Most common things DO work in linux. Most of the time. And if they don't, you're probably going to need help to get them to work. This is no different from Windows, where things don't always work. The difference is that under Linux, you can do EVERYTHING to get it to work, and under windows, you're pretty much at the mercy of the manufactuer.
Most windows users end up running as admin. Many windows programs need to be admin to run, and people get fed up with this, so they just run everyone as admin.
From the article: "IT Insiders could put their own malelovent code in the product and ship it." Well, that's not much of a concern right now. They just ship windows, and they don't have to worry about placing security holes. They come by default!
Anyone can modify an open-source project. That means I can modify it for my own needs, and even release that code. He fails to understand that that concept does NOT mean that everyone in the world has write-access to the project's CVS server. Sounds like a MS "unbiased survey" article.
Voluntarily? If they redistribute GPL'ed code, they have to follow the GPL. Looks like they better pull that product before they shoot their "GPL is invalid" case in the foot (or the head, for that matter).
Compared to new ground-based telescopes, the Hubble is a technically inferior telescope. But it still gets much better images because it doesn't have the atmosphere. It's not just because it "must be cooler" because it's space-based. No amount of telescope can make up for the atmosphere.
The nation's computer hacking laws are really messed up. You get ACCUSED of hacking, they take all your electronics (all of them, tv's, vcr's, etc). If you get convicted, you never seem them again. Even if it was your wife's computer, she'd be sans that computer (and all the data on the hd). If don't get convicted, all bets are off as to what happens to your data.
Let's say you get convicted. You get, let's say, 10 years in the slammer. You get out, and are not allowed to touch a computer for a while, and when you are, it's even longer before you can use internet, email, etc. You aren't allowed to make any profit (write a book, work in computer security) from computers. Your life (computers) has been taken away from you.
Now, let's say you murdered someone. It wasn't a bad murder, you got off with 20 years. You get out, you can't legally buy guns (but you can still have access to them). Other than a black mark on you record (which you have with computer crimes anyways), your life is relatively back to normal.
Computer crimes should be more civil (fines) rather than criminal. The problem is a lack of education in lawmakers about computers (in general too). They're scared to death of hackers, and want to stop hackers, but probably don't realize how little effect their laws have.
The FDA wasn't the one who regulated ddt, cfc's, etc. It was the EPA. The EPA would have to be the ones to regulate this, but they're pets, so I don't know if they really care.
If you haven't read the answers (probably b/c they're not publicly available), here's a sneak preview:
1) Well, since this is our first shot at this, how about `find/usr/src/linux`. Don't ask us what those funny.h or.c files are, though.
2) Darl McBride. I OWNZER SCO. I OWNZER LUNUX (however it's spelled). I OWNZER YOU!!! hahaha. Hmm, well, we're suing over this question, aren't we?
3) We're very concerned with keeping our private stuff private, so we shred all our documents. This includes financial documents. Whoops, my PR guy just said that that was a bad thing to say, kinda like shooting myself in the foot. But wait! I can't shoot myself in the foot, I need it to count to 13!
4) IBM, you suxor. You gave the code to those linux freaks! A date range would be 1990-2003. It's somewhere in there. We don't know any IBM people, so we can't give names. IBM people scare me, so we can't ask them anything. Sorry
5) All agreements? Your great-grandaddy's momma's fat thrid sister, twice removed, once gave my great-great-great-stepgrandmama's FIRST brother, once removed, some land. That counts, doesn't it? If that doesn't work, well, you gave us some money, so we can do whatever we want, right?
6) This is getting tough. The typing is slowing down, because I need both hands to count this high. But the origin of this code was ME, Mr. Darl McBride. Some Linus guy helped me a little too, but he's kinda insignificant. Copyrights and patents? Well, I put a little c with circle thing in my file, does that count?
7) IBM engaged in unfair competition? Just look at them. Their stuff sells more per day that our stuff ever has! Because we KNOW we've got the best stuff, it must be unfair. And don't pull this "life ain't fair" stuff anymore.
8-9 I dunno, I'm getting tired of this stuff.
10) Hmm, wait a minute. Let me get a local Utah area phone book. I need names, so let me get some fast. At least one of them is bound to be right, right? I'll also put down some names, like Linus Trovolwhat's his name, CmdrTaco (he runs a site of big bad nerds), and that growklaw chick too. They're mean people.
11) Hmm, tough one there. We've made lots of products, but telling you which ones have sold is a tough call. Our sales records were in those documents that were shredded, but I don't ever remember selling anything.
12) A11 of it is OWNZER, PWNED, and those other geek terms (I'm not quite sure how they are spelled, but geeks seem to be bad spellers. What has happened to our youth?) by us. I tried `find/usr/src/linux -exec rm {}\;` becuase one of those big bad geeks out there told me it would automatically find anything I could use for evidence. But it seemed to work kinda like my paper shredder.
13) Yes, you've infrindged my constitutional right to make a profit. Yes, you distributed it. And boy, my feet are getting cold. It's hard to count to 13 without taking a sock of, you know?
Mudflinging with no proof from both sides? The MPlayer guys have provided some evidence, as well as how they got the evidence and how you can find it yourself. The evidence seems pretty compelling. Not to doubt the MPlayer guys, but it's always a wise idea to hear your opponents arguments. If you don't hear your opponents arguments, you may overlook a large hole in yours.
However, there haven't been any arguments from KISS other than "We didnt' do it, we swear, and by the way, if we did it anyways, GPL sucks"
And if GPL is so weak, why do they distribute the rest of the sources used in their stuff?
The redhat's that you are talking about are the consumer ones, not enterprise ones. I doubt much of the consumer redhat stuff is used much or at all. Patches, bugfixes, software manuals, etc, will still be available (7.3 manual is still available). You just won't necessarily be able to get phone support, but I doubt that is used much anyways (correct me if I'm wrong).
Enterprise versions are still supported. RedHat consumer was mostly meant to be a "you want linux easy, here it is, have fun" type thing. Patches, etc will still be available, and I'll bet up2date will still work.
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I know I'm feeding a troll, but:
You can say anything you want to. But you should be prepared to back it up. Carl Sagan once said something like "Extraordinary ideas require extraordinary proof". If you could reference specific repudable works (not just general things), we might believe you. Ignoring facts is one thing. But if you have quite a bit of stuff, and nothing to back it up, there isn't any reason why we should believe you. It's not simply pointing and yelling "heresy", it's saying "you have a claim that most people would ignore and laugh at, but if you can show us some proof, we'll look at it" Also, just becuase you think you have proof, it doesn't mean we'll believe it.
They are using the subtitle stuff to identify that it's their code. I doubt anyone else uses MPlayer's subtitle format, so if MPSub is in there, then it probably came from MPlayer. The subtitle format names are also listed in the same order as MPlayer. These two make it probably more than just a coincidence.
We'll just have to see what KISS says about this. If they release the source, it's probably all good (at least it has been for the FSF in the past)
A 'mothership' in orbit could take real-time video. The problem is the speed of light. It'd take the light at least 5min to get here, and then when we send something back, it'd take another 5min. So by the time we tell it "this way a little", it's already landed (the craft has landed, the question is where and how many pieces)
The constitution says that you can't be forced to incriminate yourself. This basically just means that you can't SAY anything that could be used against you (unless you want to)
It'd be like if you got busted for carrying drugs. If you have a sign on your back, plainly visible, saying "I've got drugs", that's not incriminating yourself. If the police search you and find drugs, it's not self-incrimination. For it to be self-incrimination, the police would have to question you without giving you your miranda rights.
A paralegal does legal research, but in order to really give people legal advice, you need to pass the bar exam. He hasn't done that, so he can't legally give you advice. His name IS on the line, in that if they turn out to be wrong, we won't trust him.
His job is legal research, which is what this article is. If he called it legal advice, he'd be in trouble. That's why he has the disclamer on top of the page.
They are supplying him protection as necessary, he's not starving out in the cold. If I were him (but I'm not), I'd take the flight out and wait for the plane, and try the stunt again later AFTER having planned slightly better.
We need to pull another Iraq on the UN. UN: "Hand over control of the internet to us (the un), and take it away from icann." Bush (or whoever's president at the time) needs to say "Screw you. No."
We've done it before, no reason why we can't do it again. I'll bet that almost every./er know more about how the internet is run and works than all the dipomats combined.
There are a world of difference from what the normal marketing person, executive, etc needs from a computer and what a programmer needs. Most people don't need much in the way of room to play around, and they shouldn't have that room.
Programmers are different. I write code, I need to test it. Maybe it needs root to run. You, as the sysadmin controlling my stuff, need to let me do that. In reality, there almost needs to be a different network for programmers, where they have the room that they need to mess with their code and see how it works. Sysadmins need to understand this difference. Programmers don't need root access to the network's servers, but they might need root access to a testing server, and it's the sysadmin's job to make sure that he can have a testing server running on a network.
I know some other states have it, but it's been tried in Indiana, and it was found cruel/unusual punishment by the court system. I doubt that it will be found this in other states, seeing as they have already implemented it.
IMHO, the entire "punishment" system needs to become "reform". You have a minimum time to serve, and after that, you're not automatically released. When it is determined that you're no longer a threat to society, you're released. Other than that, you stay locked up.
It'd increase the prison population, but it would make the system work better.
Conspiricay theories aside, Carnivore doesn't filter internet traffic. It merely records it all. There is a BIG difference between recording and filtering. Carnovire is also needs a search warrant, so even if they do use it w/o a warrant, it's useless in court.
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Most common things DO work in linux. Most of the time. And if they don't, you're probably going to need help to get them to work. This is no different from Windows, where things don't always work. The difference is that under Linux, you can do EVERYTHING to get it to work, and under windows, you're pretty much at the mercy of the manufactuer.
Most windows users end up running as admin. Many windows programs need to be admin to run, and people get fed up with this, so they just run everyone as admin.
From the article: "IT Insiders could put their own malelovent code in the product and ship it." Well, that's not much of a concern right now. They just ship windows, and they don't have to worry about placing security holes. They come by default!
Anyone can modify an open-source project. That means I can modify it for my own needs, and even release that code. He fails to understand that that concept does NOT mean that everyone in the world has write-access to the project's CVS server. Sounds like a MS "unbiased survey" article.
Voluntarily? If they redistribute GPL'ed code, they have to follow the GPL. Looks like they better pull that product before they shoot their "GPL is invalid" case in the foot (or the head, for that matter).
Compared to new ground-based telescopes, the Hubble is a technically inferior telescope. But it still gets much better images because it doesn't have the atmosphere. It's not just because it "must be cooler" because it's space-based. No amount of telescope can make up for the atmosphere.
The best say "We're #1", the second best say "We're better than they are" Which one is MS doing?
Well, we're geeks here, so B is definately out of the question.
The nation's computer hacking laws are really messed up. You get ACCUSED of hacking, they take all your electronics (all of them, tv's, vcr's, etc). If you get convicted, you never seem them again. Even if it was your wife's computer, she'd be sans that computer (and all the data on the hd). If don't get convicted, all bets are off as to what happens to your data.
Let's say you get convicted. You get, let's say, 10 years in the slammer. You get out, and are not allowed to touch a computer for a while, and when you are, it's even longer before you can use internet, email, etc. You aren't allowed to make any profit (write a book, work in computer security) from computers. Your life (computers) has been taken away from you.
Now, let's say you murdered someone. It wasn't a bad murder, you got off with 20 years. You get out, you can't legally buy guns (but you can still have access to them). Other than a black mark on you record (which you have with computer crimes anyways), your life is relatively back to normal.
Computer crimes should be more civil (fines) rather than criminal. The problem is a lack of education in lawmakers about computers (in general too). They're scared to death of hackers, and want to stop hackers, but probably don't realize how little effect their laws have.
The FDA wasn't the one who regulated ddt, cfc's, etc. It was the EPA. The EPA would have to be the ones to regulate this, but they're pets, so I don't know if they really care.
If you haven't read the answers (probably b/c they're not publicly available), here's a sneak preview:
/usr/src/linux`. Don't ask us what those funny .h or .c files are, though.
/usr/src/linux -exec rm {}\;` becuase one of those big bad geeks out there told me it would automatically find anything I could use for evidence. But it seemed to work kinda like my paper shredder.
1) Well, since this is our first shot at this, how about `find
2) Darl McBride. I OWNZER SCO. I OWNZER LUNUX (however it's spelled). I OWNZER YOU!!! hahaha. Hmm, well, we're suing over this question, aren't we?
3) We're very concerned with keeping our private stuff private, so we shred all our documents. This includes financial documents. Whoops, my PR guy just said that that was a bad thing to say, kinda like shooting myself in the foot. But wait! I can't shoot myself in the foot, I need it to count to 13!
4) IBM, you suxor. You gave the code to those linux freaks! A date range would be 1990-2003. It's somewhere in there. We don't know any IBM people, so we can't give names. IBM people scare me, so we can't ask them anything. Sorry
5) All agreements? Your great-grandaddy's momma's fat thrid sister, twice removed, once gave my great-great-great-stepgrandmama's FIRST brother, once removed, some land. That counts, doesn't it? If that doesn't work, well, you gave us some money, so we can do whatever we want, right?
6) This is getting tough. The typing is slowing down, because I need both hands to count this high. But the origin of this code was ME, Mr. Darl McBride. Some Linus guy helped me a little too, but he's kinda insignificant. Copyrights and patents? Well, I put a little c with circle thing in my file, does that count?
7) IBM engaged in unfair competition? Just look at them. Their stuff sells more per day that our stuff ever has! Because we KNOW we've got the best stuff, it must be unfair. And don't pull this "life ain't fair" stuff anymore.
8-9 I dunno, I'm getting tired of this stuff.
10) Hmm, wait a minute. Let me get a local Utah area phone book. I need names, so let me get some fast. At least one of them is bound to be right, right? I'll also put down some names, like Linus Trovolwhat's his name, CmdrTaco (he runs a site of big bad nerds), and that growklaw chick too. They're mean people.
11) Hmm, tough one there. We've made lots of products, but telling you which ones have sold is a tough call. Our sales records were in those documents that were shredded, but I don't ever remember selling anything.
12) A11 of it is OWNZER, PWNED, and those other geek terms (I'm not quite sure how they are spelled, but geeks seem to be bad spellers. What has happened to our youth?) by us. I tried `find
13) Yes, you've infrindged my constitutional right to make a profit. Yes, you distributed it. And boy, my feet are getting cold. It's hard to count to 13 without taking a sock of, you know?
-Best wishes,
-Darl McBride
Mudflinging with no proof from both sides? The MPlayer guys have provided some evidence, as well as how they got the evidence and how you can find it yourself. The evidence seems pretty compelling. Not to doubt the MPlayer guys, but it's always a wise idea to hear your opponents arguments. If you don't hear your opponents arguments, you may overlook a large hole in yours.
However, there haven't been any arguments from KISS other than "We didnt' do it, we swear, and by the way, if we did it anyways, GPL sucks"
And if GPL is so weak, why do they distribute the rest of the sources used in their stuff?
he's running whatever server this article is on off of one of those machines sitting on the store shelf, based on it responsiveness.
The redhat's that you are talking about are the consumer ones, not enterprise ones. I doubt much of the consumer redhat stuff is used much or at all. Patches, bugfixes, software manuals, etc, will still be available (7.3 manual is still available). You just won't necessarily be able to get phone support, but I doubt that is used much anyways (correct me if I'm wrong).
Enterprise versions are still supported. RedHat consumer was mostly meant to be a "you want linux easy, here it is, have fun" type thing. Patches, etc will still be available, and I'll bet up2date will still work.
I know I'm feeding a troll, but:
You can say anything you want to. But you should be prepared to back it up. Carl Sagan once said something like "Extraordinary ideas require extraordinary proof". If you could reference specific repudable works (not just general things), we might believe you. Ignoring facts is one thing. But if you have quite a bit of stuff, and nothing to back it up, there isn't any reason why we should believe you. It's not simply pointing and yelling "heresy", it's saying "you have a claim that most people would ignore and laugh at, but if you can show us some proof, we'll look at it" Also, just becuase you think you have proof, it doesn't mean we'll believe it.
They are using the subtitle stuff to identify that it's their code. I doubt anyone else uses MPlayer's subtitle format, so if MPSub is in there, then it probably came from MPlayer. The subtitle format names are also listed in the same order as MPlayer. These two make it probably more than just a coincidence.
We'll just have to see what KISS says about this. If they release the source, it's probably all good (at least it has been for the FSF in the past)
A 'mothership' in orbit could take real-time video. The problem is the speed of light. It'd take the light at least 5min to get here, and then when we send something back, it'd take another 5min. So by the time we tell it "this way a little", it's already landed (the craft has landed, the question is where and how many pieces)
The constitution says that you can't be forced to incriminate yourself. This basically just means that you can't SAY anything that could be used against you (unless you want to)
It'd be like if you got busted for carrying drugs. If you have a sign on your back, plainly visible, saying "I've got drugs", that's not incriminating yourself. If the police search you and find drugs, it's not self-incrimination. For it to be self-incrimination, the police would have to question you without giving you your miranda rights.
I'm sure "BlinkenLights" accurately describes the front of the server.
A paralegal does legal research, but in order to really give people legal advice, you need to pass the bar exam. He hasn't done that, so he can't legally give you advice. His name IS on the line, in that if they turn out to be wrong, we won't trust him.
His job is legal research, which is what this article is. If he called it legal advice, he'd be in trouble. That's why he has the disclamer on top of the page.
They are supplying him protection as necessary, he's not starving out in the cold. If I were him (but I'm not), I'd take the flight out and wait for the plane, and try the stunt again later AFTER having planned slightly better.
We need to pull another Iraq on the UN.
./er know more about how the internet is run and works than all the dipomats combined.
UN: "Hand over control of the internet to us (the un), and take it away from icann."
Bush (or whoever's president at the time) needs to say "Screw you. No."
We've done it before, no reason why we can't do it again. I'll bet that almost every
I didn't know nerds participated in DNA exchange.
There are a world of difference from what the normal marketing person, executive, etc needs from a computer and what a programmer needs. Most people don't need much in the way of room to play around, and they shouldn't have that room.
Programmers are different. I write code, I need to test it. Maybe it needs root to run. You, as the sysadmin controlling my stuff, need to let me do that. In reality, there almost needs to be a different network for programmers, where they have the room that they need to mess with their code and see how it works. Sysadmins need to understand this difference. Programmers don't need root access to the network's servers, but they might need root access to a testing server, and it's the sysadmin's job to make sure that he can have a testing server running on a network.
I know some other states have it, but it's been tried in Indiana, and it was found cruel/unusual punishment by the court system. I doubt that it will be found this in other states, seeing as they have already implemented it.
IMHO, the entire "punishment" system needs to become "reform". You have a minimum time to serve, and after that, you're not automatically released. When it is determined that you're no longer a threat to society, you're released. Other than that, you stay locked up.
It'd increase the prison population, but it would make the system work better.
Conspiricay theories aside, Carnivore doesn't filter internet traffic. It merely records it all. There is a BIG difference between recording and filtering. Carnovire is also needs a search warrant, so even if they do use it w/o a warrant, it's useless in court.