a = b given a*a = a*b multiplication a^2 = ab simplification a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2 subtraction (a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b) factor a + b = b remove common factor b + b = b substitute given 2b = b simplification 2 = 1 remove common factor
...as MS is going to be both praised and sued for this move, even tho it may turn out to be a great one.
And then again, it might not. One would have to assume that they would do a better job writting anti-virus software than they do writting virus proof software in order believe that this is a good move. Otherwise, everyone will run the bundled AV telling themselves their safe, while hackers (the blackhats) can focus on a single AV program to fool. It just means that the RPC virus needs to disable MSAV before uploading it's payload.
It sounds like there is a notion that there is something wrong with the new license for not being GPL compatible and that it should be changed. To some degree, it sounds like the new Apache license in safer and if anything, GPL should try to be more like it.
Sure, there's history and momentum to deal with, but are we going to be as inflexible and lethargic about improving our licenses as proprietary companies are with improving their code? The licensing issue needs to be dealt with, but lets try not to kill the better license. The patent clause ought to be added GPL, not removed from ASL.
I wonder why law enforcement didn't think to give me a seal to put on my car when my speakers got ripped off at college. Now that I think about, I wonder why they refused to even come out to investigate when half the cars on the street got busted into. I guess my neighborhood didn't buy enough justice.
Why are people focused on the what WE could do wrong with this. Doesn't anyone see that we already have mutant Rats that will rise up and kill us all??!?
I've stopped buying from the recording industry. No I don't download or copy illegally either. I know of a few scenes on the net where the artists make their music available w/o the industry and that what I look to for new music. I miss some of my favorite bands, but I'm not giving the recording industry another cent. They've proven that they don't care what I think. I've found I don't need them either.
I'm of the opinion that they are just trying to create the next big buzz word. They each have their word and now they are each trying to construct the catchiest meaning to attach to it so they can claim to be the one who started the next revolution.
One unifying theme seems to be that they want to sell the use of hardware and software instead of the hardware and software itself. Subscriptions make more sense in such a world. And once they have your data on their systems and they decide what priority you take on those systems (as compared to your competetors who might be customers as well) these companies suddenly become much more important to customers again.
I guess I haven't caught on to any of these buzz words yet.
That plane can reach anywhere in the world in 2 hours! Is that total time? I thought you could spend more than an hour just getting from your car/cab to the end of the runway.
Just make them wear a big ol' scaret letter denoting the crime they've committed. Can we throw stones too? Not that I have any sympathy for sex offenders at large. It's just a huge double standard compared to other crimes. I don't have a right to know if there is a murder (or twenty) in my appartment building but I really should know if there is a rapist on the other side of the state. Good, that helps make the world such a better place.
I like Bruce (or at least his public persona) and I know that he has a great fondness for Debian. I can't agree that Debian would be the right choice for this. Debian was once my favorite distro. They had (and probably still have) the best packaging system. They were all about putting together an excellent system with ton of useful packages and they had a strong focus, it seemed, on technical details. They have a clear and atractive statement of how they would server the users. (Something that I hear is finally going to be ammended to better reflect reality.)
In the time I used them though, the focus seemed to move more and more toward petty politics inside their organization. It got the the point that they were patting themselves on the back for creating Virtual RMS (a package to nag you if you were running non-free software) and bickering over the types of election rules to use since one type would guarantee the the non-free packages would be left unchanged while an other rules might get the non-free package moved to a different server or discarded altogether. This was at a time when a number of the packages in question (the ones I used at least) did not have reasonable free replacements. They appeared to become less concerned with technical merit and general usability and fell into a long running debate about how much they ought to appease RMS. All the while, you could count on Debian to be no less than a year behind all of the other distro's stable releases on software versions. Debian has been, and I believe still is the victim of Free Software Fundamentalism. (Not a term I coined, but one I agree with completely. I'm not certain the person I heard it from would like to be credited.)
Also, Debian seems to be, shall we say slow at adding usability features for end users. Again, I am speaking from the time I used them, and they might have changed, but it would have had to be dramatic. Back when the other distros were picking up the various desktop environments and had them in their stable releases, I was having to go to some third party site that tried to maintain compatible packages for Debian's stable an unstable releases because debian was still being rather indecisive about how or if they wanted to include the packages.
I've often heard this type behavior being justified with explanations that Debian is a distribution for the very people who make it, and that is great. That is one example of why Free Software is good. They have the talent and the freedom to use it. But given the focus of those people, given their disposition toward political deadlock and given the near hostility that many of them have toward non-free software (a stance not shared by the enterprise users yet) I cannot believe that Debian would be the right organization for this. I can understand putting it in the hands of a third party, non-profit and having a base distro to work from, but Debian is not it. Perhaps a clean fork from Debian could provide a good foundation, but if the target audience is the enterprise, then the baggage of the Debian organization must be left behind.
Not to stick up for DMCA, but didn't it say they were fleeing the EU? When the US is wrong it's wrong, but why doesn't anyone ever regonize when the EU or Oz or any other nation makes a gaff? We even gripe more about the US than China.
In a barely related comment, did anyone notice that one of the sites about the Diebold mess was a.NZ site pretty much dedicated to bashed US conservatives? Does that mean US politicians are now more interesting than the Royals? (Common on, you know which Royals I mean.)
The worry is that these research principles could be applied to other, more infectious viruses or even naturally occuring bacteria to make them impossible to protect against and ultimately fatal.
Actually, I thought the post I was replying to was talking about the virus mutating into something more contagious. I didn't think either post was accusing anyone of actually trying to create an airborne or bloodborne virus as a weapon. That an entirely different discussion that involves the motives of the researchers, their financial backers and possibly those who want to demonize or diefy those involved.
Maybe I'm wrong here, but don't we already allow people to walk the streets carrying a blood borne that has (or at least had) a 100% kill rate and no apparent vaccine? We don't seem to be taking any precaution that it might become airborne. Whay worry about a new virus?
Step one, get a suspect. If I had to guess, I'd say the person selling what's in the ad might be a good place to start.
Second, if they spammed once, they just might do it again. Their ISP, probably doesn't want a spammer as a client. Even if they did, a court might be willing to issue a warrent. You watch their out-bound email traffic. (They won't be sending anything they wouldn't send on a post card any way, right?)
Third, catch them in the act and collect $1000 per email logged and presume they send the previous emails that lead you to them.
Face it, with the state debt in Califonia and the volume of spam that must pass through it, it's easy money. Gray Would be highly motivated to follow through on this one.
Slashdot Mirror
Kinda sounds like a bad sequel.
ya. The trick is in hiding the division. Folks rarely look for the divide by zero. I still grin when I look at it thought. :-)
a = b given
a*a = a*b multiplication
a^2 = ab simplification
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2 subtraction
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b) factor
a + b = b remove common factor
b + b = b substitute given
2b = b simplification
2 = 1 remove common factor
...as MS is going to be both praised and sued for this move, even tho it may turn out to be a great one.
And then again, it might not. One would have to assume that they would do a better job writting anti-virus software than they do writting virus proof software in order believe that this is a good move. Otherwise, everyone will run the bundled AV telling themselves their safe, while hackers (the blackhats) can focus on a single AV program to fool. It just means that the RPC virus needs to disable MSAV before uploading it's payload.
It sounds like there is a notion that there is something wrong with the new license for not being GPL compatible and that it should be changed. To some degree, it sounds like the new Apache license in safer and if anything, GPL should try to be more like it.
Sure, there's history and momentum to deal with, but are we going to be as inflexible and lethargic about improving our licenses as proprietary companies are with improving their code? The licensing issue needs to be dealt with, but lets try not to kill the better license. The patent clause ought to be added GPL, not removed from ASL.
I wonder why law enforcement didn't think to give me a seal to put on my car when my speakers got ripped off at college. Now that I think about, I wonder why they refused to even come out to investigate when half the cars on the street got busted into. I guess my neighborhood didn't buy enough justice.
Why are people focused on the what WE could do wrong with this. Doesn't anyone see that we already have mutant Rats that will rise up and kill us all??!?
My first impression is 'wow.'"
Well if an objective anonymous user who was using the RC versions thinks that highly of the final release, it's good enough for me!
I've stopped buying from the recording industry. No I don't download or copy illegally either. I know of a few scenes on the net where the artists make their music available w/o the industry and that what I look to for new music. I miss some of my favorite bands, but I'm not giving the recording industry another cent. They've proven that they don't care what I think. I've found I don't need them either.
...but maybe you can get a limited monopoly on paid talent.
I'm of the opinion that they are just trying to create the next big buzz word. They each have their word and now they are each trying to construct the catchiest meaning to attach to it so they can claim to be the one who started the next revolution.
One unifying theme seems to be that they want to sell the use of hardware and software instead of the hardware and software itself. Subscriptions make more sense in such a world. And once they have your data on their systems and they decide what priority you take on those systems (as compared to your competetors who might be customers as well) these companies suddenly become much more important to customers again.
I guess I haven't caught on to any of these buzz words yet.
And if that doesn't work, there's still the NRA!
That plane can reach anywhere in the world in 2 hours! Is that total time? I thought you could spend more than an hour just getting from your car/cab to the end of the runway.
Just make them wear a big ol' scaret letter denoting the crime they've committed. Can we throw stones too? Not that I have any sympathy for sex offenders at large. It's just a huge double standard compared to other crimes. I don't have a right to know if there is a murder (or twenty) in my appartment building but I really should know if there is a rapist on the other side of the state. Good, that helps make the world such a better place.
I like Bruce (or at least his public persona) and I know that he has a great fondness for Debian. I can't agree that Debian would be the right choice for this. Debian was once my favorite distro. They had (and probably still have) the best packaging system. They were all about putting together an excellent system with ton of useful packages and they had a strong focus, it seemed, on technical details. They have a clear and atractive statement of how they would server the users. (Something that I hear is finally going to be ammended to better reflect reality.)
In the time I used them though, the focus seemed to move more and more toward petty politics inside their organization. It got the the point that they were patting themselves on the back for creating Virtual RMS (a package to nag you if you were running non-free software) and bickering over the types of election rules to use since one type would guarantee the the non-free packages would be left unchanged while an other rules might get the non-free package moved to a different server or discarded altogether. This was at a time when a number of the packages in question (the ones I used at least) did not have reasonable free replacements. They appeared to become less concerned with technical merit and general usability and fell into a long running debate about how much they ought to appease RMS. All the while, you could count on Debian to be no less than a year behind all of the other distro's stable releases on software versions. Debian has been, and I believe still is the victim of Free Software Fundamentalism. (Not a term I coined, but one I agree with completely. I'm not certain the person I heard it from would like to be credited.)
Also, Debian seems to be, shall we say slow at adding usability features for end users. Again, I am speaking from the time I used them, and they might have changed, but it would have had to be dramatic. Back when the other distros were picking up the various desktop environments and had them in their stable releases, I was having to go to some third party site that tried to maintain compatible packages for Debian's stable an unstable releases because debian was still being rather indecisive about how or if they wanted to include the packages.
I've often heard this type behavior being justified with explanations that Debian is a distribution for the very people who make it, and that is great. That is one example of why Free Software is good. They have the talent and the freedom to use it. But given the focus of those people, given their disposition toward political deadlock and given the near hostility that many of them have toward non-free software (a stance not shared by the enterprise users yet) I cannot believe that Debian would be the right organization for this. I can understand putting it in the hands of a third party, non-profit and having a base distro to work from, but Debian is not it. Perhaps a clean fork from Debian could provide a good foundation, but if the target audience is the enterprise, then the baggage of the Debian organization must be left behind.
Edd
Not to stick up for DMCA, but didn't it say they were fleeing the EU? When the US is wrong it's wrong, but why doesn't anyone ever regonize when the EU or Oz or any other nation makes a gaff? We even gripe more about the US than China.
.NZ site pretty much dedicated to bashed US conservatives? Does that mean US politicians are now more interesting than the Royals? (Common on, you know which Royals I mean.)
In a barely related comment, did anyone notice that one of the sites about the Diebold mess was a
So if a giant ball containing all the matter of the universe explodes, and no one is there to hear it, it does in fact make a sound. Remember that.
The worry is that these research principles could be applied to other, more infectious viruses or even naturally occuring bacteria to make them impossible to protect against and ultimately fatal.
Actually, I thought the post I was replying to was talking about the virus mutating into something more contagious. I didn't think either post was accusing anyone of actually trying to create an airborne or bloodborne virus as a weapon. That an entirely different discussion that involves the motives of the researchers, their financial backers and possibly those who want to demonize or diefy those involved.
Maybe I'm wrong here, but don't we already allow people to walk the streets carrying a blood borne that has (or at least had) a 100% kill rate and no apparent vaccine? We don't seem to be taking any precaution that it might become airborne. Whay worry about a new virus?
Dan
I don't need a mortar.
I don't need ... hmm
Well, I guess I could -- No!
No, I don't need a mortar.
I don't need a mortar.
OK, I'm good.
When will the Linux port be out?
Dan
Step one, get a suspect. If I had to guess, I'd say the person selling what's in the ad might be a good place to start.
Second, if they spammed once, they just might do it again. Their ISP, probably doesn't want a spammer as a client. Even if they did, a court might be willing to issue a warrent. You watch their out-bound email traffic. (They won't be sending anything they wouldn't send on a post card any way, right?)
Third, catch them in the act and collect $1000 per email logged and presume they send the previous emails that lead you to them.
Face it, with the state debt in Califonia and the volume of spam that must pass through it, it's easy money. Gray Would be highly motivated to follow through on this one.
Dan
Ok. Forgive me for being a little slow here. So you're doing it? :-P