Not necessarily. I think in this case, it's more of a matter of using the government as a tool to enforce what is widely accepted as an industry standard. (But I don't live in the US, so take this with a grain of salt.) I suspect that most stores already do this and were getting annoyed with losing money to the few 'unscrupulous' vendors selling adult games to kids.
I just happen to prefer programming in C++, Perl and maybe even PHP over programming in Java.
Ever tried to hack together a prototype of something that uses other people's code? For a number of reasons, unless the code you're using was designed to be hacked that way (which never happens), Java just makes it more of a pain in the a**.
*I* have a UPS, but I also have *backups*, which means I don't have much need to convert an existing filesystem to a new format. I suspect that most people who want to convert to a new filesystem want it because they don't have backups. I also suspect that there is a strong correlation between people who don't have backups and people who don't have UPSs. Thus, my post.
Has anyone else noticed that the above article is cut-and-pasted from so many different sources that it looks more like a ransom note than a news article?
No, I said that good Windows admins have to be better than good Unix admins, implying that good Windows admins are much harder to find than good Unix admins.
Also, unlike being a Unix admin can be, I doubt very much that many good Windows admins would actually find it anything less than completely frustrating, thus reducing the probability of having large numbers of good Windows admins.
I doubt it. In general, that's not necessarily possible (though you can get away with it in special cases). In any case, doing that without a UPS would probably be risky, since there would be a (probably very long) period of time where the filesystem is totally incomprehensible to BOTH filesystem drivers (old and new), and if the system dies during that time, say bye-bye to your data.
What would you suggest a person use? (If you're going to say 'Microsoft Windows', you'd better have a convincing explanation if you want to be taken seriously.)
To get an idea of what I'm talking about, check this post out. This is an article about email disclaimers. The parent of the post is complaining about the ads in the linked page and so on, and twitter actually goes off on a rant to blame it on Microsoft and recommend Lynx, because "is teh free".
Nice touch. I like how you "quote" something that isn't in the post you referenced.
We can get rid of this guy and make Slashdot a better place.
How many fucking library dependancies do you need for a modern windowing system? Have you ever run 'ldd' on a modern GNOME or KDE app? It's enough to make you vomit.
I would make the "window system" so minimal that it is
almost non-existent. Each graphical application gets direct access
to the hardware, and a window is nothing more than a clipping list
and an (x,y) translation. I would build a "device driver" that did
nothing more than manage the clipping lists and hand out graphic
device ports. This might actually be best done at user level, rather
than a device driver, using shared memory and semaphores.
The last thing we need is a new design that allows arbitrary user programs to have read/write access to the entire screen (read-only access is bad enough). Sooner or later, we are going to start running arbitrary programs on our computers in a secure sandbox environment that is enforced by the OS (and ultimately, the CPU). What happens when some cute little game your spouse downloaded yesterday decides to make itself look like your electronic banking program? Under this architecture, how do we avoid that? Hack every display driver in existence? Trust the shared library to prevent this?
And, even if SCO didn't say they don't believe in the GPL (which they did) they violated the GPL and therefore can't claim permission under the GPL as a defence for copyright infringement.
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Not necessarily. I think in this case, it's more of a matter of using the government as a tool to enforce what is widely accepted as an industry standard. (But I don't live in the US, so take this with a grain of salt.) I suspect that most stores already do this and were getting annoyed with losing money to the few 'unscrupulous' vendors selling adult games to kids.
I don't know about in the US, but I'm not aware of any mandatory rating system for games in Canada.
Ever tried to hack together a prototype of something that uses other people's code? For a number of reasons, unless the code you're using was designed to be hacked that way (which never happens), Java just makes it more of a pain in the a**.
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BAHAHAHAHAHA!
Read the thread. It's clear that this is yet another example of software patents stalling or outright halting technology development.
Oh, I must be new here.
*I* have a UPS, but I also have *backups*, which means I don't have much need to convert an existing filesystem to a new format. I suspect that most people who want to convert to a new filesystem want it because they don't have backups. I also suspect that there is a strong correlation between people who don't have backups and people who don't have UPSs. Thus, my post.
I guess freedom of speech is only for westerners...
Has anyone else noticed that the above article is cut-and-pasted from so many different sources that it looks more like a ransom note than a news article?
Also, unlike being a Unix admin can be, I doubt very much that many good Windows admins would actually find it anything less than completely frustrating, thus reducing the probability of having large numbers of good Windows admins.
I doubt it. In general, that's not necessarily possible (though you can get away with it in special cases). In any case, doing that without a UPS would probably be risky, since there would be a (probably very long) period of time where the filesystem is totally incomprehensible to BOTH filesystem drivers (old and new), and if the system dies during that time, say bye-bye to your data.
Yes, but I don't think Microsoft is the sole copyright holder of its software either.
What do *you* think will happen if all your data is put on an IIS server?
Are you sure that app was sandboxed? I suspect it ran with the same privileges as whoever was logged in at the time.
I don't know about Mozilla, but Mozilla Firefox works great for me.
On the other hand, I'm using Debian packages, which are often heavily modified for stability or integration with the rest of the OS.
Yes, this is a shameless Debian advocacy post. :-)
With whom? It's not like good IT staff is easy to come by. Especially IT staff that is competent in solving elusive MS Windows problems.
What would you suggest a person use? (If you're going to say 'Microsoft Windows', you'd better have a convincing explanation if you want to be taken seriously.)
Maybe it's a Beowulf (cluster) Stack of Dipole magnetic confinement tori...
...that use hot grits as fuel
...and is dying?
Nice touch. I like how you "quote" something that isn't in the post you referenced.
We can get rid of this guy and make Slashdot a better place.
How?
We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
What's wrong with that?
The last thing we need is a new design that allows arbitrary user programs to have read/write access to the entire screen (read-only access is bad enough). Sooner or later, we are going to start running arbitrary programs on our computers in a secure sandbox environment that is enforced by the OS (and ultimately, the CPU). What happens when some cute little game your spouse downloaded yesterday decides to make itself look like your electronic banking program? Under this architecture, how do we avoid that? Hack every display driver in existence? Trust the shared library to prevent this?
In Soviet Russia, the phrase catches YOU!
If actions which are otherwise prohibited by copyright law are not covered by the GPL, then they are prohibited by copyright law.
And, even if SCO didn't say they don't believe in the GPL (which they did) they violated the GPL and therefore can't claim permission under the GPL as a defence for copyright infringement.