The time of hacker ethics comes to an end. So now - aside from White Hats and Black Hats, you will have Navy Hats stating "we do this just for greater good of America".
> News flash: If you say dumb things on the Internet, someone might notice. > > How this constitutes a hazard unique to "social networks" is neither explained > nor hinted at.
Maybe it is not explained in the article, but both you and I, and many slashdot readers know why it is so.
I can tell it in one sentence:
Explosion of social web networking (think: blogs) makes content creators from people, who otherwise would never become authors.
chill out:)
by "this business" I mean production of computer software & hardware.
95% of people who buy all these funny powerfull personal computers, do not need them. it's a matter of the same marketing which makes you so angry. and "buzzwords" are vital part of it.
that's what i meant, nothing more.
> Good bye Citrix then, because that's exactly what their enhanced-RDC product does.
Citrix does much more than TS, including: - multiplatform - easy app distribution - better sound/printer/ports mapping - better protocol (ICA, not RDP!)
If they offered "exactly the same", the market would say them goodbye many years ago.
> most Slackers tend to recompile kernel anyway. hmm I do it only when I miss some important kernel feature. Slackware kernel packages are something you can rely upon. I'd guess most slackers stick with it.
It's a shame that they didn't include backing up to DVD or disk. Yes, you can use the disk holding area and manually clean it out periodically so it doesn't fill up. That's what I do.
why don't you use vtapes?
> more feature-rich, updated patches exist Yes. That's why many (me included) use openwall patches when rolling 2.4 kernels. Feature-rich means "may-be-buggy" (or at least harder to review and apply).
I think trust is the keyword for this situation. I trust openwall. Their patches work and do only a few simple but important things. This is the Right Way in unix world.
"IT professionals will be able to consolidate the total number of servers running 64-bit (processors) and users will be able to have bigger mailbox size," he said.
They are implemented on a mailserver without fully informing the users of the ramifications (or really informing them at all)
They block messages without notification to the sender, causing things to be silently dropped
Even if the recipient becomes aware of the problem, few or no options are given for the recipient to alter this "service"
These three points are the definition of poorly designed anti-spam system. But not all (a minority, as they mature) of them are so fscked up.
Concerning most anti-spam approaches (as you suggest), at least points 2 and 3 are not true.
2) is partially true, because most admins choose recipient notifying/message tagging, not "silent dropping".
3) most today's AS systems are able of training, or other user interaction, even disabling the AS service.
So, however your criticism is reasonable, it does not make all server-based anti-spam systems pointless.
Windows XP already has basic functionality allowing user to switch into admin mode ( runas
shell utility, and "Fast user switching" ).
I mean that in's not much more a nightmare than running linux desktop in limited (that is, user) mode.
However, Windows XP administrative tools don't keep up compared to Gnome/KDE control centers, which allow switching to admin mode directly from GUI through some sudo-like tools, or setuid/setgid binaries (last ones being not so secure BTW).
IMHO, they could easilly set is as default in next Windows version, without much effort.
Isn't it essentially the same case of "bundling" (binding one service/product to another), like with Media Player and Windows?
And don't you think it's okay, until we have no monopolies?
Maybe it's the best approach.
I mean turning Linux into functional, but "idiot-proof" workstation. Increase number of runlevels and make each of them somehow limited. It could be a boost towards popularizing Linux desktop.
He was talking about principles, and you are trying to reduce it to the problem of defending/not defending Microsoft.
My principles are similar, and i'd like just to add
that such solution ( tax proportionally to market share )
is naive. I'll cite it again:
The smartest reader of all suggested that
companies be taxed on their market share so that a company like Microsoft with 90 percent share would pay a 90 percent tax rate. The nice part about this idea is that it actually would encourage competition as well as industry alliances. The naive part is that it assumes legislative resolve that does not exist and also assumes Microsoft actually pays taxes which, for the most part, it doesn't. Still, the idea is clever.
Strip the "Microsoft" word and you have same socialistic crap as we heard enough.
Just try to estimate incomes, predictability of such taxing model.
Better solutions (I mean good anti-monopoly laws) should be developed.
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Blame Google Translate... Actually he said "I am turning in the tablet".
The time of hacker ethics comes to an end. So now - aside from White Hats and Black Hats, you will have Navy Hats stating "we do this just for greater good of America".
That's what the business needs, isn't it?
For a project manager, it's better to have a team of replaceable Java professionals, than a bunch of non-replaceable "proper language" programmers.
> News flash: If you say dumb things on the Internet, someone might notice.
>
> How this constitutes a hazard unique to "social networks" is neither explained
> nor hinted at.
Maybe it is not explained in the article, but both you and I, and many slashdot readers know why it is so.
I can tell it in one sentence:
Explosion of social web networking (think: blogs) makes content creators from people, who otherwise would never become authors.
> Bandwidth management _must_ not rely on the host's cooperation.
I agree 100%, but that's how TOS/diffserv was designed many years ago.
Microsoft is just trying to keep up...
chill out :)
by "this business" I mean production of computer software & hardware.
95% of people who buy all these funny powerfull personal computers, do not need them. it's a matter of the same marketing which makes you so angry. and "buzzwords" are vital part of it.
that's what i meant, nothing more.
Don't complain too much about buzzwords :)
They make this business run, if you didn't notice.
> Good bye Citrix then, because that's exactly what their enhanced-RDC product does.
Citrix does much more than TS, including:
- multiplatform
- easy app distribution
- better sound/printer/ports mapping
- better protocol (ICA, not RDP!)
If they offered "exactly the same", the market would say them goodbye many years ago.
> most Slackers tend to recompile kernel anyway.
hmm
I do it only when I miss some important kernel feature.
Slackware kernel packages are something you can rely upon.
I'd guess most slackers stick with it.
Time for a poll, maybe?
Why the hell chkdsk & defrag everyday? You are wasting your hard drive this way.
It's a shame that they didn't include backing up to DVD or disk. Yes, you can use the disk holding area and manually clean it out periodically so it doesn't fill up. That's what I do.
why don't you use vtapes?
> more feature-rich, updated patches exist
Yes.
That's why many (me included) use openwall patches when rolling 2.4 kernels.
Feature-rich means "may-be-buggy" (or at least harder to review and apply).
I think trust is the keyword for this situation.
I trust openwall.
Their patches work and do only a few simple but important things.
This is the Right Way in unix world.
oh dammit.
:)))
thanks for reposting this, i feel quite the same. usenet realised me this fascinating idea pool, which global network should be.
anyway, usenet won't die until there are too few people to maintain it
regards, Filip
you are so brilliant!
"IT professionals will be able to consolidate the total number of servers running 64-bit (processors) and users will be able to have bigger mailbox size," he said.
twice bigger, i guess?
Softway was acquired by MS in 1999, after the succesful half - POSIX compliant Windows NT release. See here, here, and here.
Since then, we have no evidence of real work towards POSIX compliance in Microsoft operating systems. Just marketing, for now.
These three points are the definition of poorly designed anti-spam system. But not all (a minority, as they mature) of them are so fscked up.
Concerning most anti-spam approaches (as you suggest), at least points 2 and 3 are not true.
2) is partially true, because most admins choose recipient notifying/message tagging, not "silent dropping".
3) most today's AS systems are able of training, or other user interaction, even disabling the AS service.
So, however your criticism is reasonable, it does not make all server-based anti-spam systems pointless.
The rest is correct. OK, I am Polish, so he may have a different opinion.
Proxy for phone networks? great.
The usual smalltalk would be cached, thus allowing faster response and connect times for unique conversations.
For example, mother-in-law would be treated as a huge page with many static elements.
Windows XP already has basic functionality allowing user to switch into admin mode ( runas shell utility, and "Fast user switching" ).
I mean that in's not much more a nightmare than running linux desktop in limited (that is, user) mode.
However, Windows XP administrative tools don't keep up compared to Gnome/KDE control centers, which allow switching to admin mode directly from GUI through some sudo-like tools, or setuid/setgid binaries (last ones being not so secure BTW).
IMHO, they could easilly set is as default in next Windows version, without much effort.
Did you try to implement this 802.11 WiFi Denial of Service Exploit Discovered Not So Long Time Ago?
As far as I understand, this would block all 802.11x communication in the area.
Isn't it essentially the same case of "bundling" (binding one service/product to another), like with Media Player and Windows?
And don't you think it's okay, until we have no monopolies?
Currently, I'm using Red Hat 9 with GDM autologin...
You can drop GDM and its autologin.
RTF:
man xinit
man su
( hint: su - anon xinit session )
Maybe it's the best approach.
I mean turning Linux into functional, but "idiot-proof" workstation. Increase number of runlevels and make each of them somehow limited. It could be a boost towards popularizing Linux desktop.
Powerful idea IMHO.
My principles are similar, and i'd like just to add that such solution ( tax proportionally to market share ) is naive. I'll cite it again: Strip the "Microsoft" word and you have same socialistic crap as we heard enough.
Just try to estimate incomes, predictability of such taxing model.
Better solutions (I mean good anti-monopoly laws) should be developed.