Though her reporting and writing skills do leave something to be desired, she did break the SCO lawsuit story. In January 2004, she said that SCO was preparing for a big suit against IBM over Linux and everybody guffawed and SCO denied it. Then in March, it turned out she was right. Again, one time that you're right doesn't make you a good journalist.
I really hate that acronym. FLOSS reminds me of brushing and FLOSSing (ie - picking the crap out from between your teeth). Is it really too much to ask to write out Free and Open Source software or how about Free/Open Source software? I can just see what's next - we'll be referrring to some development process as ENEMA.
Acronym loving developer: I advocate the use of FLOSS and if it's with ENEMA, all the better.
CIO: You're fired.
Realize, please, that calling in The Government has never produced a magical cure for any problem. In some cases, however, it certainly has done a miraculous job of making things worse.
I agree with this to a certain point. I think that given small scale problems, government is not the place to look for a solution. But you have to admit the problems of the Internet are becoming wide-scale. Most of the email that now moves around is spam. Most of this is moved by zombied PCs running Windows. Most of the spy ware, malware and other maladies out there take advantage of flaws in Windows. 90%+ of all PCs in the world run Windows. Microsoft is a monopoly. Monopolies cannot be fixed by market forces - because they fix the market. If government can't fix it, and the market is no longer capable of doing it, then who/what will?
Microsoft will always react by protecting their interests. If it's in their best interests to fix it quickly, they will. It it isn't, they won't.
Who I am beginning to hope will start to react to this kind of thing is our governments. As we depend on the WWW/Internet for so much of our daily lives, I think it's time for a summit to be called about improving the state of "Information Superhighway". This particular highway is beginning to look like one of these roads you hear about in Afghanistan where you can't get from point A to B without something nasty happening.
What we need is a solution to the monoculture of Microsoft and not just another fine (like what recently happened with he EU) that MS will just write off in their next quarterly statement. We need them to skip the fines and simply say: Fix your crappy software or we will shut you down. It will never happen, of course.
Does this mean that statistic reflects servers in a more or less 'official' capacity (aka open relays)?
What percentage of spam is relayed from trojaned Windows machines on home broadband accounts? I would assume that this has got to be a high number - and higher every day. As we know, MyDoom, for example, as just spam a trojan in disguise. With such a high percentage given to China, I would assume that they haven't taken into account spam relayed through zombies.
Yes, and it's doubly sad because we're wasting time and resources on tracking down kids downloading Britney Spears when we could and should be tracking down terrorists. But it seems that pr0n, pot and p2p are the priority with the DOJ.
I waiting for the ultimate spam solution, which is - when the total number of spam reaches 70-90% of all email sent, email is officially declared useless, people stop using it and spam stops being a problem because there's no sense sending it anymore
I believe she's stated many times that when the SCO case blows over (and SCO blows up and McBride and Co. dry up and blow away) she wanted the site to evolve into a forum for open source and free software legal issues. As far as getting out, I don't think she's ever said that.
People who propose anti-spam measures should keep one thing clearly in mind, it seems to me. Spam will decrease as the cost of sending it increases.
Though I'm no fan of Microsoft or Bill Gates, the solution proposed by them - one where a complicated math calculation is required for every mail they send - is on the right track because at least, in theory, it becomes expensive to send mail and therefore spammers are at a disadvantage. If this is to be a really workable solution, only time will tell - and given the MS tradition of hype... who knows.
Schemes that make it expensive for the handlers (networks, ISPs) or the recipients, are not the way to go. After reading the article, it seems that this is just another one of those.
I have several PCs here in my home office (I telecommute) and I rather like the noise as well. I suppose that where you work, it should sound like your work. Like, if I were a sound board guy, I should hear the band, I suppose.
The slash code removed my accented 'a'. The people of Catalunya (Catalonia) and Valencia would probably not refer to cava as 'champan' (cham-PAN), being proud of what they produce, but in the interior Castellano speaking provinces they do.
I had some Juve y Camps on Christmas eve and it was excellent. I also tried 'Dominio de la Vega' from Valencia, but this is probably not available outside Spain. If you take another trip, you could look for some. It's also excellent. It must have small bubbles:)
I love these funny anecdotes about Spain. They are generally untrue, that's what makes them so funny. These travel guides have to sell an adventure and I suppose that insulting the local wine classifies as danger. Anyway...
If you've lived in Spain, or travelled there extensively, you will find that the most Spaniards refer to cava as 'champn' and I have never seen anybody get 'cold and unfriendly'. In Catalua and parts of Valencia is where 'cava' is produced, by legal agreement and some of these are excellent and rival the best French champagnes. Two that stand out are 'Torre Oria' and 'Juve y Camps'. The popular Freixenet, which is sold in the States is quite good, but doesn't really match these that I mentioned.
We can easily imagine a renegade theater allowing camcorders
Well, I can't easily imagine it. I think it's a bit of a stretch. I'm with the parent posting. I think law enforcement has better things to do that this.
This is what I was thinking. I like the idea of making email expensive - it's a good idea in theory, but I am also thinking that spammers might be able to use trojan boxes not only to send their batches 8000 mails but to even do their calculations, like many distributed networks already function.
Thanks for saying this. I have had this opinion for a long time. I keep asking myself every time his name is brought up here: How the hell did Joel Spolsky ever get this status he has? The last time everybody was talking about what a genius this guy is because he moved into new offices. Jeesh! Enough already about Joel!
Could do a take off on a famous Python skit, that, IIRC, was called about a game show called 'Prejudice'. They had a contest where people send in slurs for the Belgians:
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Oops!! Make that January of 2003
Acronym loving developer: I advocate the use of FLOSS and if it's with ENEMA, all the better.
CIO: You're fired.
Would some moderator please give this man a point for 'funny'. Thanks.
I agree with this to a certain point. I think that given small scale problems, government is not the place to look for a solution. But you have to admit the problems of the Internet are becoming wide-scale. Most of the email that now moves around is spam. Most of this is moved by zombied PCs running Windows. Most of the spy ware, malware and other maladies out there take advantage of flaws in Windows. 90%+ of all PCs in the world run Windows. Microsoft is a monopoly. Monopolies cannot be fixed by market forces - because they fix the market. If government can't fix it, and the market is no longer capable of doing it, then who/what will?
I will not. Why don't you be a little more grownup in your responses
Who I am beginning to hope will start to react to this kind of thing is our governments. As we depend on the WWW/Internet for so much of our daily lives, I think it's time for a summit to be called about improving the state of "Information Superhighway". This particular highway is beginning to look like one of these roads you hear about in Afghanistan where you can't get from point A to B without something nasty happening.
What we need is a solution to the monoculture of Microsoft and not just another fine (like what recently happened with he EU) that MS will just write off in their next quarterly statement. We need them to skip the fines and simply say: Fix your crappy software or we will shut you down. It will never happen, of course.
And the 2, how do I pronounce that? Just asking...
Man 1: What do you do?
Man 2: I'm a FOSS developer
Man 1: Yeh... that, um, well... great.
Though I'm no fan of Microsoft or Bill Gates, the solution proposed by them - one where a complicated math calculation is required for every mail they send - is on the right track because at least, in theory, it becomes expensive to send mail and therefore spammers are at a disadvantage. If this is to be a really workable solution, only time will tell - and given the MS tradition of hype ... who knows.
Schemes that make it expensive for the handlers (networks, ISPs) or the recipients, are not the way to go. After reading the article, it seems that this is just another one of those.
Yes, that's true. But then, if you go to the NY Times and look up SCOX and their insider trades, what exactly does 'Open Market Sale' mean?
Plus, I think there is something shady and rather incestuous (for lack of a better word) going on with the companies under the Canopy Group.
Is there a smoking gun? No. Is there something smoldering? Maybe.
I had some Juve y Camps on Christmas eve and it was excellent. I also tried 'Dominio de la Vega' from Valencia, but this is probably not available outside Spain. If you take another trip, you could look for some. It's also excellent. It must have small bubbles :)
If you've lived in Spain, or travelled there extensively, you will find that the most Spaniards refer to cava as 'champn' and I have never seen anybody get 'cold and unfriendly'. In Catalua and parts of Valencia is where 'cava' is produced, by legal agreement and some of these are excellent and rival the best French champagnes. Two that stand out are 'Torre Oria' and 'Juve y Camps'. The popular Freixenet, which is sold in the States is quite good, but doesn't really match these that I mentioned.
Well, I can't easily imagine it. I think it's a bit of a stretch. I'm with the parent posting. I think law enforcement has better things to do that this.
Contest winners for SCO slur contest:
3. SCUM
2. SCrOtum
and the winner is ...
1. Miserable fat SCO bastards!!!