Convenient? MP3's? I do agree CD's and DVD's are poorly designed though. Nothing is more inconvenient than the CD. For useability, it's yet to match the floppy. As for MP3's, I've been in IT for around 10-11 years and I've yet to rip a CD to MP3. I don't subscribe to anything that thinks 20 steps to completion is convenient.
The reason this guy is off the mark is because people want to touch what they buy, generally.
JAV
Let's see...another "in-the-know" flake is clueing us in on what our future will be like. The chance of probably is about 10%. At least, that's my prediction.
JAV
Great. Take an under-powered hybrid and drop a feature into it that prices it on par with a "normal" car and see who buys it. No one. Then again, why am I worried. Like Linux PDA's, this car won't even be imported.
JAV
They have no "plans," no "concrete plans," etc. This is all worded this way for a reason. They don't want to pull their teeth here, since they are attempting to exact licensing fees on Linux users. You can bet if some 5,000 seat company said "Hey, SCO, go pound sand up your ass on this license crap!" they would likely start "re-thinking" their lawsuit strategy in regards to Linux users and companies. And keep in mind, they may eventually just put this under the umbrella of the BSA. I would think, though, they would have to win in court to do this, but I'm not sure.
Here's to hoping they get a reality check way before then!
JAV
More tax, tax, tax. When are we going to get fed up enough to demand better treatment? Florida in effect just said, "Don't bring your server farms, HQ's, and field offices here!" They've finally managed to attract something other than restaurants, tourists traps, and beach bums and now they're going to run them off again. I can just imagine who'll be exempt: legislater's personal offices and home LAN's of course.
JAV
RMS is a zealot, extremist, whathaveyou but the biggest problem is that you can't take him too seriously. I think he serves the greater good in that his ideals provide a framework of thought for what we all might like to see and thus can incorporate bits and pieces into practical application. The problem comes when you try to live completely by those ideals. Much like many environmentalists, eventually you find yourself alienated in your idealism or worse, you encounter a catch 22 of sorts in your idealism. In the west, for instance, environmentalists are in a quandry over forests because on the one hand, they want them protected and on the other, if left unmanaged under growth abounds and you are left with an imbalance in fuel that, when set fire, threatens that which they protect. In a very real sense this can parallel the GNU community in that ideas that may involve anti-RMS philosophy may be needed to move the GNU system forward.
JAV
Okay, I wasn't aware that this worm didn't use port 80. My bad. What's bad is, our desktops are being slammed. That's where this thing get's ugly. Someone logs on at home, brings it in toan Enterprise and voila!
JAV
Ummm..is it not functionally inhibitive to block port 80 on a webserver? That's the port this is using. It's using a DCOM exploit, not just standard RPC.
JAV
I appreciate your view on that. It's at least willing to admit science is in fact a moving target (often, if not largely). You seem to take a much more pragmatic approach than those who say "Hey! We know how the universe will end!" I found it interesting that the other Slashdot post dealing with that topic followed it up with "we know it will likely happen one of two ways." So...the truth is...we DON'T know how the universe will end.
Full of missing links? Perhaps you should take your discoveries to a major university and take some credit for them. Science seems repleat with an abundance of "gaps" that you seem to think are filled. Further, it's with typical arrogance that those who talk about these links hale the "rich diversity" of the past with so little in the fossil record to really prove that such links existed. But then again, we can always throw in a few more "millenia," a dash of radiation sources, and voila mutations that "had to have existed" and links that "must have been." Oh yeah, and lets take a small bone from the pallet of some unknown mammal and then extrapolate a model..."wait, according to our computer model we have a yet another in the long line of missing links!"
Don't drink the cool-aide!
JAV
Quick! Get yours now before we go to court and we'll send you a..uh...a paper license! This beautiful paper license bears the lovely SCO logo and entitles you to a single CPU license of Linux! But wait! You also get this rare invisible shield that protects you from litigation! This virtually miraculous cloak will keep attorney David Boies from naming you in any further litigation involving IP disputes! How much you ask? Act now, on this special Internet offer and this can all be yours for $699!! Hurry! This offer will not last for ever! Soon will we be plunged into litigation and possible bankruptcy! Get yours now!!!
JAV
Why do we need a religion to embrace evolution? Evolution is not a proof or a proven theory. What happens if later we find a more viable theory, say that our planet was populated by our ancestors from a dying planet? Will our religion have to change once again to embrace that? Religion that embraces everything is not religion. It's therapy.:)
JAV
1. The fact that major transformative jumps interspecies are always clarified with a radiation exposure claim.
2. No explanation of polystrait trees in the timeline.
3. DNA evidence suggesting that our "link" to neanderthals isn't suggestive.
4. Fossil evidence showing human fossils among fossil remains that we were not supposed to have co-existed with.
There's much more.
JAV
Look you can ridicule "Intelligent Design" or the existence of God all you like. The truth is, there are significant problems with Evolution as it is currently reported. The fact is, Evolution is a system of faith just as Creationism. Fundementalists have distorted the idea of "faith." All faith is is simply the belief in the preponderance of evidence. It's a belief that the evidence points to a given conclusion. Evolutionists, clergy, you, me, scientists, physicists, we all live with a system of faith or even systems of faith. It just sounds more chic to say "You Creationists bet everything on faith." Well, guess what....we all do!
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I can see where downloading new titles could account for some not buying cd's. But how much of that goes on? I must admit I download very little music. If I did, it'd likely be older titles. Frankly, older songs should be made available at a discount in my opinion, but the music stores and RIAA doesn't do this. While I don't condone piracy or stealing or the like, it is interesting to sit back and watch the music industry get screwed the way they've hurt so many bands. I think the reality is that downloading is going to occur. What the RIAA is doing is trying to plug each hole as it occurs not realizing that there are just too many and that it's time for a new ship. People are tired of the current pricing structure. Now, what is RIAA going to do about it? If they keep this strategy of going after the millions of downloaders, they're just going to hurt their business in the long run.
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Convenient? MP3's? I do agree CD's and DVD's are poorly designed though. Nothing is more inconvenient than the CD. For useability, it's yet to match the floppy. As for MP3's, I've been in IT for around 10-11 years and I've yet to rip a CD to MP3. I don't subscribe to anything that thinks 20 steps to completion is convenient. The reason this guy is off the mark is because people want to touch what they buy, generally. JAV
Let's see...another "in-the-know" flake is clueing us in on what our future will be like. The chance of probably is about 10%. At least, that's my prediction. JAV
Great. Take an under-powered hybrid and drop a feature into it that prices it on par with a "normal" car and see who buys it. No one. Then again, why am I worried. Like Linux PDA's, this car won't even be imported. JAV
They have no "plans," no "concrete plans," etc. This is all worded this way for a reason. They don't want to pull their teeth here, since they are attempting to exact licensing fees on Linux users. You can bet if some 5,000 seat company said "Hey, SCO, go pound sand up your ass on this license crap!" they would likely start "re-thinking" their lawsuit strategy in regards to Linux users and companies. And keep in mind, they may eventually just put this under the umbrella of the BSA. I would think, though, they would have to win in court to do this, but I'm not sure. Here's to hoping they get a reality check way before then! JAV
I'm so glad he's not buying anymore Ferrari's. Now I can finally get a salesman to talk to me! yeah right...(sigh) JAV
M$ makes that cool-aide sooooo sweet! What? You thought it was going to tastes like shit up front? JAV
More tax, tax, tax. When are we going to get fed up enough to demand better treatment? Florida in effect just said, "Don't bring your server farms, HQ's, and field offices here!" They've finally managed to attract something other than restaurants, tourists traps, and beach bums and now they're going to run them off again. I can just imagine who'll be exempt: legislater's personal offices and home LAN's of course. JAV
The very thing that AOL was getting bitched at about? By M$ as I recall? or is my memory failing me.... JAV
So one has developed a Linux PDA for under $499! They must have hired friggin' geniuses compared to many other companies. JAV
RMS is a zealot, extremist, whathaveyou but the biggest problem is that you can't take him too seriously. I think he serves the greater good in that his ideals provide a framework of thought for what we all might like to see and thus can incorporate bits and pieces into practical application. The problem comes when you try to live completely by those ideals. Much like many environmentalists, eventually you find yourself alienated in your idealism or worse, you encounter a catch 22 of sorts in your idealism. In the west, for instance, environmentalists are in a quandry over forests because on the one hand, they want them protected and on the other, if left unmanaged under growth abounds and you are left with an imbalance in fuel that, when set fire, threatens that which they protect. In a very real sense this can parallel the GNU community in that ideas that may involve anti-RMS philosophy may be needed to move the GNU system forward. JAV
Okay, I wasn't aware that this worm didn't use port 80. My bad. What's bad is, our desktops are being slammed. That's where this thing get's ugly. Someone logs on at home, brings it in toan Enterprise and voila! JAV
Ummm..is it not functionally inhibitive to block port 80 on a webserver? That's the port this is using. It's using a DCOM exploit, not just standard RPC. JAV
I wonder if Jesse Venture is a Chimera Twin. He's always saying "I'm my own person!"
I appreciate your view on that. It's at least willing to admit science is in fact a moving target (often, if not largely). You seem to take a much more pragmatic approach than those who say "Hey! We know how the universe will end!" I found it interesting that the other Slashdot post dealing with that topic followed it up with "we know it will likely happen one of two ways." So...the truth is...we DON'T know how the universe will end.
Ummm...maybe you should take a course in rhetoric...you completely missed the fact that I was being sarcastic.
Full of missing links? Perhaps you should take your discoveries to a major university and take some credit for them. Science seems repleat with an abundance of "gaps" that you seem to think are filled. Further, it's with typical arrogance that those who talk about these links hale the "rich diversity" of the past with so little in the fossil record to really prove that such links existed. But then again, we can always throw in a few more "millenia," a dash of radiation sources, and voila mutations that "had to have existed" and links that "must have been." Oh yeah, and lets take a small bone from the pallet of some unknown mammal and then extrapolate a model..."wait, according to our computer model we have a yet another in the long line of missing links!" Don't drink the cool-aide! JAV
I'm so glad we've discovered how the universe will end. WHEW! JAV
Well, it could be better. I've used Ogle, MPlayer and both are often like watching local channels in rural Tennessee. >
So if shared by computer would they call it CompTIA? (okay, that was bad.) JAV
Microsoft continues anti-trust practices! We now take you to your regularly scheduled program. GO EU! JAV
Quick! Get yours now before we go to court and we'll send you a ..uh...a paper license! This beautiful paper license bears the lovely SCO logo and entitles you to a single CPU license of Linux! But wait! You also get this rare invisible shield that protects you from litigation! This virtually miraculous cloak will keep attorney David Boies from naming you in any further litigation involving IP disputes! How much you ask? Act now, on this special Internet offer and this can all be yours for $699!! Hurry! This offer will not last for ever! Soon will we be plunged into litigation and possible bankruptcy! Get yours now!!!
JAV
Why do we need a religion to embrace evolution? Evolution is not a proof or a proven theory. What happens if later we find a more viable theory, say that our planet was populated by our ancestors from a dying planet? Will our religion have to change once again to embrace that? Religion that embraces everything is not religion. It's therapy. :)
JAV
1. The fact that major transformative jumps interspecies are always clarified with a radiation exposure claim. 2. No explanation of polystrait trees in the timeline. 3. DNA evidence suggesting that our "link" to neanderthals isn't suggestive. 4. Fossil evidence showing human fossils among fossil remains that we were not supposed to have co-existed with. There's much more. JAV
Look you can ridicule "Intelligent Design" or the existence of God all you like. The truth is, there are significant problems with Evolution as it is currently reported. The fact is, Evolution is a system of faith just as Creationism. Fundementalists have distorted the idea of "faith." All faith is is simply the belief in the preponderance of evidence. It's a belief that the evidence points to a given conclusion. Evolutionists, clergy, you, me, scientists, physicists, we all live with a system of faith or even systems of faith. It just sounds more chic to say "You Creationists bet everything on faith." Well, guess what....we all do! >
I can see where downloading new titles could account for some not buying cd's. But how much of that goes on? I must admit I download very little music. If I did, it'd likely be older titles. Frankly, older songs should be made available at a discount in my opinion, but the music stores and RIAA doesn't do this. While I don't condone piracy or stealing or the like, it is interesting to sit back and watch the music industry get screwed the way they've hurt so many bands. I think the reality is that downloading is going to occur. What the RIAA is doing is trying to plug each hole as it occurs not realizing that there are just too many and that it's time for a new ship. People are tired of the current pricing structure. Now, what is RIAA going to do about it? If they keep this strategy of going after the millions of downloaders, they're just going to hurt their business in the long run. >