I think the parent is making an insightful analogy. compiled code is to open source as restaurant food is to home cooking..
I would liken oss projects like a microwave dinner (after all you may have added some seasoning for your own benefit but you didn't create it from scratch).. and in that case if you followed the instructions and your tv dinner still made you sick or killed you, who's responsible? you are. because there are governing bodies in place to insure that tv dinners are approved before you can goto the store and buy one.
perhaps we need the same thing for software. of course compiled code is out've the question (why should code ever be compiled for distribution anyways, just build the compilation step into the OS, the whole compiled code = secure code fallacy needs to be resolved).. anyways I better shutup before I get more flamebait mods today
there is a turn around time.. that is, how long it takes for an exploit to become known well enough that ms is made aware of it plus the time it takes for ms to develope and release a patch.
to borrow your analogy, it sucks to be one of the few people who's car exploded before the manufacture realized there was a problem and issued a recall.
I know of a current exploit in explorer (mshta) that can be used to download and execute any application on your computer simply by loading a website. I know it works because a friend of mine used it on me to show off (and I'm up to date with current patches for winxp).
The scary truth is that until enough harm is done with this exploit it will go undiscovered and unpatched and in the mean time you and I and everybody else are vulnerable to it (unless you don't use windows).
I don't understand all the "can't afford to fight the case" statements. Since when does it cost money to have your ass hauled into court? Is it the price of the defense attorney alone? Do you really NEED a lawyer, what about pleading your case yourself.. "no I wasn't sharing mp3s and here's proof ______". It seems like if someone can build a strong case against you then yea it might cost a lot of money for a team of law monkeys to defend against it.. but for these stinky IP address shady kazaa bs RIAA cases is it really necessary?
exactly the mentality they'r banking on. however, who the fuck buys one game?
I would pick out at least 10.. now its $20, probably over the course of a few months I would buy over 100 games. Personally, thats $200 I'll spend on something else. My favorite part of having an emulator is having access to a vast collection of games.
and in OTHER news
the company that makes the plastic helmets for retarted kids is encouraging hospitals to stop providing prenatal care as its cutting in to their bottom line.
state lotteries across the nation are encouraging colleges to drop the statistics requirement.. blah blah blah
enough of this shit already, oil companies against electric cars? prove it.
One thing this guy doesn't understand is that the RIAA isn't a mere publisher. They actually involve themselve's quite a bit in how an album sounds and is marketed. In most cases they even provide the producers that are responsible for the "sound" (the bassline, rythm etc) that the artist then sings their song over. Also, most of the time it isn't the artist/group/whatever that is actually editing the cuts and making "tracks".
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I think the parent is making an insightful analogy. compiled code is to open source as restaurant food is to home cooking..
I would liken oss projects like a microwave dinner (after all you may have added some seasoning for your own benefit but you didn't create it from scratch).. and in that case if you followed the instructions and your tv dinner still made you sick or killed you, who's responsible? you are. because there are governing bodies in place to insure that tv dinners are approved before you can goto the store and buy one.
perhaps we need the same thing for software. of course compiled code is out've the question (why should code ever be compiled for distribution anyways, just build the compilation step into the OS, the whole compiled code = secure code fallacy needs to be resolved).. anyways I better shutup before I get more flamebait mods today
there is a turn around time.. that is, how long it takes for an exploit to become known well enough that ms is made aware of it plus the time it takes for ms to develope and release a patch.
to borrow your analogy, it sucks to be one of the few people who's car exploded before the manufacture realized there was a problem and issued a recall.
I know of a current exploit in explorer (mshta) that can be used to download and execute any application on your computer simply by loading a website. I know it works because a friend of mine used it on me to show off (and I'm up to date with current patches for winxp).
The scary truth is that until enough harm is done with this exploit it will go undiscovered and unpatched and in the mean time you and I and everybody else are vulnerable to it (unless you don't use windows).
I hope your not trying to be funny. Pascal is every bit as strong as C and object pascal puts C++ to shame
ah yea, this time two years ago would be our stripper and lap dance party. more like hookers and blowjobs tho.. and cocaine, lots and lots of cocaine.
"chaos theory" does not come from jurassic park.. the term jurassic park is responsible for is "chaoticians" which is some sort of scientist
I don't understand all the "can't afford to fight the case" statements. Since when does it cost money to have your ass hauled into court? Is it the price of the defense attorney alone? Do you really NEED a lawyer, what about pleading your case yourself.. "no I wasn't sharing mp3s and here's proof ______".
It seems like if someone can build a strong case against you then yea it might cost a lot of money for a team of law monkeys to defend against it.. but for these stinky IP address shady kazaa bs RIAA cases is it really necessary?
exactly the mentality they'r banking on.
however, who the fuck buys one game?
I would pick out at least 10.. now its $20, probably over the course of a few months I would buy over 100 games. Personally, thats $200 I'll spend on something else. My favorite part of having an emulator is having access to a vast collection of games.
I almost felt sorry for the guy, but its a vmware box sooo whatever
wear and tear? on computer software?
now I've heard everything
I have been charged sales tax on some online stores. What gives? Have I been paying stupid-tax?
Or don't listen to anthony hamilton
when there hasn't been one "please paste the article its asking for a login" post
how about the pci slot? I'd imagine its a standard sized pci slot
and in OTHER news
the company that makes the plastic helmets for retarted kids is encouraging hospitals to stop providing prenatal care as its cutting in to their bottom line.
state lotteries across the nation are encouraging colleges to drop the statistics requirement.. blah blah blah
enough of this shit already, oil companies against electric cars? prove it.
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Software patents are bad for Linux.
-Linus
also, things get easier with the more cocain you snort. snort enough cocain and you'll think you can build just about anything.
ok. So replace RIAA in my post with "companies the RIAA is representing"?
it was suppose to be funny that my grammar nazi post would contain such horrible grammar
..yea, thats it
One thing this guy doesn't understand is that the RIAA isn't a mere publisher. They actually involve themselve's quite a bit in how an album sounds and is marketed. In most cases they even provide the producers that are responsible for the "sound" (the bassline, rythm etc) that the artist then sings their song over. Also, most of the time it isn't the artist/group/whatever that is actually editing the cuts and making "tracks".
It's like revoking someone's Social Security at age 72, just because they had the temerity not to die when demographics predicted they would.
its great. I'm no grammar nazi but aren't you not suppose to start sentences with "And"?
so I know who the slackasses are around here
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if only there were some sort of alternative ..that didn't mean certain genocide
oh jeez.. hmmm
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