Wait wait, who's in the penguin suit? Should I be wearing the suit? Should Richard Stallman be wearing the suit? Should his goat dick be wearing the suit?
And just why do you think Egg Troll would go through the trouble of getting a new login? He could very well post the same thing under his own. Even though he's modded down to -1, he certainly still seems to get bites.
Based on your logic, I can accurately say that there are approximately 4 users of Slashdot. Between those 4 users, there are nearly 550,000 login names distributed between them. They all post the exact same stuff over and over again.
I'm sorry, but I am not Egg Troll. There are other independent thinkers on this board, but you obviously are not one of them.
By the way, proofread your posts next time. You're making yourself look like an idiot with your grammer and spelling.
Just because something's free doesn't mean it's the best choice. While "Walt's Rusty Scrapheap Playground Set" may be rather inexpensive, I'd rather not have my children dangling over crushed cars, broken water heaters, or old lockable refrigerators.
You think I'm Egg Troll? No sir, I most certainly am not Egg Troll.
The only FUD to be found anywhere in any of these posts is the FUD deep in your heart where you know BSD was crap, is crap, and will continue to be crap until the end of time.
Dude, you *do* know that the "B" in "BSD" is a rather famous public school [berkeley.edu]?
Yes, the "B" refers to the University of California - Berkley, and the "SD" refers to the University of California - San Diego. Even for them, BSD is more of a tinkerer's toy. They're about the only schools that could get away with using it. They have the development know-how right there. For any other school, the down-time alone while figuring out how to fix a problem would cost more than a site-license for Windows NT (And that doesn't even mention any of the other costs associated with getting BSD running - Man hours work, cost of supported equipment (of which there's not much to choose), etc.).
Just because a public school created BSD doesn't make it appropriate for every other school system in the world. The Model T was created by an American, but the Model T certainly isn't suitable for every American.
While *BSD may be appropriate for weekend hackers and tinkerers, it is entirely inappropriate for any school computing solutions...
FreeBSD lacks the sophisticated and user-friendly installation systems offered by the most recent distributions of Linux, e.g. those of Mandrake, Red Hat or Suse.
FreeBSD lags behind Linux in its adaptation to newer hardware developments such as USB interfaces, and tends to lack both kernel support and specific device drivers for such features.
Linux has acquired a degree of plug-and-play functionality (e.g. it will recognise a change of network card and install the appropriate drivers with no user intervention) which is not such a high priority in the FreeBSD philosophy
Major companies (including Sun, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Hewlett Packard) are now making significant components, originally developed for their own proprietary Unix systems, available for use under Linux as well, mostly without licensing fees being payable. These components are not always available for FreeBSD, and if they are ported to that system, it is generally after a considerable delay and without the wide and intensive testing that Linux ports usually receive before full release.
Commercial support and training is becoming widely available for Linux: this is not the case for FreeBSD.
Since very few schools run FreeBSD, the possibilities of mutual help and advice at a school to school level are more limited than they are with Linux.
In the area where FreeBSD is commonly regarded as superior to Linux, the ability of its networking subsystems to cope smoothly with high demand and heavy load, the level of network traffic at which such differences become measurable is some way beyond what a typical school system experiences. In any case, improvements to the Linux network code, together with advances in the key server applications (especially Apache 2 with its use of threads) mean that the advantages of FreeBSD in this area are no longer as clear as they were until relatively recently.
As you can see, Linux is the clear choice for any school based computing initiative. Yet another reason why...
There is no expectation of privacy on the Internet. Just as I don't expect privacy when I walk down the street, order a burger from McDonalds, etc, nor do I expect privacy when I surf to the GE website, Slashdot, etc. (And if you don't think Slashdot collects information from you, you are sadly mistaken.)
No matter how hard you try to remain anonymous, you will not be able to. In fact, it's easier to remain anonymous in real life than it is online. Even if you're transmitting information through proxies, traffic analysis can yield a great amount of information about your doings. There is nothing to prevent Sprint, Verizon, or any other backbone provider from monitoring the flow of information from your system to another system. Hell, your ISP does it all the time.
The Internet is not like a super-secret technocracy where everyone minds their own business. It is a big huge conference room where anyone has the ability to see what anyone else is doing. (Yes, if you work hard enough, you can figure out my surfing habits from my apartment.) Just remember that your computer is built to give away as much information as it can, and it will do so any chance it gets.
So if you want "Webcurity," do what I do. If you wouldn't do it on a stage in front of millions of people, don't do it on the Internet!
Slashdot Mirror
For I am the FP King!
w00t!!!
You can all bow down and suck me off. Thank you.
Wait wait, who's in the penguin suit? Should I be wearing the suit? Should Richard Stallman be wearing the suit? Should his goat dick be wearing the suit?
Please be less ambiguous in the future.
No matter what story I go to, he smears his feces all over it. If I ever meet him I WILL KICK HIS ASS!
And just why do you think Egg Troll would go through the trouble of getting a new login? He could very well post the same thing under his own. Even though he's modded down to -1, he certainly still seems to get bites.
Based on your logic, I can accurately say that there are approximately 4 users of Slashdot. Between those 4 users, there are nearly 550,000 login names distributed between them. They all post the exact same stuff over and over again.
I'm sorry, but I am not Egg Troll. There are other independent thinkers on this board, but you obviously are not one of them.
By the way, proofread your posts next time. You're making yourself look like an idiot with your grammer and spelling.
According to the article... "Freecell was number two, with 14.8 million users". I guess you must have read something different than I did.
The cost savings are what really matter here.
Just because something's free doesn't mean it's the best choice. While "Walt's Rusty Scrapheap Playground Set" may be rather inexpensive, I'd rather not have my children dangling over crushed cars, broken water heaters, or old lockable refrigerators.
You think I'm Egg Troll? No sir, I most certainly am not Egg Troll.
The only FUD to be found anywhere in any of these posts is the FUD deep in your heart where you know BSD was crap, is crap, and will continue to be crap until the end of time.
Dude, you *do* know that the "B" in "BSD" is a rather famous public school [berkeley.edu]?
Yes, the "B" refers to the University of California - Berkley, and the "SD" refers to the University of California - San Diego. Even for them, BSD is more of a tinkerer's toy. They're about the only schools that could get away with using it. They have the development know-how right there. For any other school, the down-time alone while figuring out how to fix a problem would cost more than a site-license for Windows NT (And that doesn't even mention any of the other costs associated with getting BSD running - Man hours work, cost of supported equipment (of which there's not much to choose), etc.).
Just because a public school created BSD doesn't make it appropriate for every other school system in the world. The Model T was created by an American, but the Model T certainly isn't suitable for every American.
While *BSD may be appropriate for weekend hackers and tinkerers, it is entirely inappropriate for any school computing solutions...
As you can see, Linux is the clear choice for any school based computing initiative. Yet another reason why...
BSD IS DEAD
There is no expectation of privacy on the Internet. Just as I don't expect privacy when I walk down the street, order a burger from McDonalds, etc, nor do I expect privacy when I surf to the GE website, Slashdot, etc. (And if you don't think Slashdot collects information from you, you are sadly mistaken.)
No matter how hard you try to remain anonymous, you will not be able to. In fact, it's easier to remain anonymous in real life than it is online. Even if you're transmitting information through proxies, traffic analysis can yield a great amount of information about your doings. There is nothing to prevent Sprint, Verizon, or any other backbone provider from monitoring the flow of information from your system to another system. Hell, your ISP does it all the time.
The Internet is not like a super-secret technocracy where everyone minds their own business. It is a big huge conference room where anyone has the ability to see what anyone else is doing. (Yes, if you work hard enough, you can figure out my surfing habits from my apartment.) Just remember that your computer is built to give away as much information as it can, and it will do so any chance it gets.
So if you want "Webcurity," do what I do. If you wouldn't do it on a stage in front of millions of people, don't do it on the Internet!
This is the way we make a link, make a link, make a link.
This is the way we make a link so people don't have to fix your crappy URL with the damned spaces added in!
WPHBT!
WPHL!
WPHAND!
Yep, like that whole Watergate thing. That was pure bullshit!
w00t!
I'd add more text, but I can't
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