>wants all those that have yet to acquire that valuable resource to stop trying, or at least to start earning wages and preserve the satus quo that has served him so well so far.
I think what he is trying to say is that if everthing was OpenSourced years when he was building his reputation and wages it would have been much harder.
Its not "stop programming for free, you are hurting me" its "stop programming for free, you are hurting yourself".
>I am 17 years old, and I have been working on open source software for a while now....
>the program is going to be so improved vastly by people who have vastly more knowledge than me. There is always someone in the world who can do something that you did, better
I doubt that you have the ego required to become a programmer. When you start saying "I wrote better code when I was 17!" then will you TRUELY become a programmer like the rest of us.
Actually you could get in trouble because of this;
BOSS: "So, Planesdragon, I see that you bought twenty-four kegs of beer last weekend... why the HELL wasn't I invited!?!!? Greedy bastard, no raise for you this year!"
"Due to the wine Industry's desire for paranoia, greed, and lack of interest in the consumers health/security; dark forces moved secretly in concert illegally to destroy forever the Family's Purity of Purpose regarding its World Leadership in Wine; while others, in adjacent facilities, producing Wine, concentrated on Deception, and the Cult of Omission.
Predictably local Politicians, Religious icons, and Village Leaders sold our beautiful area down the river to Foreign invaders, and scavengers while our Family pulled the wagons around for the final Battle of Bully Hill. "
I think I this guy has all the qualifications of a Linux advocate!
>If you're taking a class like my Microprocessor Applications course where lots of code is presented that is useful in the labs, a good digital camera comes very handy.
Its even more useful if you take pictures of someone else's class notes.
>civil engineers would have to have the ability to force decisions on:
Ummm. Don't they have that now? You build a complex powergrid structure, you need to have an engineering stamp. What good is requirement of the stamp if they don't use if wisely?
Someone has to approve the actual functional workings of the electrical part. Isn't it obvious that lots of people are going to be relying on it? Didn't anyone ask "if this fails, how will public health and safety be effected?".
And what could happen would be that they wouldn't sign off on it until their list of recommendations are met. It could be your list or something totally different. The point is that they do have control of the situation. This does happen all the time in the construction industry with plans approval.
>you're unfairly assigning responsibility for something the engineers had little control over.
Society gives them the power for approval or rejection of plans this size and importance. So how do they not have a responsiblity and ultimately control (they can stop the project)?
>For example, it has been legal in Canada since 1998 to make a single copy of a recording for personal use, such as copying a CD onto your hard drive or MP3 player.
>But under the Copyright Act, it remains illegal to give or sell a CD copy to a friend, since it's not for personal use. In the same vein, distributing copies to friends online is prohibited.
I have a solid legal footing why I am a Kazza-leach.
>How much do you think it's going to be in man-hours to have a programmer fix a bug in MS-SQL Server
Its not that there is a bug and nothing works (case 1) its that we migrated and things broke (case 2). Case 1 is bad, but its a known risk and companies are used to it and you can blame it on other companies. Case 2 is blamed at who ever suggested the migration.
>I think you'll find more and more people able and willing to make source modifications as you gravitate toward open source
Thats great. But as a company do I want to hire a person just to fix an program when there is another one that does exactly what I want to do?
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> I think one of the issues is that white collar jobs are just beginning to feel the pinch,
Ask anyone who has lost their job if it felt like a "pinch".
>wants all those that have yet to acquire that valuable resource to stop trying, or at least to start earning wages and preserve the satus quo that has served him so well so far.
I think what he is trying to say is that if everthing was OpenSourced years when he was building his reputation and wages it would have been much harder.
Its not "stop programming for free, you are hurting me" its "stop programming for free, you are hurting yourself".
>I am 17 years old, and I have been working on open source software for a while now. ...
>the program is going to be so improved vastly by people who have vastly more knowledge than me. There is always someone in the world who can do something that you did, better
I doubt that you have the ego required to become a programmer. When you start saying "I wrote better code when I was 17!" then will you TRUELY become a programmer like the rest of us.
>There are MANY ways to earn a living with free software.
What is funny is that you develop your code for free because you love to do it and you want people to "share".
And the ways to make money, in the end, involve doing non-coding or being hired by people who are not interested/have no use for the "sharing" part.
And how is this different from the closed source model?
>Because it's human nature to enjoy being validated, even if it's just a validation of your tastes.
Did you yell when you modded up?
>When I have kids, I'll expect updates on all their cars' data at regular intervals.
And the one metric I would be looking for would be the "engine off, shock adsorbers experencing extreme stress" indicator.
Actually you could get in trouble because of this;
BOSS: "So, Planesdragon, I see that you bought twenty-four kegs of beer last weekend... why the HELL wasn't I invited!?!!? Greedy bastard, no raise for you this year!"
>By looking at my IP, Google knows where I live as well.
Umm. A site can't find out where you are just from your IP.
The closest it could get with an ok level of accuracy would be country.
Brings a whole need perspective on what is possible with tubgirl.
>I guess it allows him not to get too distracted by knowledge.
I can't stand his work exactly because of that.
It becomes painfully insulting and weak.
Its like me writing up on how the human body functions. Or a microprocessor programmer designing a graphical UI.
Give me a writer who allows me to have a chance to believe it could be based in reality. Such as Asimov.
What about economic-ignornance? Domestic-issues-ignorance? Forigen-issues-ignorance? Medicial-health-ignornace?
Scientific-ignorance is pretty minor compared to these other ignornances.
Do you know how much they've saved with not having to produce or do R&D for a second mouse button?
From: http://www.bullyhill.com/history.asp
"Due to the wine Industry's desire for paranoia, greed, and lack of interest in the consumers health/security; dark forces moved secretly in concert illegally to destroy forever the Family's Purity of Purpose regarding its World Leadership in Wine; while others, in adjacent facilities, producing Wine, concentrated on Deception, and the Cult of Omission.
Predictably local Politicians, Religious icons, and Village Leaders sold our beautiful area down the river to Foreign invaders, and scavengers while our Family pulled the wagons around for the final Battle of Bully Hill. "
I think I this guy has all the qualifications of a Linux advocate!
(ITS A JOKE. LAUGH.)
>If you're taking a class like my Microprocessor Applications course where lots of code is presented that is useful in the labs, a good digital camera comes very handy.
Its even more useful if you take pictures of someone else's class notes.
Umm.. you aren't the first to say that this might be bad for MS. And there were lot more insightful/interesting comments on this exact issue before.
>An exploit this quick?
Its the first exploit reported. Black hats could have known lots of exploits a long time ago, they just don't report it.
"the Slammer worm knocked out 911 emergency telephone service in Bellevue, Washington."
a st er_security/index_np.html
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/16/bl
> EOE laws say nothing about sexual orientation
I agree with you here. But my question was that if it was degrading or not. Not if it opened them up to legal issues.
>civil engineers would have to have the ability to force decisions on:
Ummm. Don't they have that now? You build a complex powergrid structure, you need to have an engineering stamp. What good is requirement of the stamp if they don't use if wisely?
Someone has to approve the actual functional workings of the electrical part. Isn't it obvious that lots of people are going to be relying on it? Didn't anyone ask "if this fails, how will public health and safety be effected?".
And what could happen would be that they wouldn't sign off on it until their list of recommendations are met. It could be your list or something totally different. The point is that they do have control of the situation. This does happen all the time in the construction industry with plans approval.
>you're unfairly assigning responsibility for something the engineers had little control over.
Society gives them the power for approval or rejection of plans this size and importance. So how do they not have a responsiblity and ultimately control (they can stop the project)?
> I didn't see anywhere where they said the box was compromised.
Did you see the part where I said it was a joke?
>the same 2-3 topics over and over.
Chances are, they are the same dupicated stories.
>For example, it has been legal in Canada since 1998 to make a single copy of a recording for personal use, such as copying a CD onto your hard drive or MP3 player.
>But under the Copyright Act, it remains illegal to give or sell a CD copy to a friend, since it's not for personal use. In the same vein, distributing copies to friends online is prohibited.
I have a solid legal footing why I am a Kazza-leach.
>How much do you think it's going to be in man-hours to have a programmer fix a bug in MS-SQL Server
Its not that there is a bug and nothing works (case 1) its that we migrated and things broke (case 2). Case 1 is bad, but its a known risk and companies are used to it and you can blame it on other companies. Case 2 is blamed at who ever suggested the migration.
>I think you'll find more and more people able and willing to make source modifications as you gravitate toward open source
Thats great. But as a company do I want to hire a person just to fix an program when there is another one that does exactly what I want to do?
I can't wait for the Windows 2000 Phantom Edit version
>The leaked code includes 30,915 files and was apparently removed from a Linux computer used by Mainsoft for development purposes.
I wonder what Linux security hole allowed that to happen.
LAUGH, ITS A JOKE.