its obvious they do enjoy smashing microsoft...but i doubt its for the "ads". contrary, wouldn't they like to offend as little advertisers as possible?
slashdot is based on the open source movement, while Microsoft is the poster-boy for the exact opposite. because of this,/. obviously has a bias; but then again, doesnt everyone?
p.s- if you are offended by such articles, why are you visiting the site at all?
Mihajlo A. Jovanovic...Mihajlo A. Jovanovic..
try saying that three times fast! on a more serious note, it looks like this may be next in line for the p2p executions going around...
Luke Perry?::ack:: grabs throat due to horror/disgust/dislodged-food.
personally, i was never a fan of "B5/Andromeda/Star Trek/Earth Final Conflict"...so I guess I am not too excited about this. not to mention luke perry isn't helping either...
as one reader writes: Maybe now I'll be able to run XP at an acceptable speed! At least until Microsoft tells me not to!
my personal theory is that microsoft's os' determine the specs of your machine and occupy 95% of it, no matter how much you paid for it. and of course it's never "windows" fault when it crashes...it's that damn 3rd party software!;-)
nope, you seem to have it a little wrong there. bush wants to be a dictator. the acts he has proposed may seem like something of the sort, but he still has most of the American public supporting him. until that wanes he can do whatever he wants...
i think the subject needs a little more..er..pizazz. oh, and to keep this on topic-i am suprised..this report is coming out after the whole.com craze. where was this report during 2000?:-)
this came from an old post of mine, but i thought it would fit this situation:
well..if we base future predictions on current programming techniques and on the continuing domination of the market by microsoft- we have nothing to fear, general protection faults will protect us
this may not be a relevant comparison but it's how i see it:
beta-testers help you with your program...they are essential, but at the same time volunteers. in this case, they want money..but why? for helping your development? if they can get away with it, why doesnt the manufacterer's of the computer your working on take a piece of your code too...they provided you with development tools, right?
i am pretty sure those last statements were garbled and i am too lazy to go back and read it over, so let me summarize this in one sentence: they dont deserve anything but a pat on the back and a thank you card. =)
i have been hearing alot about this recently and was wondering one thing:
Why is it necessary?
linux is obviously great as an operating system, but would it be a tremendous improvement on a gaming console? and if perhaps it did (i have no idea), then wouldnt games designated for ps2 have to be programmed for two different environments? the whole thing seems a little overblown to me, but i am probably not seeing the whole picture.
the "forumula" to a medecinal, pharmaceutical (yep, i cant spell), and other products are patented although they did not "invent" these, just mix them together. =)
did someone invent scientific forumulas? it doesnt matter if it's "invented", only if the person is responsible for bringing it to everyone elses attention. when they patent it, they are not going to charge you monthly because you were born with such a gene, only for operations that might occur (such as growing you a third arm). i am not for/against the whole process, i just dont think its an open and shut topic. (i hope that made at least some sense)
the big hack is actually a variation of "finding more from user" option in morpheus. when following the instructions you are only shown files that are specifically shares. sounds more like a big flop to me...
well..if we base future predictions on current programming techniques and on the continuing domination of the market by microsoft- we have nothing to fear, general protection faults will protect us;-)
I agree. In the past, all you would have to do is burn down a village's grain silo or block a couple critical trade routes. Modern societies are more robust and better able to withstand and recover from an attack. Technology neither helps nor hurts attackers; it's agnostic. The main things that change are the targets and methods.
this is the same as i noted above. the danger has increased as it is everyone has the tools and potentially knowledge to commit these acts. burning someone else's grain silo or trading wagon is not comparable to possible attacks these days, which could affect millions in the least.
XorNand writes: "Foreign Policy magazine has an interesting article regarding the ever-increasing vulnerability of our tech-dependant society. We're easy prey because of two key trends: First, the growing technological capacity of small groups and individuals to destroy things and people; and, second, the increasing vulnerability of our economic and technological systems to carefully aimed attacks. While commentators have devoted considerable ink and airtime to the first of these trends, they've paid far less attention to the second, and they've virtually ignored their combined effect."
i dont believe our systems are any more vulnerable than before, just easier accessed. quite contrary, security, forensics, and other "government" techniques/skills has increased 10-fold. it is always "scary" to think that anyone with the right skills could crack into our government computers..but then again the keyword is skills. a viable solution would probably be to increase tech national budget...although i doubt thats happening anytime soon.
The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying
Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware,
Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers.
Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house
*BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim
*BSD continues to decay
Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time.
For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead
the only thing i admired about this post was your ability to say the same thing over and over and over and over...with no proof whatsoever. the link you gave has nothing to do with the argument surrounding it and your facts have no base (you just made them up on the spot)
I am not sure if the Buddhists have any fundamentalists, but if not, they are the only ones of the major religions. After all, the biggest religions are the ones that had the biggest armies.
Buddhists, Jainists (which i probably misspelled), and Taoists are exempt from the comment above..except that i still believe there are a number members of each that distort "the original word" to their own purposes (ie. hate). come to think of it, thats how all religion/beliefs work....:)
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its obvious they do enjoy smashing microsoft...but i doubt its for the "ads". contrary, wouldn't they like to offend as little advertisers as possible?
p.s- if you are offended by such articles, why are you visiting the site at all?
Mihajlo A. Jovanovic...Mihajlo A. Jovanovic..
try saying that three times fast! on a more serious note, it looks like this may be next in line for the p2p executions going around...
looks a bit like a G4Mac...mere coincidence? nananana (lame attempt at twightlight zone theme song)
personally, i was never a fan of "B5/Andromeda/Star Trek/Earth Final Conflict"...so I guess I am not too excited about this. not to mention luke perry isn't helping either...
All the uptime is bad for M$? excuse me, i need to giggle like a schoolgirl...
my personal theory is that microsoft's os' determine the specs of your machine and occupy 95% of it, no matter how much you paid for it. and of course it's never "windows" fault when it crashes...it's that damn 3rd party software! ;-)
nope, you seem to have it a little wrong there. bush wants to be a dictator. the acts he has proposed may seem like something of the sort, but he still has most of the American public supporting him. until that wanes he can do whatever he wants...
i think the subject needs a little more..er..pizazz. oh, and to keep this on topic-i am suprised..this report is coming out after the whole .com craze. where was this report during 2000? :-)
well..if we base future predictions on current programming techniques and on the continuing domination of the market by microsoft- we have nothing to fear, general protection faults will protect us
hope that calms some fears...
beta-testers help you with your program...they are essential, but at the same time volunteers. in this case, they want money..but why? for helping your development? if they can get away with it, why doesnt the manufacterer's of the computer your working on take a piece of your code too...they provided you with development tools, right?
i am pretty sure those last statements were garbled and i am too lazy to go back and read it over, so let me summarize this in one sentence: they dont deserve anything but a pat on the back and a thank you card. =)
Why is it necessary?
linux is obviously great as an operating system, but would it be a tremendous improvement on a gaming console? and if perhaps it did (i have no idea), then wouldnt games designated for ps2 have to be programmed for two different environments? the whole thing seems a little overblown to me, but i am probably not seeing the whole picture.
i believe the key to having good code is to have multiple people write and critique it. (hint: open source)
this is the same as i noted above. the danger has increased as it is everyone has the tools and potentially knowledge to commit these acts. burning someone else's grain silo or trading wagon is not comparable to possible attacks these days, which could affect millions in the least.
One word: Kaboom.
i dont believe our systems are any more vulnerable than before, just easier accessed. quite contrary, security, forensics, and other "government" techniques/skills has increased 10-fold. it is always "scary" to think that anyone with the right skills could crack into our government computers..but then again the keyword is skills. a viable solution would probably be to increase tech national budget...although i doubt thats happening anytime soon.
The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying
Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware,
Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers.
Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house
*BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim
*BSD continues to decay
Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time.
For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead
the only thing i admired about this post was your ability to say the same thing over and over and over and over...with no proof whatsoever. the link you gave has nothing to do with the argument surrounding it and your facts have no base (you just made them up on the spot)