incidentally: does anyone really think that it's taken M$ this long to develop a strategy re: linux? they've been saying for the past 2-3 years that linux is their biggest threat, they've almost certainly been thinking it for the past 5-6.
btw: did anybody else find it funny that the article itself cited the campaign as "uncertainty and doubt"?
say what you like about IBM: they're open source opportunists, they're patent barratry thugs, etc, but you gotta give 'em kudos for making a smart move here.
guys, the problem worms create beyond their security-related issues is one very simply of bandwidth consumption. come on, guys. it's the same exact problem as chain letters: even if the payload/content is innocuous, if these things are all over, stressing the pipes, how is this doing anybody any good?
and this ignores the problem that in a lot of shops, the IT staff likes to test out patches & make sure the patch doesn't break anything. if a patch hasn't been installed on an office box, there might very well be a good reason for it. a worm is a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer of a solution to the problem of unpatched boxes. how would you feel about allowing an unknown process, not critical to apps or OS function, run on every desktop in a LAN?
honestly, while somerville's in the wrong due to the absence of authorization to use odeon intellectual property, odeon handled this in about the worst way possible: threatening someone who's obviously a fan of theirs and is working, w/out compensation, to direct business to them, is positively SCO-worthy.
also, i'd just like to point out that according to WHOIS, a relevant domain is free: http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=od eoncinemasucks&type=domain.:>
cuz, as everyone knows, if the gangs can't find it there, they won't go on a very thorough, massively uncomfortable treasure hunt for it in the rest of him? and really, isn't this providing a motive for getting to him? unless he's decided to take the suicide route and kitted out w/ a bomb that he can trigger upon being abducted by the bad guys, i don't understand the reason for this press release at all.
if the film is set pre-OS, just WTF will be in it? is this another TNG project, or will it be DS9? i kinda doubt the latter, given that B&B appear to hate DS9. please, please let it not be a VOY movie...
what i find interesting is the fact that the 6 GPS units are connected to the engines. i'm curious: given that these are at an elevation of approximately 13 miles and hence, presumably untethered, how much work it would take to keep one of these within the desired GPS coordinates.
why obviously, it contains a licensing crossover effort featuring max grodenchik and armin shimerman commentaries while the 2 reprise their ST: DS9 roles. after all:
that's so obvious i'm positive there are reasons why that isn't feasible although it seems no physicists or meteorologists have weighed in yet. as possibilities i'll advance:
1) you can't melt the stuff fast enough for it to flow off. 2) even if you could, you need to shunt it someplace, in heated pipes or other methods, to deposit the mess someplace where it won't accumulate and create the situation you're trying to avoid. 3) daunting power requirements to heat the exterior of any structure of adequate size.
my guess is that it's impossible to heat the exterior sufficiently to cope w/ the overnight lows they routinely experience there.
my bet is that intel took this step for legal reasons, to protect themselves from possible lawsuits. even though chips probably come w/ "no user serviceable parts inside" disclaimers, theoretically, a good attorney might be able to get them into trouble if someone mods a chip, it blows up the user's box, and he sues them.
um, i think they tried it on ENT: they're called, coincidentally enough, the suliban: a bunch of not understood hostiles who attack in unpredictable ways, and whose literal physical flexibillity makes them tough adversaries.
if you can see it, you can sink it. radar is how a lot of guided weapon systems (missiles primarily) acquire a target lock. smaller signature = longer ship life. however, some military scientist or sailor will probably weigh in (weigh anchor?) to explain in greater detail just how important this really is on the modern battlefield.
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o, i'm quite certain nobody posting in slashdot ever does such a thing... ;>
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incidentally: does anyone really think that it's taken M$ this long to develop a strategy re: linux? they've been saying for the past 2-3 years that linux is their biggest threat, they've almost certainly been thinking it for the past 5-6.
btw: did anybody else find it funny that the article itself cited the campaign as "uncertainty and doubt"?
say what you like about IBM: they're open source opportunists, they're patent barratry thugs, etc, but you gotta give 'em kudos for making a smart move here.
ed
guys, the problem worms create beyond their security-related issues is one very simply of bandwidth consumption. come on, guys. it's the same exact problem as chain letters: even if the payload/content is innocuous, if these things are all over, stressing the pipes, how is this doing anybody any good?
and this ignores the problem that in a lot of shops, the IT staff likes to test out patches & make sure the patch doesn't break anything. if a patch hasn't been installed on an office box, there might very well be a good reason for it. a worm is a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer of a solution to the problem of unpatched boxes. how would you feel about allowing an unknown process, not critical to apps or OS function, run on every desktop in a LAN?
ed
cuz you know, what happens to you in the matrix happens to you out of the matrix? :>
ed
honestly, while somerville's in the wrong due to the absence of authorization to use odeon intellectual property, odeon handled this in about the worst way possible: threatening someone who's obviously a fan of theirs and is working, w/out compensation, to direct business to them, is positively SCO-worthy.
d eoncinemasucks&type=domain. :>
also, i'd just like to point out that according to WHOIS, a relevant domain is free: http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=o
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cuz, as everyone knows, if the gangs can't find it there, they won't go on a very thorough, massively uncomfortable treasure hunt for it in the rest of him? and really, isn't this providing a motive for getting to him? unless he's decided to take the suicide route and kitted out w/ a bomb that he can trigger upon being abducted by the bad guys, i don't understand the reason for this press release at all.
ed
isn't the word you're looking for propaganda?
ed
that is gonna be a fantastic film, IMHO.
if the film is set pre-OS, just WTF will be in it? is this another TNG project, or will it be DS9? i kinda doubt the latter, given that B&B appear to hate DS9. please, please let it not be a VOY movie...
ed
what i find interesting is the fact that the 6 GPS units are connected to the engines. i'm curious: given that these are at an elevation of approximately 13 miles and hence, presumably untethered, how much work it would take to keep one of these within the desired GPS coordinates.
ed
why obviously, it contains a licensing crossover effort featuring max grodenchik and armin shimerman commentaries while the 2 reprise their ST: DS9 roles. after all:
"and profit all that matter, isn't it, brother?"
ed
feature set of new 10 disc set:
*all good guys guns are replaced with walkie talkies.
*elrond--er, agent smith--shoots first
*new footage of neo climbing up mumlak's trunk.
*new footage of neo throwing a defeated agent smith clone down a flight of stairs, then surfing down the stairs on the agent.
ed
that's so obvious i'm positive there are reasons why that isn't feasible although it seems no physicists or meteorologists have weighed in yet. as possibilities i'll advance:
1) you can't melt the stuff fast enough for it to flow off.
2) even if you could, you need to shunt it someplace, in heated pipes or other methods, to deposit the mess someplace where it won't accumulate and create the situation you're trying to avoid.
3) daunting power requirements to heat the exterior of any structure of adequate size.
my guess is that it's impossible to heat the exterior sufficiently to cope w/ the overnight lows they routinely experience there.
ed
[clucking] "zathras can never have anything nice..."
ed
uh, he's asking about the poster's handle.
ed
why, is he the guy that keeps throwing those messages in empty beer bottles? :>
ed
now that is an interesting question. of course, given the attitude of the test designer, that might actually be redundant. :>
ed
yet another cert! c'mon guys, you know you love cert-creep!
ed
sure, him and the rest of the x-men... :>
ed
my bet is that intel took this step for legal reasons, to protect themselves from possible lawsuits. even though chips probably come w/ "no user serviceable parts inside" disclaimers, theoretically, a good attorney might be able to get them into trouble if someone mods a chip, it blows up the user's box, and he sues them.
ed
that would be CSI: riza, wouldn't it?
ed
um, i think they tried it on ENT: they're called, coincidentally enough, the suliban: a bunch of not understood hostiles who attack in unpredictable ways, and whose literal physical flexibillity makes them tough adversaries.
ed
isn't this dependent upon which type of orbit one wishes to establish?
ed
if you can see it, you can sink it. radar is how a lot of guided weapon systems (missiles primarily) acquire a target lock. smaller signature = longer ship life. however, some military scientist or sailor will probably weigh in (weigh anchor?) to explain in greater detail just how important this really is on the modern battlefield.
ed
so who are the early adopters besides ISPs, governments and financial services? are there any?
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