Yeah, and while I'll probably be modded down for this, the problem is that these programs, while not part of the OS, are part of the distribution. If mpg123 is included on the CD's for Red Hat or SuSE, then Fedora and SuSE are shipping these products. If the product turns out to be faulty, it means their's a problem with Red Hat or SuSE's distribution, regardless of whether it's located in the kernel or not.
And it's also not fair to say "It's only the default install" that counts. If I go to SuSE or Red Hat, I expect that the vendor has done the job of making sure what they are releasing is as stable and secure as possible.
Please, don't take this as me saying Windows is more secure than Linux. I am simply paiting a picture: If the software that makes up the Red Hat or SuSE distro has security holes, the distro has security holes, it's as simple as that.
Duh! No wonder you posted AC. Of course this is in response to the constant criticism. They say so in their message, though not using those words. Basically, they flat out say that they are doing this in response to what their customers want. Customers who have criticized the old way. So guess what? They change.
As far as a TV Show calling up and trying to talk to someone? Good for ebay for not talking to them. If I were a customer, and I saw that ebay was talking to a television crew out for ratings, I would be upset. Rather than talk to a crew, they should talk to their customers.
No, he doesn't ignore these facts. Your average business doesn't have the time or inclination to by a computer piece by piece and put it together. When I need a computer, I run down to the local CompuSmart, and find something. Why? Because I need a computer now, not later. I rarely have spare computers lying around doing nothing.
Your response is a typical/. response based on not RTFA. His article was targetted at businesses, not your home user who has the time to build a custom machine.
Listen, I'll make you a deal. You claim a lower TCO on your custom machines than what I can find prepackaged at CompuSmart. Okay, fair enough. Put your money where your mouth is.
Provide the same service that HP or Dell or Compaq provide in their machines at CompuSmart by doing it yourself. Next time I need 10 machines, I will call you up, and order them from you. Of course, I expect they are here the same day. I expect that I will pay you on delivery. And I expect they are already preinstalled with an OS. All of course at a lower cost than what I can get at CompuSmart.
I have read that. That is completely out of context. The idea here is that Amazon, the company you are doing business with, should be allowed to track you. So should the market issuing the club card. They have a right to keep records of your account and what you purchase with it.
Take Amazon. They do this so they can market products they thing will actually interest you. And guess what? It works, apparently. People look at Amazon as a model e-commerce site.
Anyways, back to your example, the man was charged. He wasn't wrongly charged. Being charged with the crime doesn't mean you committed the crime. And in the end, the charges were dropped.
Any hidden filter meant to compare traffic on your account against profile of "normal" usage strikes me as both an invasion of privacy and a sure fire way to multiply calls to the help desks when a false alarm tosses out a legitimate user.
While I value my rights to privacy as much as the next person, how is this an invasion of privacy? If I am browsing a site, and it thinks I am a fraudulent user, and it makes me perform something to validate myself, how is that an invasion of privacy?
Seriously, are you afraid Amazon's tracking of your browsing habits are wrong? Should they not do that? I mean, your willing to hand out your credit card to them, but please, don't let them track you!
Okay, calming down now. I just find it wrong that we will jump all over a these security measures as an invasion of privacy because it could possibly be used for illegal things, but are very protective of various music downloading technologies because they could be used for legal things.
How is that prior art? Just because it's in a movie doesn't mean it's prior art. Now, if they had something that was real and working, than it would be prior art.
Yes, you can move files with Copernic. You can drag them from the search result to a new location. Of course, it actually moves the file, and doesn't just copy it.
My biggest issue in the Palm Treo was the keyboard. I had an option between the Palm Treo 600 and the Siemens SX56, and the Siemens was better. The Treo's keyboard is next to impossible to use. My fingers are, what I would imagine, average sized, and it's very difficult to type, even with one finger. The stylus typing mechanism on the Siemens was better, and quicker.
My other gripe was that because the keyboard was there, the screen was smaller. I really wanted to like the Palm, I really wanted to like it more, but unfortunately, I didn't like it.
But maybe it's lack of money that is the problem? I didn't read the article (I have no intent on reading a PDF that is being slashdotted); however, the slashdot posting said 1/3 that of the US. Well, unless I am mistaked, the Czech Republic has a much smaller population. So, if they are spending 1/3 of the US on education, maybe the per student dollar amount is higher?
(Again, didn't read the article, merely speculating on dollar figures here).
I also don't think it's fair to say that American schools are blindly spending money only on sports facilities. I know my high school decided to add an entirely new building for a brand new theatre. It cost a lot of money, but was really nice. And the football stadium was pretty much the same. And this was in the middle of Missouri!
One thing that people forget is a lot of times, these projects are partially funded by some generous person. So if some outsider comes in and wants to contribute $1 million to the school to build a new stadium rather than new computers or books, the school will work with that person rather than say "No".
Finally, you shouldn't consider sporting equipment and a sports facility as something that is wrong. Remember, the school is also spending time teaching the students fitness and living a healthy lifestyle. It's probably just as important as learning Calculus, or learning about Chaucer, or the Norman invasion of 1066.
Now, pleas take all of this with a grain of salt. I don't work in the education industry, I am merely speculating without having read the article.
The thing is, the parent poster never mentioned "majority", but rather a "large segment". And forgive me for saying, but 10 million is a large segment.
A significant portion doesn't have to be the majority. In fact, significant is no where close to being a majority.
What the FCC is doing is basically working for the people that care. If 99.8% of the people who contact them say they don't want something, then that's a significant amount. Even if the majority want something else, the FCC doesn't see this, or they think that this group of people simply doesn't care.
Since the initial inception, I have been a user of this browser, and I have used every release, and many nightlies inbetween. I have tried other browser, but I have always returned.
Except that the exploit had nothing to do with exploiting PostNuke. The download manager (which is NOT PostNuke), was attacked, and the PostNuke file was switched with a modified version.
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Yeah, and while I'll probably be modded down for this, the problem is that these programs, while not part of the OS, are part of the distribution. If mpg123 is included on the CD's for Red Hat or SuSE, then Fedora and SuSE are shipping these products. If the product turns out to be faulty, it means their's a problem with Red Hat or SuSE's distribution, regardless of whether it's located in the kernel or not.
And it's also not fair to say "It's only the default install" that counts. If I go to SuSE or Red Hat, I expect that the vendor has done the job of making sure what they are releasing is as stable and secure as possible.
Please, don't take this as me saying Windows is more secure than Linux. I am simply paiting a picture: If the software that makes up the Red Hat or SuSE distro has security holes, the distro has security holes, it's as simple as that.
Perhaps this is in response to constant criticism
Duh! No wonder you posted AC. Of course this is in response to the constant criticism. They say so in their message, though not using those words. Basically, they flat out say that they are doing this in response to what their customers want. Customers who have criticized the old way. So guess what? They change.
As far as a TV Show calling up and trying to talk to someone? Good for ebay for not talking to them. If I were a customer, and I saw that ebay was talking to a television crew out for ratings, I would be upset. Rather than talk to a crew, they should talk to their customers.
Moldova has a bad reputation for a reason, and it's well-earned.
No, he doesn't ignore these facts. Your average business doesn't have the time or inclination to by a computer piece by piece and put it together. When I need a computer, I run down to the local CompuSmart, and find something. Why? Because I need a computer now, not later. I rarely have spare computers lying around doing nothing.
/. response based on not RTFA. His article was targetted at businesses, not your home user who has the time to build a custom machine.
Your response is a typical
Listen, I'll make you a deal. You claim a lower TCO on your custom machines than what I can find prepackaged at CompuSmart. Okay, fair enough. Put your money where your mouth is.
Provide the same service that HP or Dell or Compaq provide in their machines at CompuSmart by doing it yourself. Next time I need 10 machines, I will call you up, and order them from you. Of course,
I expect they are here the same day. I expect that I will pay you on delivery. And I expect they are already preinstalled with an OS. All of course at a lower cost than what I can get at CompuSmart.
I have read that. That is completely out of context. The idea here is that Amazon, the company you are doing business with, should be allowed to track you. So should the market issuing the club card. They have a right to keep records of your account and what you purchase with it.
Take Amazon. They do this so they can market products they thing will actually interest you. And guess what? It works, apparently. People look at Amazon as a model e-commerce site.
Anyways, back to your example, the man was charged. He wasn't wrongly charged. Being charged with the crime doesn't mean you committed the crime. And in the end, the charges were dropped.
Any hidden filter meant to compare traffic on your account against profile of "normal" usage strikes me as both an invasion of privacy and a sure fire way to multiply calls to the help desks when a false alarm tosses out a legitimate user.
/. =)
While I value my rights to privacy as much as the next person, how is this an invasion of privacy? If I am browsing a site, and it thinks I am a fraudulent user, and it makes me perform something to validate myself, how is that an invasion of privacy?
Seriously, are you afraid Amazon's tracking of your browsing habits are wrong? Should they not do that? I mean, your willing to hand out your credit card to them, but please, don't let them track you!
Okay, calming down now. I just find it wrong that we will jump all over a these security measures as an invasion of privacy because it could possibly be used for illegal things, but are very protective of various music downloading technologies because they could be used for legal things.
Welcome to
The only article if you don't count the security guide.
.jpg file, so two people requesting the page at the same time will see the same image (the last generated one).
It always writes to the same
It doesn't always write the same one. Yes, two people could see the same one, but how is that a problem?
The enryption techniques described in this manual are outdated.
It is 15 years old.
Most of what is described is encryption/decryption that can be done by hand.
It's a FIELD manual.
Because, in the second one, if I say click on something, you only have one option.
In the first one, you don't know which one, Right, or Left. And that's a problem for most users.
How is that prior art? Just because it's in a movie doesn't mean it's prior art. Now, if they had something that was real and working, than it would be prior art.
If your living in Canada, like me, then yes. =)
With Gnome you also right-click on the menu item you want to edit.
All? Mandrake is pretty successful. In fact, the first two most popular distro's according to distrowatch are Gnomeish desktops:
http://distrowatch.com/
But that's what they are quoted as saying. The "Oracle" comment was the journalist paraphrasing the quotes.
Yes, you can move files with Copernic. You can drag them from the search result to a new location. Of course, it actually moves the file, and doesn't just copy it.
Except this is not something Google did first. It was done quite a while ago...
Interestingly enough, the site for the Apache spokesman, on Apache 2.0, is down; while the site PHP guru John Coggeshall, on Apache 1.3, is still up.
Yes. Releasing sequels that are actually as good, or better, than the originals.
Something Hollywood finds next to impossible.
My biggest issue in the Palm Treo was the keyboard. I had an option between the Palm Treo 600 and the Siemens SX56, and the Siemens was better. The Treo's keyboard is next to impossible to use. My fingers are, what I would imagine, average sized, and it's very difficult to type, even with one finger. The stylus typing mechanism on the Siemens was better, and quicker.
My other gripe was that because the keyboard was there, the screen was smaller. I really wanted to like the Palm, I really wanted to like it more, but unfortunately, I didn't like it.
But maybe it's lack of money that is the problem? I didn't read the article (I have no intent on reading a PDF that is being slashdotted); however, the slashdot posting said 1/3 that of the US. Well, unless I am mistaked, the Czech Republic has a much smaller population. So, if they are spending 1/3 of the US on education, maybe the per student dollar amount is higher?
(Again, didn't read the article, merely speculating on dollar figures here).
I also don't think it's fair to say that American schools are blindly spending money only on sports facilities. I know my high school decided to add an entirely new building for a brand new theatre. It cost a lot of money, but was really nice. And the football stadium was pretty much the same. And this was in the middle of Missouri!
One thing that people forget is a lot of times, these projects are partially funded by some generous person. So if some outsider comes in and wants to contribute $1 million to the school to build a new stadium rather than new computers or books, the school will work with that person rather than say "No".
Finally, you shouldn't consider sporting equipment and a sports facility as something that is wrong. Remember, the school is also spending time teaching the students fitness and living a healthy lifestyle. It's probably just as important as learning Calculus, or learning about Chaucer, or the Norman invasion of 1066.
Now, pleas take all of this with a grain of salt. I don't work in the education industry, I am merely speculating without having read the article.
The thing is, the parent poster never mentioned "majority", but rather a "large segment". And forgive me for saying, but 10 million is a large segment.
A significant portion doesn't have to be the majority. In fact, significant is no where close to being a majority.
What the FCC is doing is basically working for the people that care. If 99.8% of the people who contact them say they don't want something, then that's a significant amount. Even if the majority want something else, the FCC doesn't see this, or they think that this group of people simply doesn't care.
No. Probably because people in Canada are legally allowed to download music. =)
In which case, they can tell by other things, like the rate of decay, maggots, etc.
Simply put, it's not difficult to get a pretty accurate (again, within 2-4 hours) time frame of when the person died.
Since the initial inception, I have been a user of this browser, and I have used every release, and many nightlies inbetween. I have tried other browser, but I have always returned.
So it's a great day that it's not release as 1.0
Yay!
Except that the exploit had nothing to do with exploiting PostNuke. The download manager (which is NOT PostNuke), was attacked, and the PostNuke file was switched with a modified version.
So basically, you didn't read the article.