Does 'shipping with Java' also apply to including Java on the online Windows Update? If that isn't the case alot of Windows users will still be Java-less by default.
Google was my first love, how can I ever purge memories of it from my mind? The others are wannabe's. They can't do what Google did for me. I shall never forget Google(tm).
Now that everyone knows who he is I get the feeling some crazed anti-spammer is going to go kill the poor guy. I mean, some of us really do hate spam that much, don't we?
What "they" need to do is pick a television advertising method and stick with it. Having TV commercial breaks during a show along with advertisements during the show is just way too much.
Either have them during the show, or during a break in the show (not both), and maybe I'll be able to live with it.
I suppose my grandfather was the other fourty percent. Although he drank alot of coffee, I still watched his condition deteriorate over five years, until his life finally ended (though rather abruptly, however welcomed due to his current state of mind) due to pneumonia.
I watched him completely forget his surroundings, even forget who his own family was. I remember the last Christmas I spent with him; he was just a mindless body confused and frustrated by the fact that he could not understand anything that went on around him.
So I guess that coffee might help, but watching my grandfather experience Alzeihmer's even as a coffee drinker leaves me a bit skeptical (I know, I know, other factors play into it as well, such as genetics and other lifestyle factors, but still...)
What kind of a dumb question is this? If your mom claims her computer is 'broken' on a Windows machine, how do you think she's going to understand the more complicated world of Linux?
would also ask you: if you're a talented geek (assumption), why are you working for some lame company that refuses to touch Open Source software? Go somewhere where you're gonna make a difference. If you have the skills, you'll find plenty of jobs doing what you'd really like to do.
Your remark is simply idiotic. The whole world doesn't revolve around spreading open source around. He/She needs to make a living, make some cash, and he/she's not going to give up his/her job because his/her company doesn't want to run open source software.
And, what makes you think going to a company that does touch open source will help "make a difference?" What? He's going to make a difference at the companies that DON'T touch it by convincing them to do so.
And having 'leet programming skills' doesn't have anything to do with whether you support open source or not. And maybe he/she likes the job they already do, regardless of the SSH daemon they use. That's one hell of a reason to quit your job.
I know this sounds a bit stupid, considering it was awful generous of the donor to give that large a sum of money to this project. However, who is -really- going to care about Linux running on an Xbox? A few people may, but in my opinion, that's not enough to give $200,000 for. Why didn't this person/group of people donate the money to the actual Linux development project? Why don't they use the money to make the operating system better, instead of trying to get it to run on a game console?
I for one, don't care at all for this project. Attempting to run operating systems on game consoles sounds like a hobby, not a career. It is something geeks do with their free time, and they shouldn't be given $200,000 for it.
Aside from the fact that Microsoft has 93% of the browser marketshare, many websites are designed to be viewed with Internet Explorer. As long as the majority of the operating system marketshare is owned by Microsoft, you can guarantee that the majority of the browser marketshare will be, too.
Too many people use IE, and since alot of people use IE, alot of websites are designed for it. When a user can't view a webpage correctly in Netscape/Mozilla, what do they do? Run IE! (Unless there's no better alternative, or the hardcore Slashdotter absoultely refuses to put his/her hands anywhere NEAR a MS product.
Off the topic of this post, those random exclamation (!) marks in that article were kind of annoying...
McAfee, and Symantec, and Norton, and everyone else involved in the anti-virus FUD business: lay off.
Why would they lay these people off when they are tricking every day people into thinking there are real threats? That is their *job*, and their doing pretty well at it if they can convince alot of people that there really is an insane virus threat.
On a side note, Symantec and Norton are the same company.
On another side note, this article should be modded -1, Troll/Flaimbait.
Guns are specifically designed to kill. Knives, chemicals, and bricks all have other uses. I can not think of one other use for a gun besides ending some sort of lifeform's life.
The three names you mentioned are all viruses in APPLICATIONS ran on Windows, not the operating system itself.
Nimda was an Outlook virus (...right?) Code Red was an IIS virus, and I Love You was an Outlook virus as well.
All of these are not flaws in the operating system, rather they exploit the applications running on Windows. Consider this: is Linux itself insecure because a large majority of Linux computers exploited are running BIND, and BIND runs on Linux?
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution in a broad and general way, for they already knew technologies would become more advanced and things they didn't have then would appear in the future.
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Folks, let's calm down here before we get too rational. This method is only a "field test." What makes us think we will be prosecuted based on a blush? There would be further interrogation, testing, and harrassment (if it even goes that far) before charges were brought up on anyone using this method.
While I don't think this is very reliable; polygraphs give MUCH more "feedback" based on factors other than a blush, I don't believe this system is going to be used as a sure sign someone is guilty (especially with it's accuracy ratio).
While I think this is pretty neat (porting a 3D game to text), the screenshot makes it apparent to me that playing the game in black and white would suck. It's hard to distinguish the stairs to the right of you, you can hardly make out the gun, and the crosshairs aren't even visible. What good is a first person game without visible crosshairs?
Bravo for porting Q2, but could we please get some color?
... 10 megabit per second optical data link that can work over up to 1 kilometre.
Does this data link retain it's speed of 10mb/sec even when you get further out towards a kilometer? I'm sure that you probably lose some packets along the way, kind of like CAT5.
I realize that breaking into systems is not 'hacking.' I suppose you misunderstood what I had previously stated: the way that the article uses the term 'hacking' in the context makes it seems like they are gaining unauthorized access into these gaming systems (considering this is what the media usually considers hacking to be).
I find it kind of amusing that this articles constantly mentions the programmers "hacking into the game system" as if they are gaining unauthorized access to some machine on the Internet. When will the press use this term correctly?
That may be true, but this website does not try to focus on daily world events. It doesn't report on every single Taliban stronghold to be acquired by the N.A./U.S., it doesn't report on the casualty numbers. If you're looking for that kind of information, there's always MSNBC.com, CNN.com, etc. etc.
Slashdot doesn't want to dwell on all the bad things going on in our world, and obviously the NY Times didn't either.
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Does 'shipping with Java' also apply to including Java on the online Windows Update? If that isn't the case alot of Windows users will still be Java-less by default.
Google was my first love, how can I ever purge memories of it from my mind? The others are wannabe's. They can't do what Google did for me. I shall never forget Google(tm).
Now that everyone knows who he is I get the feeling some crazed anti-spammer is going to go kill the poor guy. I mean, some of us really do hate spam that much, don't we?
Don't forget - four million plus of these things were sold in North America alone!"
And who is really going to run a *nix variant on them except for a few hardcore geeks?
There's more than one node, though. You'd have to hit every node in order to really make the service inoperable.
What "they" need to do is pick a television advertising method and stick with it. Having TV commercial breaks during a show along with advertisements during the show is just way too much.
Either have them during the show, or during a break in the show (not both), and maybe I'll be able to live with it.
I suppose my grandfather was the other fourty percent. Although he drank alot of coffee, I still watched his condition deteriorate over five years, until his life finally ended (though rather abruptly, however welcomed due to his current state of mind) due to pneumonia.
I watched him completely forget his surroundings, even forget who his own family was. I remember the last Christmas I spent with him; he was just a mindless body confused and frustrated by the fact that he could not understand anything that went on around him.
So I guess that coffee might help, but watching my grandfather experience Alzeihmer's even as a coffee drinker leaves me a bit skeptical (I know, I know, other factors play into it as well, such as genetics and other lifestyle factors, but still...)
What kind of a dumb question is this? If your mom claims her computer is 'broken' on a Windows machine, how do you think she's going to understand the more complicated world of Linux?
would also ask you: if you're a talented geek (assumption), why are you working for some lame company that refuses to touch Open Source software? Go somewhere where you're gonna make a difference. If you have the skills, you'll find plenty of jobs doing what you'd really like to do.
Your remark is simply idiotic. The whole world doesn't revolve around spreading open source around. He/She needs to make a living, make some cash, and he/she's not going to give up his/her job because his/her company doesn't want to run open source software.
And, what makes you think going to a company that does touch open source will help "make a difference?" What? He's going to make a difference at the companies that DON'T touch it by convincing them to do so.
And having 'leet programming skills' doesn't have anything to do with whether you support open source or not. And maybe he/she likes the job they already do, regardless of the SSH daemon they use. That's one hell of a reason to quit your job.
I know this sounds a bit stupid, considering it was awful generous of the donor to give that large a sum of money to this project. However, who is -really- going to care about Linux running on an Xbox? A few people may, but in my opinion, that's not enough to give $200,000 for. Why didn't this person/group of people donate the money to the actual Linux development project? Why don't they use the money to make the operating system better, instead of trying to get it to run on a game console?
I for one, don't care at all for this project. Attempting to run operating systems on game consoles sounds like a hobby, not a career. It is something geeks do with their free time, and they shouldn't be given $200,000 for it.
Just my rant.
They just -had- to include the Xeyes in the screenshot.
Aside from the fact that Microsoft has 93% of the browser marketshare, many websites are designed to be viewed with Internet Explorer. As long as the majority of the operating system marketshare is owned by Microsoft, you can guarantee that the majority of the browser marketshare will be, too.
Too many people use IE, and since alot of people use IE, alot of websites are designed for it. When a user can't view a webpage correctly in Netscape/Mozilla, what do they do? Run IE! (Unless there's no better alternative, or the hardcore Slashdotter absoultely refuses to put his/her hands anywhere NEAR a MS product.
Off the topic of this post, those random exclamation (!) marks in that article were kind of annoying...
McAfee, and Symantec, and Norton, and everyone else involved in the anti-virus FUD business: lay off.
Why would they lay these people off when they are tricking every day people into thinking there are real threats? That is their *job*, and their doing pretty well at it if they can convince alot of people that there really is an insane virus threat.
On a side note, Symantec and Norton are the same company.
On another side note, this article should be modded -1, Troll/Flaimbait.
Guns are specifically designed to kill. Knives, chemicals, and bricks all have other uses. I can not think of one other use for a gun besides ending some sort of lifeform's life.
The three names you mentioned are all viruses in APPLICATIONS ran on Windows, not the operating system itself.
Nimda was an Outlook virus (...right?)
Code Red was an IIS virus,
and I Love You was an Outlook virus as well.
All of these are not flaws in the operating system, rather they exploit the applications running on Windows. Consider this: is Linux itself insecure because a large majority of Linux computers exploited are running BIND, and BIND runs on Linux?
Microscpoic to humans, yes, but not to fish. Will fish eat these things or at least chew them up enough to destroy them?
Fish are unintelligent enough to mistake a hairy peice of silver for a fly, why wouldn't they mistake these robots for some food?
What are the three things that will always be scarce? Money, time, and bandwidth. You can't have enough of all three.
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution in a broad and general way, for they already knew technologies would become more advanced and things they didn't have then would appear in the future.
Folks, let's calm down here before we get too rational. This method is only a "field test." What makes us think we will be prosecuted based on a blush? There would be further interrogation, testing, and harrassment (if it even goes that far) before charges were brought up on anyone using this method.
While I don't think this is very reliable; polygraphs give MUCH more "feedback" based on factors other than a blush, I don't believe this system is going to be used as a sure sign someone is guilty (especially with it's accuracy ratio).
Why doesn't this game have color capabilities?
While I think this is pretty neat (porting a 3D game to text), the screenshot makes it apparent to me that playing the game in black and white would suck. It's hard to distinguish the stairs to the right of you, you can hardly make out the gun, and the crosshairs aren't even visible. What good is a first person game without visible crosshairs?
Bravo for porting Q2, but could we please get some color?
... 10 megabit per second optical data link that can work over up to 1 kilometre.
Does this data link retain it's speed of 10mb/sec even when you get further out towards a kilometer? I'm sure that you probably lose some packets along the way, kind of like CAT5.
"Canada is now leading the world in the field of nuclear astrophysics.
;-)
"We have bragging rights."
Finally... I was wondering when we would.
I realize that breaking into systems is not 'hacking.' I suppose you misunderstood what I had previously stated: the way that the article uses the term 'hacking' in the context makes it seems like they are gaining unauthorized access into these gaming systems (considering this is what the media usually considers hacking to be).
I find it kind of amusing that this articles constantly mentions the programmers "hacking into the game system" as if they are gaining unauthorized access to some machine on the Internet. When will the press use this term correctly?
That may be true, but this website does not try to focus on daily world events. It doesn't report on every single Taliban stronghold to be acquired by the N.A./U.S., it doesn't report on the casualty numbers. If you're looking for that kind of information, there's always MSNBC.com, CNN.com, etc. etc.
Slashdot doesn't want to dwell on all the bad things going on in our world, and obviously the NY Times didn't either.