The Ipod is actually a small computer, and can run linux. See the IpodLinux website. So if they can tax one computer, they can tax all. How much is your new PC with a 320 gig harddrive liable for?
One thing that I don't understand is why the F*** java runtime can be pared down to fit in a memory-starved cellphone, yet on an average PC the runtime code is bigger than most OS's were 5 years ago. On Gentoo *THE COMPRESSED SOURCE TARBALL* for java is 49,504,315 bytes. This is bigger than either Firefox or the linux kernel. Meanwhile, the Schlockwave-Trash plug-in is about the size of a small Java applet. There are still a lot of people on dialup. For them, keeping Java up to date is out of the question.
> This all makes me sad because I am a professional Flash and Flex Developer.
This all makes me sad because I am a Shlockwave Trash victim. I happen to surf the web a lot. I used to remove the Shlockwave Trash plugin manually, before Youtube, etal, required it. I now run with Flashblock installed.
The problem for you is that 99 and 44/100 percent of the Shlockwave Trash that people see is either crappy singing/dancing/flashing/jumping ads, or totally pointless "intro pages" at web sites that otherwise don't need it. Disabling Shlockwave Trash "greatly improves my web-browsing experience".
> This all makes me sad because I am a professional Flash and Flex Developer.
This all makes me sad because I am a Shlockwave Trash victim. I happen to surf the web a lot. I used to remove the Shlockwave Trash plugin manually, before Youtube, etal, required it. I now run with Flashblock installed.
The problem for you is that 99 and 44/100 percent of the Shlockwave Trash that people see is either crappy singing/dancing/flashing/jumping ads, or totally pointless "intro pages" at web sites that otherwise don't need it. Disabling Shlockwave Trash "greatly improves my web-browsing experience".
Yes, tables *CAN* be done *IN PLAIN TEXT*... as long as you use fixed fonts. If you want to send me a f***ing typeset document, print it out and stick the pages in an envelope and courier it to me.
Update: It has been brought to our attention that Microsoft Windows Defender is no longer intallable or supported for Windows 2000. Microsoft states that W2K is out of lifecycle and is no longer supported. So those of you running Windows Defender on Windows 2000, you will need to look for another program.
Here's an idea. Ever get annoyed by assholes with boomboxes in the park? Or the car next to you with speakers going *THUD* *THUD* *THUD* so loud it rattles your teeth? Can you report them to the RIAA for "unauthorized public performances"?
Used to be you could get Windows and keep it reasonably safe from viruses/cracking/licence-revocation by not connecting to the internet. That option will no longer exist as of Vista.
The term dead man's switch originated in the train industry. The idea is that a switch has to be kept contuously pressed for the train to continue operating. If the engineer suffers a stroke or heart attack, he can't keep the switch pressed, releasing the switch triggers a circuit that causes the train's brakes to be applied, bringing it to a halt. A helluva lot safer than the alternative.
In software, it has a more sinister meaning. Your software must contact the mothership, be inspected by it, and receive authorization to continue operating. If it can't cantact the mothership, it stops functioning. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/ and select Product Name: Windows Vista Version: Home Basic Language: English and download the PDF that it points to. On Page 2 of that pdf, paragraph 4 talks about mandatory activation. If it was a one-shot deal, I wouldn't have a problem. ***BUT*** paragraph 5 on that same page states (and I quote)
5. VALIDATION. a. The software will from time to time validate the software, update or require download of the validation feature of the software. Validation verifies that the software has been activated and is properly licensed. [...deletia...]
b. During a validation check, the software will send information about the software and the device to Microsoft. This information includes the version and product key of the software, and the Internet protocol address of the device. Microsoft does not use the information to identify or contact you. By using the software, you consent to the transmission of this information. [...deletia...]
c. If, after a validation check, the software is found not to be properly licensed, the functionality of the software may be affected. For example, you may * need to reactivate the software, or * receive reminders to obtain a properly licensed copy of the software, or you may not be able to * use or continue to use some of the features of the software
The sections I bolded basically state... 1) Vista may, from time to time, decide that it wants to call the mothership and download/install/run additional software 2) By using Vista, you agree to item 1) 3) If the validation doesn't work, e.g. no internet connection to the mothership, Vista may partially or completely stop working. Fills me with confidence... NOT!
...ear. I'm in my mid 50's. I remember back in the late 70's, before the IBM PC and DOS, CP/M was the closest thing to a standard. Even back then, some word-processor programs had a clickety-clack sound via the speaker each time you hit a key. And the beeps and boings were extremely annoying. I'm talking about business stuff like word processors, not video games. Some people were so pissed off, they went and disconnected the speaker, or simply cut the speaker wires if they were soldered in.
At work I have to use Windows. I started off with the soundcard disabled. Unfortunately, Windows was too smart, and routed all its "alerts" via the PC speaker. I don't really want to cut up my employer's computer. So I installed the sound driver, and "forgot" to hook up the speakers. Now Windows XP is happy as it sends all sorts of beeps and boops to a non-existant set of speakers, and I don't hear a thing from it. At home, I use linux. I'm listening to internet radio while I'm typing this message. I obviously don't want to hear beeps and boings from the OS. And besides, I reboot so infrequently, that it's not worth any effort creating a startup sound.
> 2) No porn sites > 3) No warez sites
[...deletia...] > Stop complaining that windows cannot account for your depraved porn, warez and teen sex chat habits. That is not what it is for.
It must be nice to be as perfect as you. You never make typos like "wwwpainewebber.com" (see http://www.phillipsnizer.com/library/cases/lib_cas e108.cfm) or "hotmial.com". I suppose that's because you type in the IP address rather than the URL, in order to protect yourself against against "pharming", when your ISP's Windows-based DNS server gets its cache poisoned. Even properly typing http://slashdot.org/ would take you to a drive-by-download site in that situation.
Oh yeah, did I mention that most mainstream commercial websites use 3rd parties to serve banner ads, and those 3rd parties can be infected? See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/21/register_a dserver_attack/ for an example. For that matter, one of NIMDA's attack vectors consisted of compromising webpages generated by a Microsoft product, and attaching attack code to those webpages.
Scorched earth tactics are required. If insecure boxes are wiped by viruse, at least bot-net operators won't get control of them. Make it painful for people who don't secure their machines. That is the only thing that'll cut down on the number of available zombies.
> Just because you have your home directory on an iPod connected to a foreign Mac doesn't mean that you > can authenticate and log in. Wouldn't it be interesting if you could have, in your home directory, > credentials signed by a trustee that you could use to log in to any system,
Previous art many years ago in *nix...
$ ls -1 ~/.ssh authorized_keys config id_dsa id_dsa.pub known_hosts
- Carry a (hopefully encrypted) copy of your home directory on a 2GB USB key. - Plug it into the computer with LDAP running - mount the USB-key/floppy/zipdrive/USB-external-drive/whateve r - ssh -F/mnt/usbkey/.ssh/config userid@hostname
Bingo, you're logged in.
PTO == Patenting The Obvious not to mention all the clueless point-n-drooler Apple programmers who've just discovered POSIX (i.e. BSD) and aren't aware of almost 4 decades of previous art. I don't have any problems with them re-inventing the wheel. What worries me is that the USPTO allows them to re-patent the wheel.
According to the Register article... > Information housed on the department's systems includes sensitive commercial and > economic data on US exporters as well as data involving law enforcement records.
How many times does this have to be drilled into people? If you put something on an internet-accessable server, it *WILL* be accessed from the internet, and not only by "authorized personnel". For additional giggles, put the following key into a Google search...
inurl:.gov confidential "do not distribute"
The f***ing idiots who put sensitive government data on publicly accessable servers should be shot by a firing squad for treason.
There'll be a market for converter boxes.
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When the US FCC first allocated UHF TV channels (all the way to 83; wow) there were UHF-coverter boxes sold that switched the UHF frequency down to Channel 3 or 4. People didn't have to throw out their VHF-only TV sets. As older sets wore out and were replaced by UHF-capable TV sets, the converter boxes faded away in electronic history.
There'll be a similar scenario when digital TV (ATSC) replaces analogue (NTSC) TV. For a few years, there'll be converter boxes that'll let your old-fashioned NTSC TV set show digital channels... albeit at a lower resolution.
When IPV6 becomes necessary (one of these days), there'll be a market for a multi-port router box that lets you plug ethernet from 4 IPV4 machines into the back, and does IPV6 on the internet-facing side. This will allow home users to continue using their current hardware and software. And they will continue to enjoy the security benefits of NAT. As time goes on and older hardware wears out, hardware and software will come in that is IPV6-capable. The transition will be smooth and one day people will remember IPV4 as a historical curiosity, just like some of us oldsters remember Gopher.
Having said that, I will still use a NAT-ing router (even if it's IPV6-to-IPV6), so that the Russian mob won't be pounding away on my machine 24x7.
Do you *REALLY* want Joe Sixpack running servers?
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> * NAT is a kludge. Alot of services (VoiP, Filesharing, IM-Filetransfers) will just work smoother without, and the customers will probably like that.
"Services" require "servers", i.e. machines listening to the net and willing to accept unsolicited connections from any IP address on the net. Do your *REALLY* want Joe Sixpack running ftp, http, IM, etc. servers under Windows?
I run linux. Linux is a lot more secure than Windows, and I'm a lot more computer-literate than Joe Sixpack. Having said that, I still insist on hiding both of my machines behind a NAT-ing router. It's one more layer of defense-in-depth. No matter how good linux may be, I don't want to tempt fate by letting the Russian mob pound away at my machine 24x7. A hardware firewall is more secure, and also cuts down on the crap in my firewall logs.
> * Uniquely addressable gadgets. Your cell phone and your PIM could have their own addresses and you could access them from anywhere.
And the Russian mob can also access them from anywhere. Just what I want/need... !NOT.
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> Until we have something that everyone wants and ONLY works with IPv6, we're not going > to switch. That "thing" might be here today, but it seems we're all unaware what it is.
Howsabout when a big hurricane comes along, and if you want to apply online for FEMA aid, you can only do so via IPV6? It worked for IE.
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> Since VoIP calls potentially involve loss of life or limb if they don't get through > (e.g. calls to 911), there is absolutely NO difference between what you suggest and > what I just said. The fact is, not all communication is time sensitive, just as not > all hospital visits are time-sensitive, and the communication that -is- time-sensitive > should take precedence over communication that isn't. Period.
Anybody who depends on residential ISP "best-effort" connections for emergency service is either desparate or a f***ing idiot. The only situation I could see this being done is a scenario where you you have cable, but no phone service, not even POTS. You might come up with a hypothetical scenario, or a temporary phone outage. But on an ongoing basis, no way.
> MS now has a free version of visual studio 2005, so touting open source > as the only cheap development environment is a load of horse-hockey.
Next thing you're going to tell me is that the "free version of visual studio 2005" runs on a free version of Windows XP (or Vista), on a PIII with 128 megs of RAM... oops.
SCOX made a similar claim against IBM... Limitations of Linux Before IBM's Involvement
82. Linux started as a hobby project of a 19-year old student. Linux has evolved through bits and pieces of various contributions by numerous software developers using single processor computers. Virtually none of these software developers and hobbyists had access to enterprise-scale equipment and testing facilities for Linux development. Without access to such equipment, facilities, sophisticated methods, concepts and coordinated know-how, it would be difficult or impossible for the Linux development community to create a grade of Linux adequate for enterprise use.
83. As long as the Linux development process remained uncoordinated and random, it posed little or no threat to SCO, or to other UNIX vendors, for at least two major reasons: (a) Linux quality was inadequate since it was not developed and tested in coordination for enterprise use and (b) enterprise customer acceptance was non-existent because Linux was viewed by enterprise customers as a "fringe" software product.
84. Prior to IBM's involvement, Linux was the software equivalent of a bicycle. UNIX was the software equivalent of a luxury car. To make Linux of necessary quality for use by enterprise customers, it must be re-designed so that Linux also becomes the software equivalent of a luxury car. This re-design is not technologically feasible or even possible at the enterprise level without (1) a high degree of design coordination, (2) access to expensive and sophisticated design and testing equipment; (3) access to UNIX code, methods and concepts; (4) UNIX architectural experience; and (5) a very significant financial investment.
Sometimes, I think that the people at Adobe/Macromedia have compromising photos of a whole bunch of webmasters. How else do they manage to get websites to use Flash when it's absolutely unnecessary? Consider videos.google.com. Please don't try to tell me that Google *NEEDS* Schlockwave Trash to simply play videos. Google are the people who brought you maps.google.com which runs just fine on various browsers without proprietary Adobe garbage.
> I'd like to see gnash or another open source flash program get good > enough that linux users don't even consider Adobe's. That would be > much better than us sitting around waiting for Adobe to release a > half-baked linux version, or not.
It'll *NEVER* happen. Unlike PDF, Flash is a proprietary format. Remember how Microsoft screwed over IBM's Windows-on-OS/2 compatability with really minor changes to Windsows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, etc? And IBM had access to the Windows 3.x source code, too. Anytime Gnash comes close to fully emulating Flash version N, expect to see Flash version N+1 released.
...if the Vista API was properly documented in the first place. The ideal solution would be for MS to post the Vista API on their website and let the Firefox developers work from that. Remember the European fiasco? "Sorry, we don't have documentation, but you can look at the source code". Of course, that would open up the Firefox effort to lawsuits later on if any code they wrote ended up even accidentally similar to MS code.
A small, underfinanced SCOX has managed to string out multi-billion dollar IBM for years on end with a bogus lawsuit where all the contracts are in IBM's favour. My nightmare is an "IP lawsuit", where...
- it's multi-billion dollar Microsoft as the plaintiff
- small non-profit Mozilla org as the defendant
- no raft of contracts giving Mozilla org a free pass
The only non-conspiracy theory I can come up with is that the "MS Live" group has gained the upper hand in internal power struggles. And they would much rather that 100% of all browsers worked with MS Live, rather than 85% (and falling) of all browsers worked with MS Live.
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The Ipod is actually a small computer, and can run linux. See the IpodLinux website. So if they can tax one computer, they can tax all. How much is your new PC with a 320 gig harddrive liable for?
One thing that I don't understand is why the F*** java runtime can be pared down to fit in a memory-starved cellphone, yet on an average PC the runtime code is bigger than most OS's were 5 years ago. On Gentoo *THE COMPRESSED SOURCE TARBALL* for java is 49,504,315 bytes. This is bigger than either Firefox or the linux kernel. Meanwhile, the Schlockwave-Trash plug-in is about the size of a small Java applet. There are still a lot of people on dialup. For them, keeping Java up to date is out of the question.
> This all makes me sad because I am a professional Flash and Flex Developer.
This all makes me sad because I am a Shlockwave Trash victim. I happen to surf the web a lot. I used to remove the Shlockwave Trash plugin manually, before Youtube, etal, required it. I now run with Flashblock installed.
The problem for you is that 99 and 44/100 percent of the Shlockwave Trash that people see is either crappy singing/dancing/flashing/jumping ads, or totally pointless "intro pages" at web sites that otherwise don't need it. Disabling Shlockwave Trash "greatly improves my web-browsing experience".
> This all makes me sad because I am a professional Flash and Flex Developer.
This all makes me sad because I am a Shlockwave Trash victim. I happen to surf the web a lot. I used to remove the Shlockwave Trash plugin manually, before Youtube, etal, required it. I now run with Flashblock installed.
The problem for you is that 99 and 44/100 percent of the Shlockwave Trash that people see is either crappy singing/dancing/flashing/jumping ads, or totally pointless "intro pages" at web sites that otherwise don't need it. Disabling Shlockwave Trash "greatly improves my web-browsing experience".
> Judging by the quote in the summary, it sounds like it's a way to work around cookies being disabled/deleted.
Howsabout putting the following into crontab...
0 * * * * exec rm -rf ${HOME}/.macromedia >> ${HOME}/.cronmessages.txt 2>&1
Every hour, at the top of the hour, remove your ~/.macromedia directory. Show them who's boss. Too bad this doesn't work for Windows users.
Yes, tables *CAN* be done *IN PLAIN TEXT*... as long as you use fixed fonts. If you want to send me a f***ing typeset document, print it out and stick the pages in an envelope and courier it to me.
> By CHOICE, I'm still running one Windows 2000 box just to run a few applications.
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1990
Update: It has been brought to our attention that Microsoft Windows Defender is no longer intallable or supported for Windows 2000. Microsoft states that W2K is out of lifecycle and is no longer supported. So those of you running Windows Defender on Windows 2000, you will need to look for another program.
Here's an idea. Ever get annoyed by assholes with boomboxes in the park? Or the car next to you with speakers going *THUD* *THUD* *THUD* so loud it rattles your teeth? Can you report them to the RIAA for "unauthorized public performances"?
Used to be you could get Windows and keep it reasonably safe from viruses/cracking/licence-revocation by not connecting to the internet. That option will no longer exist as of Vista.
The term dead man's switch originated in the train industry. The idea is that a switch has to be kept contuously pressed for the train to continue operating. If the engineer suffers a stroke or heart attack, he can't keep the switch pressed, releasing the switch triggers a circuit that causes the train's brakes to be applied, bringing it to a halt. A helluva lot safer than the alternative.
In software, it has a more sinister meaning. Your software must contact the mothership, be inspected by it, and receive authorization to continue operating. If it can't cantact the mothership, it stops functioning. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/ and select
Product Name: Windows Vista
Version: Home Basic
Language: English
and download the PDF that it points to. On Page 2 of that pdf, paragraph 4 talks about mandatory activation. If it was a one-shot deal, I wouldn't have a problem. ***BUT*** paragraph 5 on that same page states (and I quote)
5. VALIDATION.
a. The software will from time to time validate the software, update or require download of the validation feature of the software. Validation verifies that the software has been activated and is properly licensed. [...deletia...]
b. During a validation check, the software will send information about the software and the device to Microsoft. This information includes the version and product key of the software, and the Internet protocol address of the device. Microsoft does not use the information to identify or contact you. By using the software, you consent to the transmission of this information. [...deletia...]
c. If, after a validation check, the software is found not to be properly licensed, the functionality of the software may be affected. For example, you may
* need to reactivate the software, or
* receive reminders to obtain a properly licensed copy of the software,
or you may not be able to
* use or continue to use some of the features of the software
The sections I bolded basically state...
1) Vista may, from time to time, decide that it wants to call the mothership and download/install/run additional software
2) By using Vista, you agree to item 1)
3) If the validation doesn't work, e.g. no internet connection to the mothership, Vista may partially or completely stop working.
Fills me with confidence... NOT!
...ear. I'm in my mid 50's. I remember back in the late 70's, before the IBM PC and DOS, CP/M was the closest thing to a standard. Even back then, some word-processor programs had a clickety-clack sound via the speaker each time you hit a key. And the beeps and boings were extremely annoying. I'm talking about business stuff like word processors, not video games. Some people were so pissed off, they went and disconnected the speaker, or simply cut the speaker wires if they were soldered in.
At work I have to use Windows. I started off with the soundcard disabled. Unfortunately, Windows was too smart, and routed all its "alerts" via the PC speaker. I don't really want to cut up my employer's computer. So I installed the sound driver, and "forgot" to hook up the speakers. Now Windows XP is happy as it sends all sorts of beeps and boops to a non-existant set of speakers, and I don't hear a thing from it. At home, I use linux. I'm listening to internet radio while I'm typing this message. I obviously don't want to hear beeps and boings from the OS. And besides, I reboot so infrequently, that it's not worth any effort creating a startup sound.
> 2) No porn sites
s e108.cfm) or "hotmial.com". I suppose that's because you type in the IP address rather than the URL, in order to protect yourself against against "pharming", when your ISP's Windows-based DNS server gets its cache poisoned. Even properly typing http://slashdot.org/ would take you to a drive-by-download site in that situation.
a dserver_attack/ for an example. For that matter, one of NIMDA's attack vectors consisted of compromising webpages generated by a Microsoft product, and attaching attack code to those webpages.
> 3) No warez sites
[...deletia...]
> Stop complaining that windows cannot account for your depraved porn, warez and teen sex chat habits. That is not what it is for.
It must be nice to be as perfect as you. You never make typos like "wwwpainewebber.com" (see http://www.phillipsnizer.com/library/cases/lib_ca
Oh yeah, did I mention that most mainstream commercial websites use 3rd parties to serve banner ads, and those 3rd parties can be infected? See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/21/register_
> They should just expand it another 2 months on each side, and we'd be good.
If DST is so f***ing wonderfull, howsabout *PERMANENTLY* switching over to DST?
See http://techsec.blog.ca/2006/10/31/a_call_for_a_war _on_bots~1279868
Scorched earth tactics are required. If insecure boxes are wiped by viruse, at least bot-net operators won't get control of them. Make it painful for people who don't secure their machines. That is the only thing that'll cut down on the number of available zombies.
> Just because you have your home directory on an iPod connected to a foreign Mac doesn't mean that you
e r /mnt/usbkey/.ssh/config userid@hostname
> can authenticate and log in. Wouldn't it be interesting if you could have, in your home directory,
> credentials signed by a trustee that you could use to log in to any system,
Previous art many years ago in *nix...
$ ls -1 ~/.ssh
authorized_keys
config
id_dsa
id_dsa.pub
known_hosts
- Carry a (hopefully encrypted) copy of your home directory on a 2GB USB key.
- Plug it into the computer with LDAP running
- mount the USB-key/floppy/zipdrive/USB-external-drive/whatev
- ssh -F
Bingo, you're logged in.
PTO == Patenting The Obvious
not to mention all the clueless point-n-drooler Apple programmers who've just discovered POSIX (i.e. BSD) and aren't aware of almost 4 decades of previous art. I don't have any problems with them re-inventing the wheel. What worries me is that the USPTO allows them to re-patent the wheel.
According to the Register article...
> Information housed on the department's systems includes sensitive commercial and
> economic data on US exporters as well as data involving law enforcement records.
How many times does this have to be drilled into people? If you put something on an internet-accessable server, it *WILL* be accessed from the internet, and not only by "authorized personnel". For additional giggles, put the following key into a Google search...
inurl:.gov confidential "do not distribute"
The f***ing idiots who put sensitive government data on publicly accessable servers should be shot by a firing squad for treason.
When the US FCC first allocated UHF TV channels (all the way to 83; wow) there were UHF-coverter boxes sold that switched the UHF frequency down to Channel 3 or 4. People didn't have to throw out their VHF-only TV sets. As older sets wore out and were replaced by UHF-capable TV sets, the converter boxes faded away in electronic history.
There'll be a similar scenario when digital TV (ATSC) replaces analogue (NTSC) TV. For a few years, there'll be converter boxes that'll let your old-fashioned NTSC TV set show digital channels... albeit at a lower resolution.
When IPV6 becomes necessary (one of these days), there'll be a market for a multi-port router box that lets you plug ethernet from 4 IPV4 machines into the back, and does IPV6 on the internet-facing side. This will allow home users to continue using their current hardware and software. And they will continue to enjoy the security benefits of NAT. As time goes on and older hardware wears out, hardware and software will come in that is IPV6-capable. The transition will be smooth and one day people will remember IPV4 as a historical curiosity, just like some of us oldsters remember Gopher.
Having said that, I will still use a NAT-ing router (even if it's IPV6-to-IPV6), so that the Russian mob won't be pounding away on my machine 24x7.
> * NAT is a kludge. Alot of services (VoiP, Filesharing, IM-Filetransfers) will just work smoother without, and the customers will probably like that.
"Services" require "servers", i.e. machines listening to the net and willing to accept unsolicited connections from any IP address on the net. Do your *REALLY* want Joe Sixpack running ftp, http, IM, etc. servers under Windows?
I run linux. Linux is a lot more secure than Windows, and I'm a lot more computer-literate than Joe Sixpack. Having said that, I still insist on hiding both of my machines behind a NAT-ing router. It's one more layer of defense-in-depth. No matter how good linux may be, I don't want to tempt fate by letting the Russian mob pound away at my machine 24x7. A hardware firewall is more secure, and also cuts down on the crap in my firewall logs.
> * Uniquely addressable gadgets. Your cell phone and your PIM could have their own addresses and you could access them from anywhere.
And the Russian mob can also access them from anywhere. Just what I want/need... !NOT.
> Until we have something that everyone wants and ONLY works with IPv6, we're not going
> to switch. That "thing" might be here today, but it seems we're all unaware what it is.
Howsabout when a big hurricane comes along, and if you want to apply online for FEMA aid, you can only do so via IPV6? It worked for IE.
> Since VoIP calls potentially involve loss of life or limb if they don't get through
> (e.g. calls to 911), there is absolutely NO difference between what you suggest and
> what I just said. The fact is, not all communication is time sensitive, just as not
> all hospital visits are time-sensitive, and the communication that -is- time-sensitive
> should take precedence over communication that isn't. Period.
Anybody who depends on residential ISP "best-effort" connections for emergency service is either desparate or a f***ing idiot. The only situation I could see this being done is a scenario where you you have cable, but no phone service, not even POTS. You might come up with a hypothetical scenario, or a temporary phone outage. But on an ongoing basis, no way.
> MS now has a free version of visual studio 2005, so touting open source
> as the only cheap development environment is a load of horse-hockey.
Next thing you're going to tell me is that the "free version of visual studio 2005" runs on a free version of Windows XP (or Vista), on a PIII with 128 megs of RAM... oops.
SCOX made a similar claim against IBM...
Limitations of Linux Before IBM's Involvement
82. Linux started as a hobby project of a 19-year old student. Linux has evolved through bits and pieces of various contributions by numerous software developers using single processor computers. Virtually none of these software developers and hobbyists had access to enterprise-scale equipment and testing facilities for Linux development. Without access to such equipment, facilities, sophisticated methods, concepts and coordinated know-how, it would be difficult or impossible for the Linux development community to create a grade of Linux adequate for enterprise use.
83. As long as the Linux development process remained uncoordinated and random, it posed little or no threat to SCO, or to other UNIX vendors, for at least two major reasons: (a) Linux quality was inadequate since it was not developed and tested in coordination for enterprise use and (b) enterprise customer acceptance was non-existent because Linux was viewed by enterprise customers as a "fringe" software product.
84. Prior to IBM's involvement, Linux was the software equivalent of a bicycle. UNIX was the software equivalent of a luxury car. To make Linux of necessary quality for use by enterprise customers, it must be re-designed so that Linux also becomes the software equivalent of a luxury car. This re-design is not technologically feasible or even possible at the enterprise level without (1) a high degree of design coordination, (2) access to expensive and sophisticated design and testing equipment; (3) access to UNIX code, methods and concepts; (4) UNIX architectural experience; and (5) a very significant financial investment.
...from b0rk3n PHP webscripts than from PostgreSQL installations.
Sometimes, I think that the people at Adobe/Macromedia have compromising photos of a whole bunch of webmasters. How else do they manage to get websites to use Flash when it's absolutely unnecessary? Consider videos.google.com. Please don't try to tell me that Google *NEEDS* Schlockwave Trash to simply play videos. Google are the people who brought you maps.google.com which runs just fine on various browsers without proprietary Adobe garbage.
> I'd like to see gnash or another open source flash program get good
> enough that linux users don't even consider Adobe's. That would be
> much better than us sitting around waiting for Adobe to release a
> half-baked linux version, or not.
It'll *NEVER* happen. Unlike PDF, Flash is a proprietary format. Remember how Microsoft screwed over IBM's Windows-on-OS/2 compatability with really minor changes to Windsows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, etc? And IBM had access to the Windows 3.x source code, too. Anytime Gnash comes close to fully emulating Flash version N, expect to see Flash version N+1 released.
...if the Vista API was properly documented in the first place. The ideal solution would be for MS to post the Vista API on their website and let the Firefox developers work from that. Remember the European fiasco? "Sorry, we don't have documentation, but you can look at the source code". Of course, that would open up the Firefox effort to lawsuits later on if any code they wrote ended up even accidentally similar to MS code.
A small, underfinanced SCOX has managed to string out multi-billion dollar IBM for years on end with a bogus lawsuit where all the contracts are in IBM's favour. My nightmare is an "IP lawsuit", where...
- it's multi-billion dollar Microsoft as the plaintiff
- small non-profit Mozilla org as the defendant
- no raft of contracts giving Mozilla org a free pass
The only non-conspiracy theory I can come up with is that the "MS Live" group has gained the upper hand in internal power struggles. And they would much rather that 100% of all browsers worked with MS Live, rather than 85% (and falling) of all browsers worked with MS Live.