Yeah, then at 3 am the "content" databse will display a Coke ad, or a car commercial; all based on the position you are sleeping... Agh, this thing is giving me nightmares already.
"Thanks to the venality of politics in America, Microsoft is riding high right now, but it is headed for the boneyard after all."
They say at the end of the article. The truth however, and saddly, is diferent. While it is true that MS is maybe at one of its more important moments, they are doing very well and none of the threats to its monoply will stop them, they will continue. Why? Because of the perception of the avareage american computer user. If any of us see in what the marketing is focused on any computer related thing we will find one common denominator: Ease of use. What does this mean? That the public does not want to spend time thinking or learning, thus the people won't assimilate a product that is differnet from what is mainstream, the companies , on the other hand, can - and do- tell the "people" what they want, ans that is what MS has always done, in Linux is the otherway around: people think of what they want. It is sad, but that does not mean that Linux will disapear or become weak because there are people who read slashdot and actualy enjoy thinking. If the whole effort from corporations to make everybody's life 'easier' by taking away the efforrt you put in thinking companies like MS will always exist. And the minority, who is against the conventions of 'mainstream' will keep on using Linux.
That's why Linux as a social tool is far more important than Linux as a technological tool.
I've heard that chanaging the protocol for the internet to IPv6 is similar to changing the motor of an airplane in mid air. Is it really plausible to do that, or is the Internet destined to become a useless dinosaur? (hopefully another kind of mamal-like network will emerge! )
that inovation is hindered with every patent and progress is measured in green bucks. I want to see real progress! like a bridge across the atlantic or humans in Jupiter's moons, or maybe a search for intelligent life in Washington... And with the DMCA and stuff like that somebody probably is going to patent having ideas ( me, i'm planning on patenting sex! )
Nor Linux is Linux, so what!? America ( The continent ) is not called Colombia/America! Maybe it should because Colombus discovered it! and Americo Vespucio was the first to know it was a new continent! And not to mention the US! Who has 'taken' the name America to name just a small part of the American continent! So if you say
Colombia/America I'll say GNU/Linux.
Too bad Columbus is dead, I bet he an RMS would be great friends.
This is just what i found in USENET groups about the recent hacks ( wow! all of them are from MS groups), not that I HATE MS but regardelss of their politics i think this should be investigated and that EVRYONE should play fair!
{
"Jan Johanson" wrote in message
news:3b15c30b$0$771$45beb828@newscene.com...
> Sourceforge rooted
> themes.org rooted
> apache.org rooted
>
BTW, what is this going to do to Linux's security insurance rates?
//On another message:
If this is true, then he could've planted a lot of back doors in a lot of
successful OS projects.
And if he's smart, he did it subtly, I pity the auditors.
It's hard enough to track bugs, it's harder to find intetionly inserted
bugs.
Especially in C/C++.
}
More info can be found at:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=themes.org,+hack ed&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=1&ic=1&selm=3b15c30b%24 0%24771%2445beb828%40newscene.com
and
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off &group=comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
http://66.92.75.28/~vladimir/themes-org.html
a lot of info there... 31337= Alienated, anger teenager who compensates voids in his/her life by making him/herself believe that s/he is 'elite' ( a good way to fight an inferiority complex, and an obious lack of ablity to commit her/himself to meaningful relationships ). In other words: a boring pissed off teenager who craves attention because nobody listens to him/her.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.kpmg.com/
Yeah, then at 3 am the "content" databse will display a Coke ad, or a car commercial; all based on the position you are sleeping... Agh, this thing is giving me nightmares already.
"Thanks to the venality of politics in America, Microsoft is riding high right now, but it is headed for the boneyard after all."
They say at the end of the article. The truth however, and saddly, is diferent. While it is true that MS is maybe at one of its more important moments, they are doing very well and none of the threats to its monoply will stop them, they will continue. Why? Because of the perception of the avareage american computer user.
If any of us see in what the marketing is focused on any computer related thing we will find one common denominator: Ease of use.
What does this mean? That the public does not want to spend time thinking or learning, thus the people won't assimilate a product that is differnet from what is mainstream, the companies , on the other hand, can - and do- tell the "people" what they want, ans that is what MS has always done, in Linux is the otherway around: people think of what they want. It is sad, but that does not mean that Linux will disapear or become weak because there are people who read slashdot and actualy enjoy thinking. If the whole effort from corporations to make everybody's life 'easier' by taking away the efforrt you put in thinking companies like MS will always exist. And the minority, who is against the conventions of 'mainstream' will keep on using Linux.
That's why Linux as a social tool is far more important than Linux as a technological tool.
I've heard that chanaging the protocol for the internet to IPv6 is similar to changing the motor of an airplane in mid air. Is it really plausible to do that, or is the Internet destined to become a useless dinosaur? (hopefully another kind of mamal-like network will emerge! )
that inovation is hindered with every patent and progress is measured in green bucks. I want to see real progress! like a bridge across the atlantic or humans in Jupiter's moons, or maybe a search for intelligent life in Washington... And with the DMCA and stuff like that somebody probably is going to patent having ideas ( me, i'm planning on patenting sex! )
ask him to launch their satellite, it would be even cheaper!
Nor Linux is Linux, so what!?
America ( The continent ) is not called Colombia/America!
Maybe it should because Colombus discovered it! and Americo Vespucio was the first to know it was a new continent!
And not to mention the US!
Who has 'taken' the name America to name just a small part of the American continent!
So if you say Colombia/America I'll say GNU/Linux.
Too bad Columbus is dead, I bet he an RMS would be great friends.
{
}
More info can be found at:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=themes.org,+hac
and
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=of
jamirocake
http://66.92.75.28/~vladimir/themes-org.html
a lot of info there...
31337= Alienated, anger teenager who compensates voids in his/her life by making him/herself believe that s/he is 'elite' ( a good way to fight an inferiority complex, and an obious lack of ablity to commit her/himself to meaningful relationships ). In other words: a boring pissed off teenager who craves attention because nobody listens to him/her.