...is that it's far too open-minded for that. They wouldn't go evil-empire quite so easily as that. And anyway, even the research department isn't like that - (Show-off ON) I know the person in charge of that place (Show-off OFF), and the culture doesn't seem like that at all. They run Linux at home (and work), for goodness' sake!
wrong idiot. I use mac running old safe Netscape Navigator 3.0.1 (the only one ever shown to have no backdoors or exploits) and I have javascript off usually. Plus it has a history menu to jump back anyways, unlike the pc version of IE.
Hmm...I don't exactly see how that goes against my point - you do not have a Javascript-enabled browser, ergo you are safe.
After all, if you struggle at all, it will be unable to get a good fix. Even twitching the muscles in your finger violently should be enough, and if $BADGUY hold your finger down hard enough to stop that, you'll get a screwy reading anyway
Don't keep data on this thing that's worth dismemberment, because scary terrorist-types will cut your fingers off.
Nah - these things can tell a dead finger - blood, pulse, rigor mortis etc. You need to have it attached to you when you use it. Of course, this presents a problem if you do something disfiguring to your finger (don't joke, it happens!), and you can't get at your files. What's more, someone can just hold a gun to your head until you put your finger on the pad...so it's by no means foolproof.
I'm not sure, but running Windows probably makes you a lot more susceptible.
I sincerely hope you're joking. All you need is a Javascript-enable browser! Making capital out of stupid people is what Microsoft seems to be famous for. I wouldn't want that kinda press myself...
Why do you want to have video on your cellphone? Video calls, of course! The more expensive model has a camera in it - put two and two together, and I'm sure even the goatse.cx guy could get at least 3.
Video calls...mmm...just waiting for family to get cable modem, I've got 2 megabits here + camera, let the fun begin...
GPRS phones are now on sale in the UK (and if we've got 'em, American's must have had them for ages!). However, it's currently still over a circuit-switched link - that is, the phone establishes a channel to the server, just like for a voice call or WAP, and then sends data down it, using PPP or summat similar. However, you still only get charged per kb (well, "only" - 1kb is very small, plus the minimum packet length is about 170 chars I think, so it'll cost a bomb - not for me yet). At least that's on this side of the Atlantic. Any Americans care to enlighten us?
OK, except for videoconferencing. But still, I think it's un petit peu de overkill here! Now laptops plugged into said cellphones...mmmm, that I could get used to =)
Perhaps you should wake up. This story ain't about this tech, it's about the industry considering putting WMA on the CD and then saying that it's "computer-compatible" (read: "Windows-compatible"), thus preventing CDs from working with free/open source software. That's news. And if it ain't, it sure is Stuff that Matters;-)
Oh, and a couple more things:
If you don't use Windows at all, how the hell can you make such broad statements against it all the time??
He's not. He's criticising a company's monopolistic practices - and he, along with the rest of the Free Software crowd, has been victim enough of it to write freely about it.
Information only 'wants' to be free insofar as its creator wants it to be free.
It also only "wants" to have fair-use rights as much as a certain piece of copyright law wants it to, but would they listen to the voice of the law? Nah, we have lawyers, why do we need to?
My apologies for misunderstanding you. As for that mod, I disagree too, but not too loudly 'cause moderators have a combination of solidarity and a herd instinct that would make sheep envious (hence my sig):-)
But with time, support, and encouragement, a baby grows up into a respected adult. The first will take care of itself, but we have to provide the other two. So don't put a damper on the celebrations, it's nice to see a step, even a baby one, in the right direction.
...that the vast majority of those IIS machines now taken off the web are just offline so they can be de-wormed, patched, and generally brought back into working order - I know, I've watched this happen (nasty Nimda infestation). People are acting like the only reason NT servers ever go down are Apache installs or permanent removals!
Tell that to Rodney King. Or that wallet-wielding Haitian in NYC.
True, but in general, the police are more trustworthy than someone who has just been punched in the face by the aggressor. Also, there are procedures for complaining about and reining in police.
...does it do Java? And will it still do Java after v6?
Why am I asking? I'm developing a multiplatform app (commercially) that relies on Java applets, and M$'s dropping of Java is really cheesing me off atm!
Of course, a page that says "this cool software you just bought does not work because MS is screwing over Sun and the Java community" could raise awareness...
What happens when said pacifist punching thug decides to resist arrest and punches the cop? Having someone else do your violence for you doesn't make it better.
A cop is trained and authorised to restrain and detain someone while causing the minimum damage to the person themself or to any bystanders
Calling a cop in / punching the troll back is not the same as killing everyone in the area around said troll. That's the difference between justice and mindless war.
Now in many areas I'd agree with you, but here I have to differ. The fact is that many websites rely on ad funding, and they do not receive that funding when people block ads. I think this is not a tech vs tech issue, but rather a moral one. I'd hate to see the pirahn^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers get in on this one as much as you would, but I think that moral, not technological, reasons should resolve this.
Oh, yeah, and I'm not saying that ad-busters caused the dot-com burst or anything like that. The majority of sites hurt by this are small ones who use ad revenues to cover hosting costs.
OK, so it's a troll. But it's a Saturday afternoon, I'm bored, and so I'll bite.
First off, Linux includes many programs from many authors, and many different licenses, many of which initially look the same, but have drastically different implications.
Want to edit a file? Better get a lawyer on retainer to make sure the license allows you to edit a proprietary document. Or that using the FTP server doesn't make everything you make available public domain.
No OSS licence I know of does things like making its raw data or output public domain. As for editing source, no OSS licences restrict editing source, else they wouldn't be open source licences (see opensource.org). And of course, if you compare this to closed-source products, which you can never edit at all, even the mythical restrictive licences you are referring to would be an improvement.
Another problem is the security, or lack of it. Linux boasts enhanced security since anyone can view the source (A claim that hasn't been backed up by research). While it is true that the source code is available for viewing, the lack of standards in coding and sheer complexity makes it difficult to verify security.
Well, some people seem to have managed well enough to make it several times more secure than any commercial OS I've seen! Anyway, you can't check proprietary source at all, so why are you whining?
Additionally, Linux most often comes precompiled from a distribution, which could have added secret "backdoors" to the software.
True, this is a possibility, but it's never been shown to have happened. Commercial vendors, though, can include backdoors, and have (Front Page anyone?)
As for the bumph of recompiling, most recompiles go jsut fine with the default options. And as for introducing backdoors, from your own assumptions that's impossible - they would have been seen there by other people working on the project.
This is a blatant troll with no regard for the facts, but hey, as I said, I was bored:^)
...so in a word, "no." Price-fixing and/or abuse of a monopoly is a violation of US law. They lost the right to squeeze like that when their customers lost the oppertunity to choose. Therefore, they are in breach of previous court orders, neatly demonstrating exactly how effective it will be if we just slap their wrists and tell them to play nice once again.
The EU seem to have the idea (yay us!). At least, we will until the next election, where suddenly certain leaders will receive large donations from a certain large company and the suit will fade away into the deep blue yonder...
Question: You've been through this mangler before - what do you think is the most effective way to talk to the govt / the masses? The polls are getting quite unnerving...
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...is that it's far too open-minded for that. They wouldn't go evil-empire quite so easily as that. And anyway, even the research department isn't like that - (Show-off ON) I know the person in charge of that place (Show-off OFF), and the culture doesn't seem like that at all. They run Linux at home (and work), for goodness' sake!
wrong idiot. I use mac running old safe Netscape Navigator 3.0.1 (the only one ever shown to have no backdoors or exploits) and I have javascript off usually. Plus it has a history menu to jump back anyways, unlike the pc version of IE.
Hmm...I don't exactly see how that goes against my point - you do not have a Javascript-enabled browser, ergo you are safe.
After all, if you struggle at all, it will be unable to get a good fix. Even twitching the muscles in your finger violently should be enough, and if $BADGUY hold your finger down hard enough to stop that, you'll get a screwy reading anyway
Don't keep data on this thing that's worth dismemberment, because scary terrorist-types will cut your fingers off.
Nah - these things can tell a dead finger - blood, pulse, rigor mortis etc. You need to have it attached to you when you use it. Of course, this presents a problem if you do something disfiguring to your finger (don't joke, it happens!), and you can't get at your files. What's more, someone can just hold a gun to your head until you put your finger on the pad...so it's by no means foolproof.
I'm not sure, but running Windows probably makes you a lot more susceptible.
I sincerely hope you're joking. All you need is a Javascript-enable browser! Making capital out of stupid people is what Microsoft seems to be famous for. I wouldn't want that kinda press myself...
I suspect they just meant "with a device only 3 microns across".
Why do you want to have video on your cellphone? Video calls, of course! The more expensive model has a camera in it - put two and two together, and I'm sure even the goatse.cx guy could get at least 3.
Video calls...mmm...just waiting for family to get cable modem, I've got 2 megabits here + camera, let the fun begin...
GPRS phones are now on sale in the UK (and if we've got 'em, American's must have had them for ages!). However, it's currently still over a circuit-switched link - that is, the phone establishes a channel to the server, just like for a voice call or WAP, and then sends data down it, using PPP or summat similar. However, you still only get charged per kb (well, "only" - 1kb is very small, plus the minimum packet length is about 170 chars I think, so it'll cost a bomb - not for me yet). At least that's on this side of the Atlantic. Any Americans care to enlighten us?
OK, except for videoconferencing. But still, I think it's un petit peu de overkill here! Now laptops plugged into said cellphones...mmmm, that I could get used to =)
I hope, for their sake, that they can run legacy networks over the new backbone.
If they freely make forecasts like this, then it's pretty obvious that they have some plan in place for legacy stuff.
Oh, I'm not sure, to lend it to a friend perhaps? Or take it somewhere else? Oh no, sir, you're not allowed to do that, sir...
WMA has been out there for a while... like years
;-)
Perhaps you should wake up. This story ain't about this tech, it's about the industry considering putting WMA on the CD and then saying that it's "computer-compatible" (read: "Windows-compatible"), thus preventing CDs from working with free/open source software. That's news. And if it ain't, it sure is Stuff that Matters
Oh, and a couple more things:
If you don't use Windows at all, how the hell can you make such broad statements against it all the time??
He's not. He's criticising a company's monopolistic practices - and he, along with the rest of the Free Software crowd, has been victim enough of it to write freely about it.
Information only 'wants' to be free insofar as its creator wants it to be free.
It also only "wants" to have fair-use rights as much as a certain piece of copyright law wants it to, but would they listen to the voice of the law? Nah, we have lawyers, why do we need to?
Er, that's actually what I meant. ;)
:-)
My apologies for misunderstanding you. As for that mod, I disagree too, but not too loudly 'cause moderators have a combination of solidarity and a herd instinct that would make sheep envious (hence my sig)
Baby steps...
But with time, support, and encouragement, a baby grows up into a respected adult. The first will take care of itself, but we have to provide the other two. So don't put a damper on the celebrations, it's nice to see a step, even a baby one, in the right direction.
...that the vast majority of those IIS machines now taken off the web are just offline so they can be de-wormed, patched, and generally brought back into working order - I know, I've watched this happen (nasty Nimda infestation). People are acting like the only reason NT servers ever go down are Apache installs or permanent removals!
You absolute saint! Chalk up one saved butt there... :-)
Thanks a lot!
Tell that to Rodney King. Or that wallet-wielding Haitian in NYC.
True, but in general, the police are more trustworthy than someone who has just been punched in the face by the aggressor. Also, there are procedures for complaining about and reining in police.
Thanks a lot - I have now stopped worrying :-)
Oh, and do you have any idea where I can get the Sun JVM from?
...does it do Java? And will it still do Java after v6?
Why am I asking? I'm developing a multiplatform app (commercially) that relies on Java applets, and M$'s dropping of Java is really cheesing me off atm!
Of course, a page that says "this cool software you just bought does not work because MS is screwing over Sun and the Java community" could raise awareness...
Now in many areas I'd agree with you, but here I have to differ. The fact is that many websites rely on ad funding, and they do not receive that funding when people block ads. I think this is not a tech vs tech issue, but rather a moral one. I'd hate to see the pirahn^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers get in on this one as much as you would, but I think that moral, not technological, reasons should resolve this.
Oh, yeah, and I'm not saying that ad-busters caused the dot-com burst or anything like that. The majority of sites hurt by this are small ones who use ad revenues to cover hosting costs.
OK, so it's a troll. But it's a Saturday afternoon, I'm bored, and so I'll bite.
:^)
First off, Linux includes many programs from many authors, and many different licenses, many of which initially look the same, but have drastically different implications.
Want to edit a file? Better get a lawyer on retainer to make sure the license allows you to edit a proprietary document. Or that using the FTP server doesn't make everything you make available public domain.
No OSS licence I know of does things like making its raw data or output public domain. As for editing source, no OSS licences restrict editing source, else they wouldn't be open source licences (see opensource.org). And of course, if you compare this to closed-source products, which you can never edit at all, even the mythical restrictive licences you are referring to would be an improvement.
Another problem is the security, or lack of it. Linux boasts enhanced security since anyone can view the source (A claim that hasn't been backed up by research). While it is true that the source code is available for viewing, the lack of standards in coding and sheer complexity makes it difficult to verify security.
Well, some people seem to have managed well enough to make it several times more secure than any commercial OS I've seen! Anyway, you can't check proprietary source at all, so why are you whining?
Additionally, Linux most often comes precompiled from a distribution, which could have added secret "backdoors" to the software.
True, this is a possibility, but it's never been shown to have happened. Commercial vendors, though, can include backdoors, and have (Front Page anyone?)
As for the bumph of recompiling, most recompiles go jsut fine with the default options. And as for introducing backdoors, from your own assumptions that's impossible - they would have been seen there by other people working on the project.
This is a blatant troll with no regard for the facts, but hey, as I said, I was bored
...so in a word, "no." Price-fixing and/or abuse of a monopoly is a violation of US law. They lost the right to squeeze like that when their customers lost the oppertunity to choose. Therefore, they are in breach of previous court orders, neatly demonstrating exactly how effective it will be if we just slap their wrists and tell them to play nice once again.
The EU seem to have the idea (yay us!). At least, we will until the next election, where suddenly certain leaders will receive large donations from a certain large company and the suit will fade away into the deep blue yonder...
Question: You've been through this mangler before - what do you think is the most effective way to talk to the govt / the masses? The polls are getting quite unnerving...