"Since third party applications under Linux get hacked, it is attributed to Linux being more vulnerable while MS Windows running third party software is more secure???"
It's only fair, since most of the supposed rampant security holes in Windows lamented here on Slashdot are actually the result of insecure third-party software, and NOT the operating system itself.
And that's just one of many bogus "Linux is more secure than Windows" arguments.
When it's Americans being forbidden to work in a foreign country, it's that country's right to do so.
But if it were the other way around, and Indian people coming to this country were suddenly forbidden to work here, imagine the uproar that would cause among Slashdotters!
Even if you are going to be wrong, at least be consistent!
Regardless of the source, are we really supposed to seriously consider ANY article that reads like a cross between a JonKatz tirade and "The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth"?
"They left the site open. Do I get to sue Microsoft for servers that I don't patch?"
Only if you think we should punish rape victims for wearing the wrong clothes and walking down the wrong street at the wrong time of day. She should know better, right?
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"But now that electronic voting is an option why do we still need representatives?"
1. Because mob-rule (pure democracy) is a bad idea.
2. Because most people don't even give a shit about who's PRESIDENT, let alone every minor issue our representatives get paid (well) to address.
After this long, do you really think that SCO execs are so stupid to actually think their company will come out on top after all is said and done?
The probable truth is that SCO is getting free press every day, and/. is certainly no exception there. Didn't it ever occur to folks here that press is all they're looking for?
SCO bigwigs don't expect their company to pull through this, and they don't really care. All they're doing is keeping their company in the news and giving current and potential investors the impression that they are an aggressive, profit-driven company.
Once they have deemed that investors have thrown enough money their way (and driven the stock price high enough), they will bail. This will end with SCO a flaming wreck, and its executives rich, and that's ALL they want.
I don't have a problem with them protesting; in fact I believe their cause is just.
I suppose if their only purpose behind this protest is to gain publicity for their movement, they've been successful. But beyond that, I don't see how this puts any real pressure on the EU.
Maybe I just can't relate to the protestor mentality.
What message is this supposed to send? Why would the EU change its mind because a few sites decided to protest? How does the absence of a few sites hurt the EU? More likely, they'll only hurt themselves.
This is the beauty of OPEN SOURCE!! He got ahold of some code, modified and improved it, and released it back into the public domain! That's how it's SUPPOSED to work!
Think of the outrage that would have been touched off if he kept the modified code for his own use... INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!!!
Where do I send my money? This guy is a HERO, not a CRIMINAL!
"I think you'd find that the raw materials that go into a Learjet aren't all that expensive (steel by the pound, etc...)"
Not to nitpick or anything, but the majority of aircraft frames are made of a LiAl (Lithium-Aluminim) alloy, which is a great deal more expensive to produce than steel.
What are Carmack & Co. constructing the frame of their rocket out of?
What impact does this phenomenon have on gaming on open-source platforms?
It is already rare enough that game companies invest time and resources into Linux ports for popular games, and a constant increase in development cost is only going to further discourage the practice.
Bioware's Linux port of Neverwinter Nights is going to become a thing of the past when game companies can't afford to put the time and resources into such a very small market share.
With only a few exceptions, most people here seem to believe that this ruling is a Good Thing (tm) solely because it hurts Microsoft, whereas a similar decision regarding any other company would be met with irate grumbling about the broken patent system.
Like it or not, most people coming to this site do in fact use IE. Now as good or bad an app that IE may be (an arugment for another time), this lawsuit results in Microsoft being forced to remove a feature that, potentially, a lot of us use.
So even if you are still the knee-jerk hate-Microsoft type, think about how angry you'd be if this happened to YOUR favorite app. Just because this hurts Microsoft, it doesn't make it a good thing by any stretch.
Every once in awhile, I'll get one or two little visitors on my otherwise perfect face, and it's always at a time when I'm a little more stressed over work than usual.
I eat my share of junk food, but I don't think that's what causes the occasional zit. Even though IANAD (dermatologist) I have observed a strong correlation between stress and pimples.
Mandrake 9.1 was very cooperative with my laptop, but I understand (from usenet and personal experience) that they have a problem running the latest NVIDIA drivers.
Using an older version of the driver (sorry, I don't remember which one) worked. It's not perfect, but they do the job.
Just an FYI for anyone else who may be experiencing similar problems with their Dell.
My guess is that you don't really have any clue what DRM-related restrictions are tied to this service.
I'll agree that "within reason" is suspiciously ambiguous, but we really don't have a clue what that actually means yet. Stop basing inflammatory comments on knowledge you don't have.
This shouldn't surprise anybody. Now without sounding trollish by bringing Chinese morality into this, I'd just like to say that this was a predictable step in the progression of cloning technology.
Now I'm not going to be one of those so-called "every sperm is precious" nuts, and I agree that cloning research has enormous potential for the human species. But I strongly believe that boundaries should be placed on projects like this that seem to be conducted more out of morbid curiosity than any perceived benefit to mankind.
"Actually, social security CAN take better care of you than you can take care of yourself."
I don't know how you live or what kind of job you have, but I know I can do far better than $250/wk, thank you very much.
-people could not retire at all, ever
And thanks to social security, they can? More likely it's because they were able to save/invest responsibly and prepared for the future. Not that that's hard to do, compared to social security, where you usually get back LESS than what you out into it. Not what I call a wise investment.
-people valued boys more than girls, because boys were needed to earn money to take care of parents. The devaluation of half of society was sick, and frankly, you're sick to desire it
What are you talking about? What government entitlement program do you think changed that sentiment? When did I ever suggest that men were more valuable women? Stop trying to bolster your weak argument by putting words into my mouth.
-you're obviously off-kilter if you think social security is forced dependence.
I don't have the option to not pay into it, do I? I call that forced.
Not everyone will have enough money to support themselves when they are too old and sick to work. Do you propose that we just kill them?
If they can't live within their means and prepare for the future responsibly, that's not my fault nor my problem. I have no problem with donating to charity VOLUNTARILY (and I do), but the government has no right to confiscate what I have earned and give it to someone else.
-Free society doesn't just protect the rich, that's an oligarchy. A free society protects all citizens.
Socialism has nothing to do with protecting everybody equally, unless you equate "protection" with "subsidies". It is a system that punishes the successful and rewards the unmotivated. It tells people they are too stupid to make decisions for themselves.
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." -Benjamin Franklin
Well, I don't know about you, but I for one am insulted by the fundamental socialist notion that a government beaurocracy can take care of me better than I can take care of myself. I am insulted by the socialist notion that I cannot (and should not) survive without the assistance of the government. Forced dependence is a form of slavery, and a free society has no room for wealth-confiscation and redistribution system of government.
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It's only fair, since most of the supposed rampant security holes in Windows lamented here on Slashdot are actually the result of insecure third-party software, and NOT the operating system itself.
And that's just one of many bogus "Linux is more secure than Windows" arguments.
That's not the point.
The point is that this report handily debunks the myth that a Linux server is inherantly more secure than a Windows server.
The more rational among us here have tried to get the message out that no server is secure if there's an idiot at the helm.
Good admins make secure servers, not an operating system, despite what the zealots would have us believe.
When it's Americans being forbidden to work in a foreign country, it's that country's right to do so.
But if it were the other way around, and Indian people coming to this country were suddenly forbidden to work here, imagine the uproar that would cause among Slashdotters!
Even if you are going to be wrong, at least be consistent!
www.Salon.com
www.Clearchannelsucks.org
www.Media-Alliance.org
infomedia-allianceorg
www.Youthmediacouncil.org
Certainly a "Who's Who" in objective news sources, wouldn't you say? Especially Clearchannelsucks.org; no agenda there, folks! Really!
Regardless of the source, are we really supposed to seriously consider ANY article that reads like a cross between a JonKatz tirade and "The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth"?
Only if you think we should punish rape victims for wearing the wrong clothes and walking down the wrong street at the wrong time of day. She should know better, right?
1. Because mob-rule (pure democracy) is a bad idea.
2. Because most people don't even give a shit about who's PRESIDENT, let alone every minor issue our representatives get paid (well) to address.
Or, although it was written 80 years ago, is someone still making money off of this work? If so, who owns the copyright? and for how long?
The probable truth is that SCO is getting free press every day, and /. is certainly no exception there. Didn't it ever occur to folks here that press is all they're looking for?
SCO bigwigs don't expect their company to pull through this, and they don't really care. All they're doing is keeping their company in the news and giving current and potential investors the impression that they are an aggressive, profit-driven company.
Once they have deemed that investors have thrown enough money their way (and driven the stock price high enough), they will bail. This will end with SCO a flaming wreck, and its executives rich, and that's ALL they want.
Just because a system is abused, that doesn't make it a bad idea. The original concept of patents was a good idea, and it just needs a major overhaul.
And just for the record, I think software patents are one of those abuses of the system.
I suppose if their only purpose behind this protest is to gain publicity for their movement, they've been successful. But beyond that, I don't see how this puts any real pressure on the EU.
Maybe I just can't relate to the protestor mentality.
What message is this supposed to send? Why would the EU change its mind because a few sites decided to protest? How does the absence of a few sites hurt the EU? More likely, they'll only hurt themselves.
This is the beauty of OPEN SOURCE!! He got ahold of some code, modified and improved it, and released it back into the public domain! That's how it's SUPPOSED to work!
Think of the outrage that would have been touched off if he kept the modified code for his own use... INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!!!
Where do I send my money? This guy is a HERO, not a CRIMINAL!
Not to nitpick or anything, but the majority of aircraft frames are made of a LiAl (Lithium-Aluminim) alloy, which is a great deal more expensive to produce than steel.
What are Carmack & Co. constructing the frame of their rocket out of?
It is already rare enough that game companies invest time and resources into Linux ports for popular games, and a constant increase in development cost is only going to further discourage the practice.
Bioware's Linux port of Neverwinter Nights is going to become a thing of the past when game companies can't afford to put the time and resources into such a very small market share.
Like it or not, most people coming to this site do in fact use IE. Now as good or bad an app that IE may be (an arugment for another time), this lawsuit results in Microsoft being forced to remove a feature that, potentially, a lot of us use.
So even if you are still the knee-jerk hate-Microsoft type, think about how angry you'd be if this happened to YOUR favorite app. Just because this hurts Microsoft, it doesn't make it a good thing by any stretch.
I eat my share of junk food, but I don't think that's what causes the occasional zit. Even though IANAD (dermatologist) I have observed a strong correlation between stress and pimples.
Using an older version of the driver (sorry, I don't remember which one) worked. It's not perfect, but they do the job.
Just an FYI for anyone else who may be experiencing similar problems with their Dell.
Not EVERYTHING captured by Hubble is pleasant to look at.
I'll agree that "within reason" is suspiciously ambiguous, but we really don't have a clue what that actually means yet. Stop basing inflammatory comments on knowledge you don't have.
You laugh, but that very handily sums up the prevailing sentiment.
"Some wondered aloud what, exactly, such a creature would be if it were transferred to a womb to develop to term."
Whether or not such a being would/could actually develop, it doesn't seem, according to the article, difficult to attempt it.
Now I'm not going to be one of those so-called "every sperm is precious" nuts, and I agree that cloning research has enormous potential for the human species. But I strongly believe that boundaries should be placed on projects like this that seem to be conducted more out of morbid curiosity than any perceived benefit to mankind.
I don't know how you live or what kind of job you have, but I know I can do far better than $250/wk, thank you very much.
-people could not retire at all, ever
And thanks to social security, they can? More likely it's because they were able to save/invest responsibly and prepared for the future. Not that that's hard to do, compared to social security, where you usually get back LESS than what you out into it. Not what I call a wise investment.
-people valued boys more than girls, because boys were needed to earn money to take care of parents. The devaluation of half of society was sick, and frankly, you're sick to desire it
What are you talking about? What government entitlement program do you think changed that sentiment? When did I ever suggest that men were more valuable women? Stop trying to bolster your weak argument by putting words into my mouth.
-you're obviously off-kilter if you think social security is forced dependence.
I don't have the option to not pay into it, do I? I call that forced.
Not everyone will have enough money to support themselves when they are too old and sick to work. Do you propose that we just kill them?
If they can't live within their means and prepare for the future responsibly, that's not my fault nor my problem. I have no problem with donating to charity VOLUNTARILY (and I do), but the government has no right to confiscate what I have earned and give it to someone else.
-Free society doesn't just protect the rich, that's an oligarchy. A free society protects all citizens.
Socialism has nothing to do with protecting everybody equally, unless you equate "protection" with "subsidies". It is a system that punishes the successful and rewards the unmotivated. It tells people they are too stupid to make decisions for themselves.
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." -Benjamin Franklin
Well, I don't know about you, but I for one am insulted by the fundamental socialist notion that a government beaurocracy can take care of me better than I can take care of myself. I am insulted by the socialist notion that I cannot (and should not) survive without the assistance of the government. Forced dependence is a form of slavery, and a free society has no room for wealth-confiscation and redistribution system of government.