This is totally off-topic, but what the heck, I never have any spare time to post anymore so I'll take what I can get.
Let's not also forget that the Old Testament has a ton of prophecy. Concerning everything from Christ to end-times. Also, there are a lot of powerful metaphors concerning sins of the past and how they relate to our lives.
As for the hate stuff, I agree. I will happily argue with anyone who justifies (for example) beating up, or even disliking homosexuals based on Biblical text.
XP is an improvement, but I still have wierd issues. The POS refuses to "sleep" properly on my laptop (Dell) and has a slew of problems with my Wireless Card (Cisco) - constantly dropping the connection when other machines will hold it, neither of which are odd configs...
How the hell did you crash X? Even on Red Hat I think that odd. Are you sure you saw what you think you saw?;)
Really, it's all a joke. The "leberal media" is a colossal myth, as is the "conservative media".
I disagree. The joke would have to be "unbiased reporting". It could be argued that this never really existed anyway, but at least it seemed people tried / pretended. Now...
I also think that we have very liberal and very conservative outlets. There are some outlets (be it through whatever medium) that have a mix, but it doesn't seem there are many that offer reporting of the facts without and bias, preference, or spin.
Both sides are wrong, but it was the copyright infringers who were wrong first.
How do you figure? Price fixing was around LONG before there was any music "sharing"/stealing on a large scale. Where was the outrage there?
The law is braindead, no doubt. However, the "entertainment" industry will learn (painfully, I'm certian) that beating up your consumers doesn't work. For my part, I won't buy crap from them. Will I download music? Maybe some. And I know that 2 wrongs don't make a right, blah, blah, blah. But I've had it with these clowns...
As for the DVD advertisement thing, how about this? Write an e-mail telling them you don't like their stupid ads, and then go buy 10 copies and return them all, saying their defective. And you won't be lying! They don't respond properly when I try to fast-forward through your crap! Cut into that profit margin. Bastards...
Would you rather them arrest you for something that's not illegal yet?
For the general person? No. I wouldn't even want them to do that with spammers. I'd want them to beat those jack-asses senseless, law or no law. They abuse the system, they push bogus products, they infringe on what I do on the net, they're immoral slimeballs.
I disagree. People who contribute to the Linux kernel are PERSONALLY known. One can find out directly who implmented a particular module from pubilc records. Can you do that with MS or any commercial vendor?
Further, Linus and others review code that's coming in, particularly from newbies. One has to earn the right to contribute.
If you have examples of crap code, feel free to post them. Keep in mind that "not-as-good-as-I-would-do-it" isn't necesarily fair. Assuming you're a good/great coder (which I have no idea) someone may not be "as good" or may simply have a different view of an appropriate implementation. be careful with comments like that. It's a broad brush and that can misrepresent the current sitution...
There was an article in Fortune about it. BayStar is a company that invests specifically in companies who are making IP-related claims against other companies. It seems as though they invest to make sure that the company who's been "violated" can pursue their claims in court in the hopes that they (BayStar) can reap the rewards if the case is won.
Pretty cool, huh? Kinda makes ambulance-chasing and RIAA lawyers look noble...
not all information "wants" to be free... and to the creators of that data having a lot more security on it is a good thing.
And so somehow MS controlling it is a GOOD thing.
I find it amusing how Slashdot reacts to computer security issues with such fervor, but when a type of security comes around that they don't like, it's oh so evil!
OK, this qualifies as completely stupid. If the security implementation is POOR or not in the interest of the consumer why should people react any differently??? I find the Slashdot reaction gratifying! There may be a lot of noise on here, but sometimes the/. masses have a point.
What do you expect? There's a problem (at least in your perception) that "requires" DRM. A company (MS in this case) offers a poor solution. We're supposed to rejoice?
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This isn't really FUD (Fear Uncertianty Doubt), it's vaporware.
Doesn't exist, won't do what's promised when it does arrive, and what it DOES do it won't do well.
FUD is when MS invites the CIO of my company (and many others) to Redmond to predict the SCO-induced demise of Linux and state that clearly there is one opportunity to escape oblivion - Windows.
This is no longer true for 2-way and in particular 4-way boxes. We were priced at 4-way 8GB 440's being around $14K, similar intel systems were priced between 20K to 25K.
We tend to get our systems fully loaded, but we also get a pretty good discount (from both Intel and *nix vendors).
Further, the backplane on Sun helps out if you're doing any intensive disk activity. Bear in mind, I'm _not_ advocating Sun. At best, they are competive in price/performance under certian circumstances. In reality, for 65%-80% of what we do, they don't and can't compete, we've gone as far as to tell them that point blank.
The sales folks know and are getting nervous, as they should be. If the dual-core SPARC IV can compete speed and price-wise, Sun may be back in business. For now, they're in deep doo-doo (technical term, that).
I don't understand how a dumb idea posted on/. that said nothing about OSS / Linux has anything to do with Forbes writing an un-flattering article about it. His idea is bad, but is an appropriate example of the frustration felt not only by Windows users but also others who are affected by these holes.
Blaster brought my corporate network to a STOP. My home DSL line was flooded with that crap, but did a little better. People I work with (developers, managers, VPs, etc) are stopped by this garbage while our network/desktop group tried to clean up the mess.
Forbes is weary of OSS b/c is doesn't fit into the capitalistic model in a way they understand. Companies like Red Hat and now Oracle, IBM, and many others are proving that it DOES fit, however. Further, you have people like Stallman who don't help the situation. Forbes clearly doesn't see the moderate business-agnostic attitude of Linus, the see Stallman screaming and waving his flag.
To be honest, if Stallman DID represent the majority of OSS, I wouldn't support OSS either...
I think the biggest problem is the mentality behind your proposal. How many people will think, it was only a couple minutes, they only called me once (a few times), can I prove it, they're so big, etc?
That's what we have to overcome. It's the first person to sue who turns it into a class-action that these worthless jerks will get the hint.
Although to be honest I was paying for a service from Qwest that blocked anonymous/Caller ID unknown calls from tele-jerks. I cancelled that service for 2 reasons:
I'm tired of paying for it
I get a perverse joy out of messing with them
Heaven help them if they call my cell. I have minutes to burn and spite in my heart!
I think that where Linux and BSD may get into the desktop is by starting on the server and workstation. If these two can prove their value in those arenas (and Linux clearly has on the server, BSD can but doesn't have the widespread use), I see an easier transition to the desktop.
From my personal vantage point, the lack of thorough Java support on the BSDs is the biggest issue I have. There's SOME support, but not enough. We're a UNIX/Linux Java/J2EE shop (for the most part, there's some.net). My company is very much into using cutting/bleeding edge tech. We're using a lot of the IBM Blade servers, some 2U servers (345s), and some 4-8 way machines (both AIX and Linux). So we need to be able to get the OS working (some of these machines have seriously goofy hardware) and get Java working in a reliable fashion.
Downloading source, compiling and installing the JDKs isn't going to make mgmt happy. The cutting edge thing has some limits.
But if BSD DID have more native Java/J2EE support, we'd consider it more seriously. Until then, we're all Linux / AIX. It's cool with me, certianly better than windows...
But didn't a German court slap SCO with a $20,000 fine (peanuts to those guys, granted) and tell them to STFU until they PROVED something in court? SuSE hasn't been challenged much I don't think.
Either way, the timing was perfect (for Europe) what with the talk about Software Patent law... We're still screwed here, but good for them...
I agree. I was contacted by my fathers church asking for help with SPAM. They are getting a combination of what appears to be a DOS (probably a dictionary attack) and now they are getting loaded with junk e-mail.
They aren't really bothered by the mortgage-type garbage, but they are getting tons of the herbal penis and breast growth pills, porn of every kind, etc...
I volunteered to help, but I'm frightened of what I'll find. I just have visions of walking into a room full of unpatched NT4 servers...
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Let's not also forget that the Old Testament has a ton of prophecy. Concerning everything from Christ to end-times. Also, there are a lot of powerful metaphors concerning sins of the past and how they relate to our lives. As for the hate stuff, I agree. I will happily argue with anyone who justifies (for example) beating up, or even disliking homosexuals based on Biblical text.
How the hell did you crash X? Even on Red Hat I think that odd. Are you sure you saw what you think you saw? ;)
I disagree. The joke would have to be "unbiased reporting". It could be argued that this never really existed anyway, but at least it seemed people tried / pretended. Now...
I also think that we have very liberal and very conservative outlets. There are some outlets (be it through whatever medium) that have a mix, but it doesn't seem there are many that offer reporting of the facts without and bias, preference, or spin.
A GREAT opportunity to short SCOX. These jackassses don't have a prayer, Boise or no Boise...
You've lost ANY moral stance you had with that first comment...
How do you figure? Price fixing was around LONG before there was any music "sharing"/stealing on a large scale. Where was the outrage there?
The law is braindead, no doubt. However, the "entertainment" industry will learn (painfully, I'm certian) that beating up your consumers doesn't work. For my part, I won't buy crap from them. Will I download music? Maybe some. And I know that 2 wrongs don't make a right, blah, blah, blah. But I've had it with these clowns...
As for the DVD advertisement thing, how about this? Write an e-mail telling them you don't like their stupid ads, and then go buy 10 copies and return them all, saying their defective. And you won't be lying! They don't respond properly when I try to fast-forward through your crap! Cut into that profit margin. Bastards...
And actually am again today...
Dumb people scare me - badly...
For the general person? No. I wouldn't even want them to do that with spammers. I'd want them to beat those jack-asses senseless, law or no law. They abuse the system, they push bogus products, they infringe on what I do on the net, they're immoral slimeballs.
Further, Linus and others review code that's coming in, particularly from newbies. One has to earn the right to contribute.
If you have examples of crap code, feel free to post them. Keep in mind that "not-as-good-as-I-would-do-it" isn't necesarily fair. Assuming you're a good/great coder (which I have no idea) someone may not be "as good" or may simply have a different view of an appropriate implementation. be careful with comments like that. It's a broad brush and that can misrepresent the current sitution...
Pretty cool, huh? Kinda makes ambulance-chasing and RIAA lawyers look noble...
If you don't need the "top-of-the-line" tech crap and "middle-of-the-road" works well enough, then why go through all the brain damage?
I have 2 cellphones (work and personal) and IMHO that's obnoxious to have to carry around...
And so somehow MS controlling it is a GOOD thing.
I find it amusing how Slashdot reacts to computer security issues with such fervor, but when a type of security comes around that they don't like, it's oh so evil!
OK, this qualifies as completely stupid. If the security implementation is POOR or not in the interest of the consumer why should people react any differently??? I find the Slashdot reaction gratifying! There may be a lot of noise on here, but sometimes the /. masses have a point.
What do you expect? There's a problem (at least in your perception) that "requires" DRM. A company (MS in this case) offers a poor solution. We're supposed to rejoice?
Doesn't exist, won't do what's promised when it does arrive, and what it DOES do it won't do well.
FUD is when MS invites the CIO of my company (and many others) to Redmond to predict the SCO-induced demise of Linux and state that clearly there is one opportunity to escape oblivion - Windows.
THAT'S FUD
We tend to get our systems fully loaded, but we also get a pretty good discount (from both Intel and *nix vendors).
Further, the backplane on Sun helps out if you're doing any intensive disk activity. Bear in mind, I'm _not_ advocating Sun. At best, they are competive in price/performance under certian circumstances. In reality, for 65%-80% of what we do, they don't and can't compete, we've gone as far as to tell them that point blank.
The sales folks know and are getting nervous, as they should be. If the dual-core SPARC IV can compete speed and price-wise, Sun may be back in business. For now, they're in deep doo-doo (technical term, that).
For obvious reasons...
Blaster brought my corporate network to a STOP. My home DSL line was flooded with that crap, but did a little better. People I work with (developers, managers, VPs, etc) are stopped by this garbage while our network/desktop group tried to clean up the mess.
Forbes is weary of OSS b/c is doesn't fit into the capitalistic model in a way they understand. Companies like Red Hat and now Oracle, IBM, and many others are proving that it DOES fit, however. Further, you have people like Stallman who don't help the situation. Forbes clearly doesn't see the moderate business-agnostic attitude of Linus, the see Stallman screaming and waving his flag.
To be honest, if Stallman DID represent the majority of OSS, I wouldn't support OSS either...
That's what we have to overcome. It's the first person to sue who turns it into a class-action that these worthless jerks will get the hint.
Although to be honest I was paying for a service from Qwest that blocked anonymous/Caller ID unknown calls from tele-jerks. I cancelled that service for 2 reasons:
Heaven help them if they call my cell. I have minutes to burn and spite in my heart!
I think that where Linux and BSD may get into the desktop is by starting on the server and workstation. If these two can prove their value in those arenas (and Linux clearly has on the server, BSD can but doesn't have the widespread use), I see an easier transition to the desktop.
From my personal vantage point, the lack of thorough Java support on the BSDs is the biggest issue I have. There's SOME support, but not enough. We're a UNIX/Linux Java/J2EE shop (for the most part, there's some .net). My company is very much into using cutting/bleeding edge tech. We're using a lot of the IBM Blade servers, some 2U servers (345s), and some 4-8 way machines (both AIX and Linux). So we need to be able to get the OS working (some of these machines have seriously goofy hardware) and get Java working in a reliable fashion.
Downloading source, compiling and installing the JDKs isn't going to make mgmt happy. The cutting edge thing has some limits.
But if BSD DID have more native Java/J2EE support, we'd consider it more seriously. Until then, we're all Linux / AIX. It's cool with me, certianly better than windows...
Either way, the timing was perfect (for Europe) what with the talk about Software Patent law... We're still screwed here, but good for them...
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Further, I said extremists. I don't think the clamor was that great...
They aren't really bothered by the mortgage-type garbage, but they are getting tons of the herbal penis and breast growth pills, porn of every kind, etc...
I volunteered to help, but I'm frightened of what I'll find. I just have visions of walking into a room full of unpatched NT4 servers...
Aaaaaaaaaaagggghggghhhgggghhh.....
*breath* *breath*
Aaaaaaaaaaaggggghhh.....
Public School.
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