Yeah, I know, grammar police are lame. You should flame me. Or maybe take a second to realize people take you more seriously if you seem more than barely literate when you write.
With the recent rumblings of microsoft releasing a version of Unix, wouldn't it make sense for them to get into this AV company, considering its cross-platform nature?
They've done it before. The weapon that went on to become the M240 was designed by a US company as a replacement for the M60. It got shot down. The design was sold to Fabrique Nationale. Following that, it was decided that it really is a great weapon. The US Army is now using both vehicle mounted and man-carried versions of what has become a belgian weapon.
Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it?
Because they want the most secure operating system available. I may get my ass shot at a lot less. Or, maybe, terrorist hackers won't be able to figure out when my flight home is leaving Kuwait City International Airport.
I'm in the Army National Guard. It used to be my full time job. Now I'm a "weekend warrior".
I used to administer NT boxes for the Army among other job duties. It gave me the heebie-jeebies! I am a helluva lot more comfortable with military secrets residing somewhere else.
Before someone trots out the "you're just a weekend warrior" pony - after I left the guard full time, I was deployed to Kuwait for six months of middle-east summertime bliss. I was there for September 11. And, yes, I really did fly home out of KCIA, and I was damned glad the time we flew out was kept secret, even from us. And if the only computer that info ever lives on is an OpenBSD box, I'll sleep better at night. And so will my wife, parents, etc.
Good idea, Einstein. I'm sure people like Saddam and Uday Hussain, Ferdinand Marcos, Idi Amin, and Pol Pot will abide by that.
Unfortunately, the U.S. and other civilized nations would be the only ones that would suffer. Murderous regimes aren't noted for reading the GPL, let alone complying with it.
The credit card #'s are the same, but the info on the magnetic strips is different. CC companies can tell which card is used, even if they have the same account number.
I Worked in a CC company, in customer service, for 4 years. (I mention that only to say that I have experience here, and am not just using my best guess.)
Someone please mod this up one more point. We all see worthless posts modded to +5 countless times every day. This may be the most cogent post I've ever read on/. - it's definitely on the short list!
"High Flight"
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
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Or because you love your country and want to keep it safe. I guess that's a pretty foreign thought to most of the people here, though.
Ten percent is way too generous.
Does that make it the U.S.S.R. Regan? :)
Wouldn't that mean its conning tower would spin around before launching pea-soup torpedos (while wearing a nightshirt with a big red star on it)?
Or maybe you meant "It's so good..."
Yeah, I know, grammar police are lame. You should flame me. Or maybe take a second to realize people take you more seriously if you seem more than barely literate when you write.
With the recent rumblings of microsoft releasing a version of Unix, wouldn't it make sense for them to get into this AV company, considering its cross-platform nature?
RTFA
All the news they put up on arstechnica. Delayed 10-4320 minutes, thoughtfully reposted from 1-21 days later.
They've done it before. The weapon that went on to become the M240 was designed by a US company as a replacement for the M60. It got shot down. The design was sold to Fabrique Nationale. Following that, it was decided that it really is a great weapon. The US Army is now using both vehicle mounted and man-carried versions of what has become a belgian weapon.
Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it?
Because they want the most secure operating system available. I may get my ass shot at a lot less. Or, maybe, terrorist hackers won't be able to figure out when my flight home is leaving Kuwait City International Airport.
I'm in the Army National Guard. It used to be my full time job. Now I'm a "weekend warrior".
I used to administer NT boxes for the Army among other job duties. It gave me the heebie-jeebies! I am a helluva lot more comfortable with military secrets residing somewhere else.
Before someone trots out the "you're just a weekend warrior" pony - after I left the guard full time, I was deployed to Kuwait for six months of middle-east summertime bliss. I was there for September 11. And, yes, I really did fly home out of KCIA, and I was damned glad the time we flew out was kept secret, even from us. And if the only computer that info ever lives on is an OpenBSD box, I'll sleep better at night. And so will my wife, parents, etc.
A) What the hell is a "Deltic"?
B) About the content - what the hell are you trying to say?
Or when there's dinosaurs!
Can be found here.
Hooray indeed. I think /. could use a whole lot more couth, humor, and thought, and less... well you know as well as I do.
Ironic. You're the one wacked on Dayquil, and I'm the one that started this with a dumb post.
;)
I got it, and I really wanted to use a smiley emoticon to show that I was trying to be funny, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
I fail to see the destinction...
Hey, I screwed up. That makes me human. I would be a fucktard, though, if I didn't apologize.
I did read what you wrote, I just whiffed on the fact that you were quoting someone. My dumb error. I apologize.
Good idea, Einstein. I'm sure people like Saddam and Uday Hussain, Ferdinand Marcos, Idi Amin, and Pol Pot will abide by that.
Unfortunately, the U.S. and other civilized nations would be the only ones that would suffer. Murderous regimes aren't noted for reading the GPL, let alone complying with it.
The credit card #'s are the same, but the info on the magnetic strips is different. CC companies can tell which card is used, even if they have the same account number.
I Worked in a CC company, in customer service, for 4 years. (I mention that only to say that I have experience here, and am not just using my best guess.)
"has been beaten down by linux experts alike,"
Alike what? You need more than one thing to qualify for "alike".
Someone please mod this up one more point. We all see worthless posts modded to +5 countless times every day. /. - it's definitely on the short list!
This may be the most cogent post I've ever read on
"High Flight" Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew - And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Are we thinking of going to war with Viet Nam?
"...to murder hundreds of thousands of civilians..."
Do you actually believe this? I smell a troll, or a twit. Where are you getting this figure?