I think the impact of Blender going open source would prove to have tangible and positive effects on this case too, but it's not something that you can say, "Been there, done that... move on."
GoBe Productive is quality software. This has been stated by numerous people who have tried it since the beginning, across multiple platforms.
I would argue that it would be a shame to see such greatness pass into obscurity, and have already done a small bit in helping this by pledging $500 EU to the efforts to open source it.
Let those of us who feel the same way do what we can to make this happen, but not because it's how "Blender dit it", but because of the right reasons; greatness.
Thank you for listening. I look forward to wearing my asbestos suit... Flame away slashbots!;)
I suspect the real reason is just another in the long list of subtle tactics M$ has in their strategy guide to making life difficult for anyone but themselves.
This will change, as we are already starting to see them re-examine their tactics in response to the open source movement, and more.
Try varying amounts of power, so that he doesn't fall as fast initially. Sometimes, his head (which can rack up the most damage points) will actually hit upwards of 4 times on the stairs, depending on values used.
I'd be interested in other peoples' results, who are also into martial arts, such as Akido. This demo illustrates precisely why some forms of martial arts can be quite deadly, when delivered correctly.
I pointed this story out to a colleague at work, and the very first thing she said was, "This will force people to use Kazaa or something else to get the music."
In correcting her intended meaning to be, "This will force people to purchase qualified and authorized CD players to play the new CD's", I realized that perhaps she is right. Not only will people wonder why they are shelling out money to purchase a 99% exact replica of the current CD playing technology (it can read copy-protected CD's, whooo..;), but it also enters in an unknown variable, in that people can not immediately tell by looking at the CD in question whether it is defective, copy-protected, or is playable on their system(s).
Is it any wonder new software solutions like Shareaza, Gnutella 2, Kazaa, Fasttrack, BeShare, and more are being developed at such a rapid pace? If the big corporations would only learn that this is The Way, The Light, and The Answer to a lot of their financial problems, not to mention publicity problems, they would see that there is a real future with online distribution and sales of music, and STILL be able to make a profit. Oh, and not piss off the general public to boot. Did I mention lower prices due to a higher number of potential purchasers?
It just boggles the mind.
I haven't purchased a CD from a store in over 5 years. FIVE. Want to know how much media I've collected from friends, colleagues, aquaintences, and anonymous downloading? 200 GIGS of mp3.
Imagine if I had paid even 1 cent per song. Multiple that by the millions of people doing exactly the same as me, if not more.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the big boys are missing the boat, big time.
Thanks for your comment, Didion. I agree with you 100%, and only hope that more people contribute to this thread and voice their own experience(s).
This trend is changing, as database abstraction tools get better, and people realize that a small bit of overhead in distancing the site logic from the database interface is a good thing.
I myself have written a -very- basic wrapper around both MySQL and PostgreSQL, by simply having all of my database functions named like so:
DBLink DBQuery DBObject
and so on. php then allows me to automatically include() the correct DB abstraction file for whatever database I'm currently using. One line of code, one small variable to change, and I can flip databases at will. Same goes for debugging purposes too. I set:
define('_DEBUG_MODE_',FALSE);
to TRUE or FALSE, and voila, my internal DBG('Foo='.$bar); function automatically knows if I'm prepared to write the results to a logfile, the same screen as the script, or whatever else I need it for, without messing up the server, or having to use multiple printf() statements.
php rulez man. The one -KEY- difference between php and perl is that I can imbed php into the same html document, intermingling them if needed, while STILL maintaining a very structured C++ style of coding. It's fantastic to have a very rigid hierarchy of C++ style classes, and functions, while also being able to produce output to the web, whenever you want, or need to.
One more thing... I know I'm getting off the topic of MySQL and php's interface to it, but I wanted to mention output buffering. I don't recall perl being able to buffer automatically any and ALL output intended for the web, so that you can parse it logically and properly before handing it off to Apache (or whatever other server you use.)
Did I mention session support? It rulez too. Easy access to cookies is also a must.
PHP goodness. I'm positive there is more to this Yahoo story than some PHB wagging a stick.
Come on. Is there any contest? IIS is full of holes big enough to drive a truck through.
Hence, why I recommend the book. The admin should switch to Apache, lock it down, and tell his boss, "Hey, it's secure, AND we saved money. Give me a raise.";)
If their webserver is attached to the internet in any way, then anything it is "serving" is fair game, and should thus be protected appropriately.
This story sounds like someone got careless, and didn't lock down the folder the data lived in.
Sounds also like someone (their admin?) is trying to cover up the error by reporting to his (clueless?) bosses that obviously it was hacked, else how could they -ever- get that information, right? (yeah, right.)
Perhaps the admin should check out this handy url and order his copy soon.
What are the odds that Canada is secretly going to replace their own supercomputer with one of these bad boys?
I can almost hear Jean Cretien now... "Yea, uuuh.. we decided to leapfrog our previous, err, attempts at being eleet, and threw our entire countries' debt management down the toilet. But it's worth it.. Weather up here is nasty sometimes, and you want something like this to predict the next major snowfall. Yeah."
It seems to me that if a journalist perceives themselves to have certain liberties, that they will use them, no?
It's in countries like Cuba, Iraq, and Belarus that journalists are feeling extreme pressure to be quiet, and are being murdered if they speak up.
This poll is not asking the countries leaders, politicians, or residents the questions. It's asking the one group of people who matter most in this issue: The Journalists.
Freedom of the press means exactly that; the ability to say what needs to be said so that other countries may know what is going on, sometimes in real time, as in the case of the current Russia hostage crisis.
Without the courage of these people who risk their lives daily, the world would be a much duller, repressed society. Think about that for a bit. Imagine throwing our cultures back 200 years or more because we don't allow people to speak up.
To most people in consumer land, there really are only two choices.
Or to be put more correctly, the system that comes with the machine they purchased, and the alternatives they only find out about when junior comes over to install linux, or what they see at the local city papers' office when they pay for the subscription. (read: mac)
So, the question you have to ask yourself is this: "What am I doing to create more awareness of choices in the consumer market?"
I know what I am doing, and plan on doing in the future. Do you?
Well, ok, perhaps I was being a little theatrical with that last statement.;-)
But my point is clear, is it not?
There are so many issues with Microsoft that have yet to be resolved, or for that matter, brought up in any court to rectify them for the victims of their monopolistic behaviour.
Do you not see what Microsoft is trying to do here?
They want to do two things:
i.) Establish a foothold in the linux world with their server software, so that when they DO decide to leverage their R&D, IIS is ready to roll, extensions done,.net connectivity done, passport working, etc.
ii.) Maintain that their win32 platform is superior by toutint rethoric that linux fails and has as much downtime as win32 because look "Even our great software fails due to network overload, and those darn hackers...".
This is, in my opinion, the start of a series of last ditch maneuvers currently cooked up by the cross-breeding, pollinating executives who work in marketing and network security division, as a way to show the world that they can play nice with that "other" OS, and provide the tools to do so.
It's not going to work, if for only one simple reason: Apache. This will only push the apache developers harder to do it right, to polish 2.0 so much that it shines, and allow third party developers to create very excellent front end management software when the server market usage by Apache products explodes as a result.
Mark my words. Microsoft may think they're being cheeky, and clever, but like so many of their previous failings, this one too will come back to bite them in the ass.
In a recent article at OSNews, I commented about Microsoft's business practices (to a degree), and the "Microsoft problem".
What we need to do is continue the big push with our own software, and develop it from medicore software to Great Software.
Does anyone remember the Insanely Great comment from years ago by Steve Jobs? It's much the same attitude and spirit that we need now, in not only the Linux Communities, BeOS Community, and more, but everywhere that is offering a choice for the end user.
We have to continously keep in mind that all of our hard work is for one target: The end user.
I cite the recent Red Hat reviews at OSNews and other places as prime examples of how we still are not quite getting it.
Please feel free to read my original comment at OSNews here:
The problem won't go away if we play by Microsoft's rules. We need to create our own, and survive.
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ARG. Bloody hell.
I apologize publically for spilling any info I shouldn't have about the name... I didn't see that I had already typed the name in my very first sentence, since the textarea box had moved it out of my view. (can we not make this bigger?)
Midway during my typing, I realized that the name wasn't mentioned anywhere, and suspected it wasn't announced yet.
I made a mistake in posting this too hastily... (2 minutes ago from -this- posting).
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Oh.. not even if it's quality software?
;)
I think the impact of Blender going open source would prove to have tangible and positive effects on this case too, but it's not something that you can say, "Been there, done that... move on."
GoBe Productive is quality software. This has been stated by numerous people who have tried it since the beginning, across multiple platforms.
I would argue that it would be a shame to see such greatness pass into obscurity, and have already done a small bit in helping this by pledging $500 EU to the efforts to open source it.
Let those of us who feel the same way do what we can to make this happen, but not because it's how "Blender dit it", but because of the right reasons; greatness.
Thank you for listening. I look forward to wearing my asbestos suit... Flame away slashbots!
Even just the word 'programs' would be suitable.
It's 8 characters, and follows a KISS principle.
I suspect the real reason is just another in the long list of subtle tactics M$ has in their strategy guide to making life difficult for anyone but themselves.
This will change, as we are already starting to see them re-examine their tactics in response to the open source movement, and more.
63779 here, top score of 107893.
Some interesting values:
Heading: 357.89
Pitch: -50.47
Heading: 358.75
Pitch: -51.90
Try varying amounts of power, so that he doesn't fall as fast initially. Sometimes, his head (which can rack up the most damage points) will actually hit upwards of 4 times on the stairs, depending on values used.
I'd be interested in other peoples' results, who are also into martial arts, such as Akido. This demo illustrates precisely why some forms of martial arts can be quite deadly, when delivered correctly.
Here here!
;), but it also enters in an unknown variable, in that people can not immediately tell by looking at the CD in question whether it is defective, copy-protected, or is playable on their system(s).
Very well said, sir.
I pointed this story out to a colleague at work, and the very first thing she said was, "This will force people to use Kazaa or something else to get the music."
In correcting her intended meaning to be, "This will force people to purchase qualified and authorized CD players to play the new CD's", I realized that perhaps she is right. Not only will people wonder why they are shelling out money to purchase a 99% exact replica of the current CD playing technology (it can read copy-protected CD's, whooo..
Is it any wonder new software solutions like Shareaza, Gnutella 2, Kazaa, Fasttrack, BeShare, and more are being developed at such a rapid pace? If the big corporations would only learn that this is The Way, The Light, and The Answer to a lot of their financial problems, not to mention publicity problems, they would see that there is a real future with online distribution and sales of music, and STILL be able to make a profit. Oh, and not piss off the general public to boot. Did I mention lower prices due to a higher number of potential purchasers?
It just boggles the mind.
I haven't purchased a CD from a store in over 5 years. FIVE. Want to know how much media I've collected from friends, colleagues, aquaintences, and anonymous downloading? 200 GIGS of mp3.
Imagine if I had paid even 1 cent per song. Multiple that by the millions of people doing exactly the same as me, if not more.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the big boys are missing the boat, big time.
Thanks for your comment, Didion. I agree with you 100%, and only hope that more people contribute to this thread and voice their own experience(s).
geesh man.
Didn't you ever do assembler back in the day?
Do you realize that BeOS R5 Personal Edition was a 43 meg download? Smaller than most games today, by far!
This is a patch, and it's 32 megs!?!? holy cow.
This trend is changing, as database abstraction tools get better, and people realize that a small bit of overhead in distancing the site logic from the database interface is a good thing.
I myself have written a -very- basic wrapper around both MySQL and PostgreSQL, by simply having all of my database functions named like so:
DBLink
DBQuery
DBObject
and so on. php then allows me to automatically include() the correct DB abstraction file for whatever database I'm currently using. One line of code, one small variable to change, and I can flip databases at will. Same goes for debugging purposes too. I set:
define('_DEBUG_MODE_',FALSE);
to TRUE or FALSE, and voila, my internal DBG('Foo='.$bar); function automatically knows if I'm prepared to write the results to a logfile, the same screen as the script, or whatever else I need it for, without messing up the server, or having to use multiple printf() statements.
php rulez man. The one -KEY- difference between php and perl is that I can imbed php into the same html document, intermingling them if needed, while STILL maintaining a very structured C++ style of coding. It's fantastic to have a very rigid hierarchy of C++ style classes, and functions, while also being able to produce output to the web, whenever you want, or need to.
One more thing... I know I'm getting off the topic of MySQL and php's interface to it, but I wanted to mention output buffering. I don't recall perl being able to buffer automatically any and ALL output intended for the web, so that you can parse it logically and properly before handing it off to Apache (or whatever other server you use.)
Did I mention session support? It rulez too. Easy access to cookies is also a must.
PHP goodness. I'm positive there is more to this Yahoo story than some PHB wagging a stick.
Peace!
I hadn't even considered lead... ;-)
Good point.
Mod that up!
That's gotta be the funniest one liner I've seen in ages.
Um..
ok.
And what about Superman's X-Ray vision? Wouldn't he also be able to know that there was a bomb hidden on Batman too?
Yes it would, since I'd be an idiot for not applying the appropriate patches, or using some sort of redirection/checking on the url you're requesting.
All this has been discussed before, numerous times.
Any -production- server should be locked down hard, and if something bad happens, appropriate action taken to correct the situation.
Reuters did not do anything wrong, and I'll be surprised if they don't counter-sue.
It's a great marketing gimic though.
As someone already pointed out here, I myself never heard of them until now.
The question is this.. Can Reuters counter-sue them for libel or slander?
Heh.
;)
Alright, after checking out netcraft, I realized that they aren't running IIS, but Lotus-Domino, as you said.
I incorrectly assumed they were running IIS, without checking my facts.
I apologize.
IIS vs Apache.
;)
Come on. Is there any contest? IIS is full of holes big enough to drive a truck through.
Hence, why I recommend the book. The admin should switch to Apache, lock it down, and tell his boss, "Hey, it's secure, AND we saved money. Give me a raise."
If their webserver is attached to the internet in any way, then anything it is "serving" is fair game, and should thus be protected appropriately.
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This story sounds like someone got careless, and didn't lock down the folder the data lived in.
Sounds also like someone (their admin?) is trying to cover up the error by reporting to his (clueless?) bosses that obviously it was hacked, else how could they -ever- get that information, right? (yeah, right.)
Perhaps the admin should check out this handy url and order his copy soon.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1
I know I did, and it's invaluable.
What are the odds that Canada is secretly going to replace their own supercomputer with one of these bad boys?
I can almost hear Jean Cretien now... "Yea, uuuh.. we decided to leapfrog our previous, err, attempts at being eleet, and threw our entire countries' debt management down the toilet. But it's worth it.. Weather up here is nasty sometimes, and you want something like this to predict the next major snowfall. Yeah."
Yeah, but would it have an uptime of 42 days?
Or is that per processor? Wow.. the world's first computer with an uptime rated at: 7479.45 years. (yes, 7000+ years)
By then, Microsoft should be able to finally lock down their security just in time for service pack 29alpha-xxx-10000-pi 2
It seems to me that if a journalist perceives themselves to have certain liberties, that they will use them, no?
It's in countries like Cuba, Iraq, and Belarus that journalists are feeling extreme pressure to be quiet, and are being murdered if they speak up.
This poll is not asking the countries leaders, politicians, or residents the questions. It's asking the one group of people who matter most in this issue: The Journalists.
Freedom of the press means exactly that; the ability to say what needs to be said so that other countries may know what is going on, sometimes in real time, as in the case of the current Russia hostage crisis.
Without the courage of these people who risk their lives daily, the world would be a much duller, repressed society. Think about that for a bit. Imagine throwing our cultures back 200 years or more because we don't allow people to speak up.
To most people in consumer land, there really are only two choices.
Or to be put more correctly, the system that comes with the machine they purchased, and the alternatives they only find out about when junior comes over to install linux, or what they see at the local city papers' office when they pay for the subscription. (read: mac)
So, the question you have to ask yourself is this: "What am I doing to create more awareness of choices in the consumer market?"
I know what I am doing, and plan on doing in the future. Do you?
You don't get it.
Storing a DVD full of mp3 will give you WAY more than 10 hours of music.
Try listening to that much at one time before? I didn't think so.
I doubt anyone has.
I seriously doubt you have to juggle 5 gigs worth of mp3 while driving.
I suppose you do this while talking on your cellphone...
what, you mean the glue?
Well, ok, perhaps I was being a little theatrical with that last statement. ;-)
But my point is clear, is it not?
There are so many issues with Microsoft that have yet to be resolved, or for that matter, brought up in any court to rectify them for the victims of their monopolistic behaviour.
Remember the boot loader issue?
Do you not see what Microsoft is trying to do here?
.net connectivity done, passport working, etc.
They want to do two things:
i.) Establish a foothold in the linux world with their server software, so that when they DO decide to leverage their R&D, IIS is ready to roll, extensions done,
ii.) Maintain that their win32 platform is superior by toutint rethoric that linux fails and has as much downtime as win32 because look "Even our great software fails due to network overload, and those darn hackers...".
This is, in my opinion, the start of a series of last ditch maneuvers currently cooked up by the cross-breeding, pollinating executives who work in marketing and network security division, as a way to show the world that they can play nice with that "other" OS, and provide the tools to do so.
It's not going to work, if for only one simple reason: Apache. This will only push the apache developers harder to do it right, to polish 2.0 so much that it shines, and allow third party developers to create very excellent front end management software when the server market usage by Apache products explodes as a result.
Mark my words. Microsoft may think they're being cheeky, and clever, but like so many of their previous failings, this one too will come back to bite them in the ass.
In a recent article at OSNews, I commented about Microsoft's business practices (to a degree), and the "Microsoft problem".
What we need to do is continue the big push with our own software, and develop it from medicore software to Great Software.
Does anyone remember the Insanely Great comment from years ago by Steve Jobs? It's much the same attitude and spirit that we need now, in not only the Linux Communities, BeOS Community, and more, but everywhere that is offering a choice for the end user.
We have to continously keep in mind that all of our hard work is for one target: The end user.
I cite the recent Red Hat reviews at OSNews and other places as prime examples of how we still are not quite getting it.
Please feel free to read my original comment at OSNews here:
http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=1951&off set=34
The problem won't go away if we play by Microsoft's rules. We need to create our own, and survive.
ARG. Bloody hell.
I apologize publically for spilling any info I shouldn't have about the name... I didn't see that I had already typed the name in my very first sentence, since the textarea box had moved it out of my view. (can we not make this bigger?)
Midway during my typing, I realized that the name wasn't mentioned anywhere, and suspected it wasn't announced yet.
I made a mistake in posting this too hastily... (2 minutes ago from -this- posting).