker, or the fact that this got modded up to 5 in a matter of minutes, whereas This post has been bouncing around 2 since the discussion began, despite the fact that it's actually on-topic, somewhat developed, albeit written thoroughly sleepdepped and not the most intelligent thing on /., but at least somewhat discussion-oriented.
Wow.... I remember when the "Read More" option was used to truncate a lot of posts like this.
Would it hurt us to give a brief description of the article so it doesn't become so painful on my poor little 13" VGA monitor?
The fact of the matter is the only people that I've seen that haven't been able to comprehend what's going on on their computer screen are technophobes and luddites. Which brings us to a simple gross generalisation to go along with all of the ones put forth:
If you're willing to embrace technology, then you'll be willing to learn how to use it.
Explaining the concepts behind a GUI aren't that hard. This is a "Mouse". See? It's got a little mousey tail! When you move it, that thing on the screen (it's called a cursor) moves.
Now, when you put the cursor over something and click with that left button it's calling "clicking on" that item. If you click it twice real fast, it's called (You still with me?) "Double Clicking".
Double Clicking opens up this program. This program is called [foo]. It does [bar].
Done. And suddenly my grandmother can check her e-mail.
Granted, the setup is a bit more complex than that, but these days we have plenty of professionals to not just guide you through that, but DO IT FOR YOU! Concept.
I don't think the Internet is badly designed. It's a data haven (almost... or at least was). Lack of rules means that anybody willing to put in the effort of wading through noise can get to anything in said haven.
Having rules, structure, and protocols so limiting as to make the internet "user-friendly" or any shit like that limits what you can do on the internet. Don't believe me? Go ahead. Try to use AOL to find copies of the Anarchist's cookbook without using the unspecified and user-unfriendly "Web".
I'm patenting the fucking question mark. I don't care people have failed before, but these days it seems like I might actually be able to get away with it....
They're running it off of a PS2...
I've taken plenty of Distance Education courses here at SFU, and I find the staff/TA support to be exceptional. It's really nice when you're taking courses that use the opportunities distance ed offers to their full extent, because usually that means that you can reach TAs and instructors just about every day, rather than simply once or twice a week during their office hours.
Almost every computing science course I've taken, with a few exceptions, has been open-book. So reading off a book isn't cheating at all.
The idea behind applied sciences is that it's real-world preparation, and in the real world, you're allowed to look at books if you don't know how to do something.
At worst, he could find you accountable for the files that were on his computer and _only_ his computer. I would guess that major important documents/programs that your company requires would be backed up elsewhere, and all the other stuff would range from the pr0n on his computer.
IANAL, but if I remember the legal process correctly, if he's suing you for $3000 or less (I could hardly imagine why a computer virus on his computer and only his computer would result in more than that in damages), then it goes to small claims court, which is jury-less and less formal that a full blown class-action lawsuit type dealy you always see in the movies. So I'd imagine that lawyers aren't _that_ extraordinarily helpful in a small claims court.
Britney Spears is now crying her ass off saying that pirated music is "hurting" the artists?
From age 15 she had a golden music career. She still makes more in a day than I will all year.
Cry me a river. How does this hurt you? Can't buy that fourth sports car to fill up your garage?
Jesus. And people wonder why I dislike money.
The big issue there, he said, was a reluctance to accept legal liability for open-source software.
You know, I find it thoroughly amusing that they're "reluctant" to accept liability for OSS, but they don't have a problem avoiding it for their own.
Especially when you've got your EULA that says that you don't own your software....
But a website with the words "News For Nerds" in its slogan wouldn't be the best place for it.
-Feeding trolls for 10 years running
- 15 MOD PARENT UP posts
- 1 all your base reference, even though the joke's been dead for well over a year and a half
- 5 "Stephen King Dead at 54" posts
- 8 "First Post" posts.
XWindow system's been around for god-knows how long... Why, if they're already using UNIX, is it so traumatic to get X up and running?
My immediate question is: Why don't you find out yourself? I mean, opinions here are so incredibly diverse about Linux distros and the like...
Personally, I say if you're willing to give enough effort to try out a new OS and learn a thing or two, hop straight over to 'drake or RedHat, but if not, then yeah... give this one a try, or hold out for When the new Corel-Linux gets released.
Don't necessarily completely overhaul your current box unless you really want to, but it wouldn't hurt to try something new, wouldn't you say?
Karma to burn
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