It is a complete waste of time to shave your beard if it just going to grow back. You spend 3-5 minutes every stinking day shaving. So why do it? That's around 15 hours a year for a Mon-Fri schedule.
Nah, a cron job for 04:00 daily will do the trick. Wake up clean shaven!
The thing is, it's not cheaper for them to fully secure the software before delivering. What have they lost by shipping product with holes? The admiration of Slashdot readers? Like they had it anyway.
By getting IE6 out the door, they get a jump on Netscape 6, Opera 6, etc. Believe me, given the paltry PR penalty they pay for releasing security patches vs. losing even 2% market share if Netscape 6 shipped last year and IE6 shipped today fully secured, the smart thing to do is exactly what they did.
Besides, a lot of windows users might like the fact that "Windows Update" actually does something.
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It's not just an interesting twist, it's quite close to the root of the issue. More specifically, it is symmetry breaking that makes design patterns necessary.
Corrupt judges? The biggest problem in this country is unflaggingly idealistic judges with the wrong ideals. They don't want money, they want a government-enforced, homogenized, nirvana-on-Earth.
Surely in any trial ALL evidence should be investigated?
Yes. In fact, I have evidence that Darryl Strawberry, Darryl Gates, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, George Clinton, and George Foreman killed your mom. I will be happy to discuss such evidence in a trial. Surely it should be considered.
I bought an NES at a garage sale for $7, complete with Zapper and Power Pad. Games are $3-$7 at my local used console/cart store.
But, I guess I could have bought a PS2 ($300) and Linux kit ($200), and run an NES emulator on it. I could then get a cart backup device ($50), go buy the games and copy them to the PS2/Linux/NES emulator.
The'se thing's alway's bother me. I 'see people u'sing apostrophe's like they were ab'solutely in'seperable from the letter "'s." Learn to pluralize, Recipe Troll.
"Linus has control of the main tree" means nothing more than "The main tree is, by convention, the one that Linus controls."
We in the community simply agree to pretend that Linus "controls" the main tree. He has built up enough trust among hackers and users that we accept his judgment on what goes in and what stays out. There is no real control there. I could start hacking "SHOEBOIX" today and call it a "main tree." The only thing stopping me is that I would have a hard time finding people who agree to call mine the "main tree." Not that I have any problem at all with that state of affairs. Conventions are necessary to prevent Bad Entropy.
The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants.
You do a bad job of it. Everyone knows the difference here is monopoly vs. non-monopoly. By bringing up an idea which is redundant, poorly thought out and countered numerous times, you show that you aren't a fellow slashdotter. Join CLIT why don't you...
And everyone knows the difference between AC and non-AC posting. By smearing someone anonymously you show that no one should pay attention to you. Just look at the time I've wasted already.
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No to mention a billion volunteers trying to get the hell out.
Big money,
big money,
no whammies....
Nah, a cron job for 04:00 daily will do the trick. Wake up clean shaven!
By getting IE6 out the door, they get a jump on Netscape 6, Opera 6, etc. Believe me, given the paltry PR penalty they pay for releasing security patches vs. losing even 2% market share if Netscape 6 shipped last year and IE6 shipped today fully secured, the smart thing to do is exactly what they did.
Besides, a lot of windows users might like the fact that "Windows Update" actually does something.
It's not just an interesting twist, it's quite close to the root of the issue. More specifically, it is symmetry breaking that makes design patterns necessary.
And hey, as long as you're going to get fingerprinted anyway....
Corrupt judges? The biggest problem in this country is unflaggingly idealistic judges with the wrong ideals. They don't want money, they want a government-enforced, homogenized, nirvana-on-Earth.
Who was moderating at threshold -1 and modded this up?
I'll bet your name is Dan.
Yes. In fact, I have evidence that Darryl Strawberry, Darryl Gates, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, George Clinton, and George Foreman killed your mom. I will be happy to discuss such evidence in a trial. Surely it should be considered.
I believe that should be, "What a freaking lyre."
Legislators don't just make laws. They also VOTE on them. Sometimes, they vote NO.
(Score:-1 Cynical, Rude)
But, I guess I could have bought a PS2 ($300) and Linux kit ($200), and run an NES emulator on it. I could then get a cart backup device ($50), go buy the games and copy them to the PS2/Linux/NES emulator.
pretty 5w337.
I thought "Danese Cooper" meant a barrel-maker from the People's Republic of Dan.
If ever there were need for a +6....
Is he sitting all dreamy-eyed in front of closed, proprietary hardware in that picture? What a hypocrite.
Until the last decade, pets.com never downsized either.
The'se thing's alway's bother me. I 'see people u'sing apostrophe's like they were ab'solutely in'seperable from the letter "'s." Learn to pluralize, Recipe Troll.
Yeah, took 'em a while....
More trippy than relaxing.
We in the community simply agree to pretend that Linus "controls" the main tree. He has built up enough trust among hackers and users that we accept his judgment on what goes in and what stays out. There is no real control there. I could start hacking "SHOEBOIX" today and call it a "main tree." The only thing stopping me is that I would have a hard time finding people who agree to call mine the "main tree." Not that I have any problem at all with that state of affairs. Conventions are necessary to prevent Bad Entropy.
The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants.
And everyone knows the difference between AC and non-AC posting. By smearing someone anonymously you show that no one should pay attention to you. Just look at the time I've wasted already.
Ahem... I believe it's spelled "k3rn4l"
Oh and one more thing-- Perl6 is written in C++.
How do you spell "Neville Chaimberlain?"