When my ancestors immigrated here from Ireland way back in the mid 1800s, there were no real immigration laws on the books. There was no way to "enter the country illegally" really, as all you needed to do was register your name in a book and you were good to go.
Things have changed since then. The country back then was sparsely populated and immigration was open to everyone. It isn't now.
There are rules and ways to immigrate. Don't like them? Don't immigrate to the US. Illegal aliens DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. WTF is this so hard to understand?
Many apps that run on IE 6 will not run correctly on IE 7 (not even thinking about IE8 yet). It can cost a company millions of dollars to upgrade or redevelop their proprietary applications and for what? Tabs? A fully patched IE 6 is just as secure as IE7, so why upgrade? I think many companies will skip over IE 7 and go straight to IE 8 when they upgrade machines from XP to Win7.
Pretty much this, but I would like to expand this to state that at my company, we'd LOVE to upgrade and get the hell off of IE6 for some of our users, but we simply can't without spending literally millions of dollars. For a small firm, this isn't an option. (Finance industry) There's a ton of vendor lock-in, and several of our biggest applications have us stuck. Are we taking steps to move off their proprietary locked in software? Of course. But it is a ridiculously slow process, and some of the managers involved simply don't give it the time necessary, as they have "bigger and better things to do". (Not my call, I'm not in those meetings and actually don't do helpdesk stuff unless the world is exploding.)
Thus it has been, thus it will always be.
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"Finally, what exacerbates the problem is that those doing the attacks are working much quicker than those who are trying to secure it."
Spit it out man, what are you trying to say? Do you or do you not like Drupal? Damned kids, being so mysterious these days. Back in my day, you stated flat out how you felt about something. And we liked it that way.
having grown up in New Mexico, I'd have to say it is you, sir, who is the one that is full of bovine excrement. Plenty of farming going on in the Southwest./I am really hoping you were just being extremely sarcastic. Otherwise...wow.
Because they add to the overall experience of the game. They give artwork, keyboard/controller commands, they give alot of backstory and on the side they make you actually feel like your getting somting for all the money you just spent.
And, most importantly, warn you that they can cause epilepsy seizures. So now how are they gonna do that? Big-assed splash screen right as the disc loads?
A vote for me is a vote for...hey, who the hell are you, you suspicious looking person? Security, I don't like the looks of this guy. Get his information and prepare him for deportation.;-P
the City of San Francisco should also get smacked upside the head for allowing this person to get complete control of essentially EVERYTHING in their network. No, I haven't read the links or anything else. But it needs to be said.
The above post is not a troll post, stupid moderator.
Heres a troll post:
The reason RMS can't go back in time after building a time machine to kill lil' baby Stallman is because A) he'd then be forced to release the code to the masses for free and he'd also be removing the very thing he created, his massively enlarged EGO.
See, moderator, that's a troll. Or Flamebait. Either way, you suck and I hope your software never amounts to anything.
You do know that dogs more than likely domesticated themselves right? And that cats, according to a lot of scientists and behaviorists, aren't really even domesticated at all?
You also do realize the above comment you're referring to was a "throw-away" comment on an article about a stupid tetris playing lego machine? Right? If not, not really my concern. Moronic comment? Please. I can do much much worse.
IMO... Dogs and cats don't have souls. People don't have souls. Arguing about souls does not actually mean anything, nor accomplish anything, especially if you are arbitrarily assigning souls to entities that you like.
You definitely do not have a soul. And if you did have one, I doubt God would have any mercy on it. (See, I'm still joking here. I don't care what you believe)
"In our original interview, Stallman said, "I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead." Now, meeting over Chinese food, he reaffirms this. "I have certainly wished I had killed myself when I was born," he says. "In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain."
Unreal. Genius (and as much as I disagree with a lot of what he has to say, he is a genius) is often tortured. And arrogant.
that and a lot of them these days have email capabilities (scan and email) so you get the directory full of usernames and email addresses. We actually barely remembered in time to do this when we shipped back a bunch of dell all in ones after their lease was up.
I agree with you. It's one of the reasons I was turned off of religion at a very early age. (Was told that my dog that had just died didn't have a soul so it wouldn't be in heaven when I made it.)
WTF, preacher!?! Excellent job, "tending" your flock.:-/
I dunno. Depends on where you're coming from. If you're a believer in some religions, then no, it's not a life because it doesn't have a soul. But if you're an atheist, then it could be, except it doesn't "die". So I dunno.
I do know that dogs and cats have souls. Some humans don't.
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LOL, oh noes! 15 whole floppies! Do you remember what it was like to try and install the Lotus suite back then? Or even Office when it first came out?
IIRC, the Lotus Suite had something like 64 disks.
Insighful? I say nay nay.
When my ancestors immigrated here from Ireland way back in the mid 1800s, there were no real immigration laws on the books. There was no way to "enter the country illegally" really, as all you needed to do was register your name in a book and you were good to go.
Things have changed since then. The country back then was sparsely populated and immigration was open to everyone. It isn't now.
There are rules and ways to immigrate. Don't like them? Don't immigrate to the US. Illegal aliens DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. WTF is this so hard to understand?
Many apps that run on IE 6 will not run correctly on IE 7 (not even thinking about IE8 yet). It can cost a company millions of dollars to upgrade or redevelop their proprietary applications and for what? Tabs? A fully patched IE 6 is just as secure as IE7, so why upgrade? I think many companies will skip over IE 7 and go straight to IE 8 when they upgrade machines from XP to Win7.
Pretty much this, but I would like to expand this to state that at my company, we'd LOVE to upgrade and get the hell off of IE6 for some of our users, but we simply can't without spending literally millions of dollars. For a small firm, this isn't an option. (Finance industry) There's a ton of vendor lock-in, and several of our biggest applications have us stuck. Are we taking steps to move off their proprietary locked in software? Of course. But it is a ridiculously slow process, and some of the managers involved simply don't give it the time necessary, as they have "bigger and better things to do". (Not my call, I'm not in those meetings and actually don't do helpdesk stuff unless the world is exploding.)
"Finally, what exacerbates the problem is that those doing the attacks are working much quicker than those who are trying to secure it."
More $ to be made in attacking than defending.
Spit it out man, what are you trying to say? Do you or do you not like Drupal? Damned kids, being so mysterious these days. Back in my day, you stated flat out how you felt about something. And we liked it that way.
having grown up in New Mexico, I'd have to say it is you, sir, who is the one that is full of bovine excrement. Plenty of farming going on in the Southwest. /I am really hoping you were just being extremely sarcastic. Otherwise...wow.
NOOB! Everyone knows PENCIL and paper is so much more efficient than pen and paper.
Sheesh. Pen and Paper. LAWLS.
Anything can happen in America! Why Michael Jackson was born a poor black boy and died a very rich woman - or close to it.
Man, I was SO hoping you'd throw a reference to The Jerk in there. Way to disappoint, Mr A. Clown. ;-)
Because they add to the overall experience of the game. They give artwork, keyboard/controller commands, they give alot of backstory and on the side they make you actually feel like your getting somting for all the money you just spent.
And, most importantly, warn you that they can cause epilepsy seizures. So now how are they gonna do that? Big-assed splash screen right as the disc loads?
(Slashdotters, take note: I used a car analogy.)
Dude, thanks for the assist. My work is done here.
no mention of user security ANYWHERE.
That's the biggest peeve I have with facebook/myspace, et al. They don't take the end users' security into consideration.
That's the #1 reason why I don't use their services. Otherwise, for a ton of people, they're fantastic services.
Why is this moderated flamebait?
They'll give mod points to any monkey with a user id these days, won't they? Sheesh.
Oh, look, 15 mod points for me! Wooh! /peels banana.
Confluence is what we use. Works very well for what we use it for. Check in/check out, revision history, tracking, etc. Good stuff.
This isn't just about the US. This affects everyone in every country that is considering signing the treaty.
A vote for me is a vote for...hey, who the hell are you, you suspicious looking person? Security, I don't like the looks of this guy. Get his information and prepare him for deportation. ;-P
Yes, it usually does. The first reaction is often the correct one.
the City of San Francisco should also get smacked upside the head for allowing this person to get complete control of essentially EVERYTHING in their network. No, I haven't read the links or anything else. But it needs to be said.
The above post is not a troll post, stupid moderator.
Heres a troll post:
The reason RMS can't go back in time after building a time machine to kill lil' baby Stallman is because A) he'd then be forced to release the code to the masses for free and he'd also be removing the very thing he created, his massively enlarged EGO.
See, moderator, that's a troll. Or Flamebait. Either way, you suck and I hope your software never amounts to anything.
You do know that dogs more than likely domesticated themselves right? And that cats, according to a lot of scientists and behaviorists, aren't really even domesticated at all?
You also do realize the above comment you're referring to was a "throw-away" comment on an article about a stupid tetris playing lego machine? Right? If not, not really my concern. Moronic comment? Please. I can do much much worse.
IMO... Dogs and cats don't have souls. People don't have souls. Arguing about souls does not actually mean anything, nor accomplish anything, especially if you are arbitrarily assigning souls to entities that you like.
You definitely do not have a soul. And if you did have one, I doubt God would have any mercy on it. (See, I'm still joking here. I don't care what you believe)
"In our original interview, Stallman said, "I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead." Now, meeting over Chinese food, he reaffirms this. "I have certainly wished I had killed myself when I was born," he says. "In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain."
Unreal. Genius (and as much as I disagree with a lot of what he has to say, he is a genius) is often tortured. And arrogant.
Eh, hit a little too close to home there for someone? Sheesh, it was a joke, moderator.
See, everyone on here assumes that porn is the driving force behind most technology changes. it's a frigging slashdot tradition.
Ah well, maybe I'd have gotten a better mod if I'd have said goatse or a vagina or something.
that and a lot of them these days have email capabilities (scan and email) so you get the directory full of usernames and email addresses. We actually barely remembered in time to do this when we shipped back a bunch of dell all in ones after their lease was up.
I agree with you. It's one of the reasons I was turned off of religion at a very early age. (Was told that my dog that had just died didn't have a soul so it wouldn't be in heaven when I made it.)
WTF, preacher!?! Excellent job, "tending" your flock. :-/
I dunno. Depends on where you're coming from. If you're a believer in some religions, then no, it's not a life because it doesn't have a soul. But if you're an atheist, then it could be, except it doesn't "die". So I dunno.
I do know that dogs and cats have souls. Some humans don't.
Yes.