Who the hell is supposed to do it then? MS didn't BUY these standards, they applied them in their product!
Was MS supposed to wait for Netscape to do it? They have a business to maintain, and that includes maintaining their product lines. What were they supposed to do, do what the industry declares is a standard and then wait for new ones?
I'm sorry, but that doesn't fly very high with me. I need better reasoning than that. It's the market that sets the standards, it's companies that present them. I know it's cool to hate Microsoft and all, but you can't blame them for people accepting standards.
I know that MS has done some rotten stuff with standards. I know about what they did with Java etc, and I think they're bastards for doing it. That's only one example, though. I hear people bitching about the Windows Media Video format. To them I say: "Get over it. You don't have to use it."
"Give Microsoft a valid reason to use the GPL that benefits them instead of just a community of greed and you will have a friend for life. Otherwise get off your freeloading ass and get out there and create clones of the software that Microsoft makes, but licensed under the GPL."
No doubt. I'd like to see successful GPL'd code too. I'm not saying it's not out there, I'm just saying I've never heard of it. The reason MS isn't using it is because their current business model works and people pay for it.
What incentive do they have to change? How could they possibly make even as much money with it as they do now?
Call MS evil if you like, but they are a business. Their job is to make money. They picked a strategy and they're playing hardball. If you want GPL to be successful, then you have to find a way to make it profitable. When somebody makes insane amounts of money using the GPL approach, then MS may change their tune.
1.) If you can understand what I'm saying, then you are wasting your time correcting my grammar.
2.) Windows does have a standard. You cannot use Windows 98 drivers on Windows Me, but you DO install them the same way. I'm talking about interface here, not the underlying kernel.
Thanks for attempting to discredit me, you helped me establish my point a little better.:)
Standards are only good when you want to do the same thing over and over again for life. TCP/IP is a good general purpose standard, for example.
HTML, for example, is an evolving standard. It NEEDS for somebody to define it as a de facto standard in order to evolve. Once the de facto standard has defined the terms of use, then the standard will settle down into a long-lived set of rules to adhere to. I'm glad MS stepped in and livened it up a bit.
"2) the Linux kernel changes almost daily, while Windows stagnates for 3-5 years at a time."
Stagnates? One of the reasons that Windows makes a good Desktop OS is that it doesn't change that much over time. As a tweaker and a twiddler, it's fun to go in and make every little update that you can. But consider the major desktop audience. They want their computer to be as simple as 'turn on, do stuff, turn off.'.
For Linux to try to de-throne Windows, it will have to be a lot more like Windows. Unfortunately, I think most of the Linux community barfs at this concept. Driver installs, for example, are a lot easier to do because Windows 'stagnates', or as I prefer to call, sticks to its standard.
Unfortunately the Win9X line could never be considered a serious OS, just too unstable and inflexible. Because of this, a lot of people like to look at what's wrong with Windows and try to fix those problems. They forget to look at what they did right. Linux would seriously benefit from that if it seriously wants to battle Windows where it is strongest.
Personally, I think Linux is better off staying off of the average desktop. The people who love it so much today will lose a lot of what they love in the process.
" Standards are the means by which software can compete on the basis of merit, and Microsoft takes advantage of the fact that pragmatically, a market leader's de facto standard speaks much louder than any written document."
What are they supposed to do? It's hard to innovate when a standard is set in stone.
I can't. Then Linux would actually be useful. I'd be able to do things like install a driver by *gasp* double clicking on the installer for it.
Fault MS for many things, but it's hard to fault them for creating an OS that's easy to get around for the average user. No command prompts necessary here.
I wish MS would do like Apple did and build Windows on top of a Linux or BSD based distro.
... like mommy should have been a better mother instead of trying to make Sony's products into better babysitters.
I hate to imagine what the world would be like if women like her (and Kile's Mom) had their way. I go to smoke a cigarette, but before I do that I have to read a novel length graphic novel of what it'll do to my lungs. I wouldn't be able to listen to rock and or roll music for fear of becoming satanic. I couldn't watch the Harry Potter movie because it would desensitize me to the coming of the anti-christ. I couldn't watch Beavis and Butthead without a caption scrolling at the bottom of the screen that reads "do not set your house on fire."
On the bright side, though, common sense wouldn't be a necessity anymore. That'd be a huge weight off my shoulders.
Did anybody else think that the use of the word 'copyright' in this article felt like it didn't belong? Either the author was running with an idea in his/her head that he didn't quite get to elaborating on, or he/she was hoping to ride the wave of publicity generated by SSSCA.
Umm... the problem with this technology is that devising an interesting key isn't the problem. The problem is that people can crack the encryption scheme itself. Adding the GPS element to it makes it even easier.
I mean seriously, it sounds like all you'd need to do is run a few integers through it and eventually it'd unlock. This would be far easier than trying to decipher a key. I doubt fooling the GPS would prove all that difficult.
Maybe i'm oversimplifying the situation a bit, but it never really seemed to me like the key was the weakest link in modern encryption schemes. By localizing the key to GPS co-ordinates, you're making it far easier for somebody to know where to look.
1.) Don't complain about losing value on your subscription. You could easily have logged out.
2.) What's the rate, $5 for 1000 page views w/o ads? That's 2 cents per page view. Once you run out you see an inobtrusive ad. Oh Slashdot really screwed you.
3.) Lotsa ppl seem to think it was pretty funny. I certainly did. If you can't take a joke, then I'd hate to see what life is like for you. "Oh there was one day (out of 365) that a site I frequent posted silly/funny stories. Oh the tragedy!"
Flaming Taco for following a tradition being observed by a good chunk of the net is like yelling at kids for stopping by your house on Halloween. Either get into the spirit or just turn your computer off for one day out of the year. You do realize there's a whole world outdoors you could have explored, right?
"Especially considering the slashdot community can't pretend to pay for ad free viewing today, and then cancel payment claiming their payment "was an april fools joke". Slashdot is a fucking whore."
Ummm so it's too hard to log out? I mean the stories are pretty obvious. Sorry, I don't sympathize with you.
Now we're gonna have everybody whine about April Fool's day being over and the jokes aren't funny and blah blah blah.
"waaah boo hoo, i want news blah blah.", I got a better idea, why not participate in the fun? Instead of stating the obvious 'Derr it's a Joke', try going with it: "Heh, it'd be funny if they replaced the Orcs with Wil Wheaton."
One of the aspects of the Slashdot community that bugs me sometimes is you put something new in front of them and a good chunk of them spends their time looking for something wrong with it. I can't tell anymore if it's just people unwilling to change until something is proven or if it's just a case of "if I can find fault in it, I'll appear smarter."
Let's talk about Blizzard for a sec. How many people said "I won't buy any more Blizzard games because of BnetD being shut down?" How many actually EMAILED Blizzard (which would have been FAR MORE EFFECTIVE) and voiced their complaints instead? People are quick to stand up against something, but they're not so fast when it comes to doing something practical about it.
I would highly recommend an attitude adjustment for a portion of this community if they can't find fun in April Fool's day. As it is, they're doing very little to solve the problems that bother them so much.
Oh get over it dudes. It's all in fun. Just enjoy it! Seriously. Besides, if any real news did break today, how many of you'd say "oh it's just an April Fool's Joke."
I can't believe how many whiners we have today. Never mind that somebody's trying to mae you laugh. Oohh no. No you'd prefer hearing about technology that won't affect us for years, anything that's anti-MS, and how Linux makes some minor improvement that should really have happened years ago.
Give me a break. "I'm going to whine about April Fools." Weenie.
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Who the hell is supposed to do it then? MS didn't BUY these standards, they applied them in their product!
Was MS supposed to wait for Netscape to do it? They have a business to maintain, and that includes maintaining their product lines. What were they supposed to do, do what the industry declares is a standard and then wait for new ones?
I'm sorry, but that doesn't fly very high with me. I need better reasoning than that. It's the market that sets the standards, it's companies that present them. I know it's cool to hate Microsoft and all, but you can't blame them for people accepting standards.
I know that MS has done some rotten stuff with standards. I know about what they did with Java etc, and I think they're bastards for doing it. That's only one example, though. I hear people bitching about the Windows Media Video format. To them I say: "Get over it. You don't have to use it."
"Give Microsoft a valid reason to use the GPL that benefits them instead of just a community of greed and you will have a friend for life. Otherwise get off your freeloading ass and get out there and create clones of the software that Microsoft makes, but licensed under the GPL."
No doubt. I'd like to see successful GPL'd code too. I'm not saying it's not out there, I'm just saying I've never heard of it. The reason MS isn't using it is because their current business model works and people pay for it.
What incentive do they have to change? How could they possibly make even as much money with it as they do now?
Call MS evil if you like, but they are a business. Their job is to make money. They picked a strategy and they're playing hardball. If you want GPL to be successful, then you have to find a way to make it profitable. When somebody makes insane amounts of money using the GPL approach, then MS may change their tune.
1.) If you can understand what I'm saying, then you are wasting your time correcting my grammar.
:)
2.) Windows does have a standard. You cannot use Windows 98 drivers on Windows Me, but you DO install them the same way. I'm talking about interface here, not the underlying kernel.
Thanks for attempting to discredit me, you helped me establish my point a little better.
Standards are only good when you want to do the same thing over and over again for life. TCP/IP is a good general purpose standard, for example.
HTML, for example, is an evolving standard. It NEEDS for somebody to define it as a de facto standard in order to evolve. Once the de facto standard has defined the terms of use, then the standard will settle down into a long-lived set of rules to adhere to. I'm glad MS stepped in and livened it up a bit.
"2) the Linux kernel changes almost daily, while Windows stagnates for 3-5 years at a time."
Stagnates? One of the reasons that Windows makes a good Desktop OS is that it doesn't change that much over time. As a tweaker and a twiddler, it's fun to go in and make every little update that you can. But consider the major desktop audience. They want their computer to be as simple as 'turn on, do stuff, turn off.'.
For Linux to try to de-throne Windows, it will have to be a lot more like Windows. Unfortunately, I think most of the Linux community barfs at this concept. Driver installs, for example, are a lot easier to do because Windows 'stagnates', or as I prefer to call, sticks to its standard.
Unfortunately the Win9X line could never be considered a serious OS, just too unstable and inflexible. Because of this, a lot of people like to look at what's wrong with Windows and try to fix those problems. They forget to look at what they did right. Linux would seriously benefit from that if it seriously wants to battle Windows where it is strongest.
Personally, I think Linux is better off staying off of the average desktop. The people who love it so much today will lose a lot of what they love in the process.
" Standards are the means by which software can compete on the basis of merit, and Microsoft takes advantage of the fact that pragmatically, a market leader's de facto standard speaks much louder than any written document."
What are they supposed to do? It's hard to innovate when a standard is set in stone.
I can't. Then Linux would actually be useful. I'd be able to do things like install a driver by *gasp* double clicking on the installer for it.
Fault MS for many things, but it's hard to fault them for creating an OS that's easy to get around for the average user. No command prompts necessary here.
I wish MS would do like Apple did and build Windows on top of a Linux or BSD based distro.
... A web-based virus toolkit! Ingenious!
Anybody remember VB-Script? Oh wait, it's not MS, so new features are a good thing.
"It's down.. what more proof do you need that it truly is an IIS server on Win?"
No no, if it's down, it could simply be Slashdot affecting it. For proof that it's IIS, go to that site again and see if it tries to send you a virus.
... like mommy should have been a better mother instead of trying to make Sony's products into better babysitters.
I hate to imagine what the world would be like if women like her (and Kile's Mom) had their way. I go to smoke a cigarette, but before I do that I have to read a novel length graphic novel of what it'll do to my lungs. I wouldn't be able to listen to rock and or roll music for fear of becoming satanic. I couldn't watch the Harry Potter movie because it would desensitize me to the coming of the anti-christ. I couldn't watch Beavis and Butthead without a caption scrolling at the bottom of the screen that reads "do not set your house on fire."
On the bright side, though, common sense wouldn't be a necessity anymore. That'd be a huge weight off my shoulders.
It'd take more cellular power to transmit than to recieve.
Did anybody else think that the use of the word 'copyright' in this article felt like it didn't belong? Either the author was running with an idea in his/her head that he didn't quite get to elaborating on, or he/she was hoping to ride the wave of publicity generated by SSSCA.
"I got a scoop!"
Umm... the problem with this technology is that devising an interesting key isn't the problem. The problem is that people can crack the encryption scheme itself. Adding the GPS element to it makes it even easier.
I mean seriously, it sounds like all you'd need to do is run a few integers through it and eventually it'd unlock. This would be far easier than trying to decipher a key. I doubt fooling the GPS would prove all that difficult.
Maybe i'm oversimplifying the situation a bit, but it never really seemed to me like the key was the weakest link in modern encryption schemes. By localizing the key to GPS co-ordinates, you're making it far easier for somebody to know where to look.
Thanks for proving my point.
Hmm... I was expecting flamebait or troll. Heh.
HAH!!
:)
Sorry I don't have anything useful to say, I just thought that was funny.
Wow dude, grow a sense of humor.
1.) Don't complain about losing value on your subscription. You could easily have logged out.
2.) What's the rate, $5 for 1000 page views w/o ads? That's 2 cents per page view. Once you run out you see an inobtrusive ad. Oh Slashdot really screwed you.
3.) Lotsa ppl seem to think it was pretty funny. I certainly did. If you can't take a joke, then I'd hate to see what life is like for you. "Oh there was one day (out of 365) that a site I frequent posted silly/funny stories. Oh the tragedy!"
Flaming Taco for following a tradition being observed by a good chunk of the net is like yelling at kids for stopping by your house on Halloween. Either get into the spirit or just turn your computer off for one day out of the year. You do realize there's a whole world outdoors you could have explored, right?
"Only one flame? Didn't you READ the comments atached to your stories?"
Actually there was more whining than flaming. =)
I see what you're saying. I think if I were whining it'd be different:
"Oh pleaaaaaaaaase stop posting your 'please stop posting April Fool's Day jokes!' posts! I am so sick and tired of them!"
What I tried to do instead was smack some sense into people instead of just complaining and begging everybody to stop.
I really think whining has to do a lot more with how you present your complaint.
AAAAAH!! That's great!! hahaha
Is that an April Fools joke?
"Especially considering the slashdot community can't pretend to pay for ad free viewing today, and then cancel payment claiming their payment "was an april fools joke". Slashdot is a fucking whore."
Ummm so it's too hard to log out? I mean the stories are pretty obvious. Sorry, I don't sympathize with you.
Now we're gonna have everybody whine about April Fool's day being over and the jokes aren't funny and blah blah blah.
"waaah boo hoo, i want news blah blah.", I got a better idea, why not participate in the fun? Instead of stating the obvious 'Derr it's a Joke', try going with it: "Heh, it'd be funny if they replaced the Orcs with Wil Wheaton."
One of the aspects of the Slashdot community that bugs me sometimes is you put something new in front of them and a good chunk of them spends their time looking for something wrong with it. I can't tell anymore if it's just people unwilling to change until something is proven or if it's just a case of "if I can find fault in it, I'll appear smarter."
Let's talk about Blizzard for a sec. How many people said "I won't buy any more Blizzard games because of BnetD being shut down?" How many actually EMAILED Blizzard (which would have been FAR MORE EFFECTIVE) and voiced their complaints instead? People are quick to stand up against something, but they're not so fast when it comes to doing something practical about it.
I would highly recommend an attitude adjustment for a portion of this community if they can't find fun in April Fool's day. As it is, they're doing very little to solve the problems that bother them so much.
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"Oh I can't stand April Fool's Day, boo hoo!"
Oh get over it dudes. It's all in fun. Just enjoy it! Seriously. Besides, if any real news did break today, how many of you'd say "oh it's just an April Fool's Joke."
I can't believe how many whiners we have today. Never mind that somebody's trying to mae you laugh. Oohh no. No you'd prefer hearing about technology that won't affect us for years, anything that's anti-MS, and how Linux makes some minor improvement that should really have happened years ago.
Give me a break. "I'm going to whine about April Fools." Weenie.