OK, from the article itself, it can be concluded that the author finds the Irish govt actions to be reducing the individual's right to communication privacy.
It can also be summarized that the Irish government is merely trying to protect the rights (and lives) of the general public considering the turbulent past of the Irish republic.
The question is, where do we draw the line in respecting individual privacy as well as safeguarding the interests of the public at large? Is there a "right way" to do this? I think that this issue is subjective in its essence. No one can tell you what info is private and what should be made known publicly. I bet almost nobody cares if you're having an affair with your neighbour's wife, unless of course the husband... or you/the neighbour is someone famous.
In these times of post-911... every western government is becoming paranoid especially when there's Middle Eastern/Arabic/Islamic people are involved. Deny it as much as you want, but deep down inside you know that this bigotry is true. How else can you explain an airport terminal shutdown just because an Arab sprayed perfume on himself as well as two immigration officers?
Just an example of how screwed the world has become... Now the internet (one of the biggest global hope as an instrument of international unity), as well as other forms of communications are being threatened by "perceived threats".
I'm all for the effort of combatting terrorism... but not at the extent of paranoid delusions that "the al-Qaeda has 0wned the Internet".
...are cool! I don't need fancy graphics just so that my graphics card can get it's early morning POST exercise.
Why do we need to glorify the start-up screen when text can do just fine... If I wanted glorified startup screens I'd boot up my AIX RS/6000 thank you very much.
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quite some time now. How many times have you actually read an OS-specific article and feel a strong urge to either back up comments promoting the stability or other "good" criteria of your OS of choice or lambast arguments mentioned by supporters of other OSs?
Almost every time? Heh, poor mortals... I bet you never view the source for the particular article now, didn't you? How else can you miss the <EMBED FILE="/sounds/brainwash/BSD_is_dead.wav" TYPE="sound/propaganda-OS_activism">.
Don't bother checking the pages now... I'm sure the Slashdot gods have now detected my blasphemous post and deleted such references accordingly.
The affected accounts make up about one-third of 1 percent of the 560 million MasterCard and Visa cards in the United States. Spokesmen for the two companies said they have notified the banks that issued the affected cards.
Can someone tell me what's so wrong about saying it is "slightly more than 0.3% of bla bla"...
I can understand the part about imposing Microsoft proprietary technologies, protocols and formats;Employing abusive licensing and other exclusionary practices vis-à-vis PC OEMs to foreclose the PC OEM distribution channel to competing products... but what the hell does it have to do with bundling of additional apps along with Windows?
That's considered value-added incentive for the consumer. Hell, even major Linux distributions bundle browsers, media players and office productivity suites. And I am GLAD that such apps are included, therefore I don't need to buy a copy or download a free one.
It's not like you have to actually use those apps... install whatever alternatives you want. Although I do use IE most of the time, it is not because it is *there already*, I use it because it loads pages faster than other browsers (which I won't mention lest I invoke another browser flame war). But I detest Outlook (express or non) and installed my own preferred email client. Same case with media player... I know the privacy issues involved with it, hence I don't use it. It REALLY is *THAT* simple!
As for disclosing Office document format... hell they created it, under their own terms and conditions, which a user HAS to accept prior to installing. If you're not happy with it, just return the CD. How hard can that be? And by the way, I thought the complaint was focused on WinXP... Office is not bundled with WinXP (although it would be nice if it was).
I think the CCIA has gone overzealous in its approach to pin MS. They should have gotten more facts correct before publishing this paper.
And yeah, I don't work for MS... nor do I have the desire to. And I have never bought any products from MS either, but that doesn't mean I never used them before;)
it's like shared folders on a windows network... but get this... it's *encrypted*!!! Therefore making it suitable for me to use in my Department of Homeland Security office... Cool huh?
Furthermore, it uses *encryption*... meaning it is illegal for export outside the great US of A... thus those bad terrorists can't get it... naaa... naaa... naaa... naaa... naaaaaaaa!
Well, it isn't that politically selective... You overlook the fact that most of/. readers are...
Users of P2P apps, and no matter how ardent they deny it, use it mainly for downloading MP3s and the occasional pr0n (or vice-versa, to each his/her own)
Hardcore politicians themselves... Just look at the many ongoing campaigns... Linux is more stable than Windows... Desktop Linux are the OS of the future... FreeBSD is Dead... and so on.
True believers of make -f makefile not war. Let the army geeks worry about nuclear holocausts and whatnot... as if Saddam has nukes in the first place, he can't even secure his own email!
It's has got more to do with priorities rather than budget. Windows was meant to be more of a "user-friendly consumer OS"... Although the security of Windows is at you say not as good as openbsd, I doubt that patching openbsd is at easy as opening the default browser, clicking on the Tools toolbar and click Windows Update.
Not trolling here, just showing another perspective to the issue.
Apache 2.0... has new features built into it, however, it is still relatively new. And some bugs are still lying around here and there. I reverted to 1.3 because of serious bugs in the PHP module (in version 2.0.1x,.14?.15?, can't remember exactly).
Apache 1.3... is "old", but has built a solid userbase because of this age factor. It is also proven reliable and stable code.
but I sure as hell would like to know how they're planning to embed miniature electronic devices in rubber.
Things I'd like to know are; 1) How is this thing powered? 2) Assuming it's battery powered, how long will it last? 3) What will happen when the power supply runs out? 5) What's the point of the device in the first place? Can I find back my stolen wheels by reporting the theft to Michelin and the Authorities?
Being the M$ lowlife that I am, I can only recommend something for your rollout on Windows-based clients.
I recommend using InstallRite by Epsilon Squared Inc. to automate installation of any application on multiple PCs with different hardware and software configurations.
It's easy to use and the documentation is good, IMHO. A big plus is that it is Freeware. Checking it out might be beneficial to you.
I know that Linux has better stability, eager support community, consistent development, excellent growth potential among others.
I fail to see what the hell has Linux got to do with tolerance of interference, electrostatic discharge, corrosion, grounding and seismic durability... Last I check those features weren't built into the kernel.
That has more to do with how and where you put the servers than what OS those servers where running.
Well when I read the article the first time around, I was quite amazed than someone came up with such a nonsensical idea. However, I reread the article just for good measure.
The idea proposed was actually quite intruiging... it's like an analytical discussion of forward-defense of networked computer systems. Which, I finally conclude as worthy of further discussion.
Many sysadmins fail to patch their machines not mainly due to ignorance, but failing to keep abreast of the latest security news. This is where the proposed idea could actually come in handy.
A minor modification of this idea that would benefit most people would be if somehow a signed permission can be generated when a remote patch is to occur. The admin of the machine could request contact info of the fixer as well as logging the IP address and other important info.
To tell you the truth I'd rather computers under my administration be patched this way rather than defaced with shoutouts and then getting the fix via email or written on the defaced page itself.
It's not all roses and no thorns you know... Even with a 100% GPL/Open Source product, conflicts can exist between developers/community members that can code. Most of the time, this will result in forks of a project (eg. PHP-Nuke and PostNuke).
Now imagine a situation when one of the developers for a dual-license software who contributes actively to the product refuses to allow commercial use for his contribution. This can cause havoc to the dev process because the status of the commercial aspect of the software is now questionable.
If the particular procedure/call/parsing/whatever is rewritable by the other developers then the problem would be minimal. But what if that particular lines of code is an essential part of the end product itself, and that it is just (near) impossible to write a more efficient replacement code?
You will hear cries of "Fork! Fork! Fork!" in the background baying for blood (or code in this sense). Consider that...
but what kind of property are domain names? Intellectual property? Trademarks? Or plain old real-estate type of property? This ruling will be an ideal acid test to see how the (U.S.) laws perceived domain names to be.
IMHO, it's interesting because it is very hard to specifically categorize domains as property in the sense of the word. It's intangible and value (or price if you prefer to put it that way) differ for every single domain. In the past the value of domain names are judged by the popularity of the site using the name, catchiness of the name, and whether the name is associated with any popular goods or services.
From the article: In my opinion, the most interesting part of the project is the database that ties everything together. When the user swipes his or her NYU card, Director takes this information and sends it to a ASP script (running on an Windows 2000 box that is tied to an Access database). This ASP script runs a MySQL query through Access and spits back XML that contains information on the player (wins, loss, average points per game, number of games played, etc) . This XML is passed back into Director via getNetText and put into global variables which are then fed to the screen at the appropriate time.
ASP script on a Win2k box, tied to an Access DB, which runs MySQL queries, spitting out XML which is parsed in Director. Does this guy actually realizes what he has written?
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Then use your other father's eyeball!
But seriously though, is he using the ATM now? I don't think so. Your argument is irrelevant.
someone please point me to a *REAL* grown man's toy...
A DIY Flamethrower
it's about the artistes... Why the hell else stupid shows like American Idol and Popstars (Bardot who?) become so popular?
OK, from the article itself, it can be concluded that the author finds the Irish govt actions to be reducing the individual's right to communication privacy.
It can also be summarized that the Irish government is merely trying to protect the rights (and lives) of the general public considering the turbulent past of the Irish republic.
The question is, where do we draw the line in respecting individual privacy as well as safeguarding the interests of the public at large? Is there a "right way" to do this? I think that this issue is subjective in its essence. No one can tell you what info is private and what should be made known publicly. I bet almost nobody cares if you're having an affair with your neighbour's wife, unless of course the husband... or you/the neighbour is someone famous.
In these times of post-911... every western government is becoming paranoid especially when there's Middle Eastern/Arabic/Islamic people are involved. Deny it as much as you want, but deep down inside you know that this bigotry is true. How else can you explain an airport terminal shutdown just because an Arab sprayed perfume on himself as well as two immigration officers?
Just an example of how screwed the world has become... Now the internet (one of the biggest global hope as an instrument of international unity), as well as other forms of communications are being threatened by "perceived threats".
I'm all for the effort of combatting terrorism... but not at the extent of paranoid delusions that "the al-Qaeda has 0wned the Internet".
...are cool! I don't need fancy graphics just so that my graphics card can get it's early morning POST exercise.
Why do we need to glorify the start-up screen when text can do just fine... If I wanted glorified startup screens I'd boot up my AIX RS/6000 thank you very much.
quite some time now. How many times have you actually read an OS-specific article and feel a strong urge to either back up comments promoting the stability or other "good" criteria of your OS of choice or lambast arguments mentioned by supporters of other OSs?
Almost every time? Heh, poor mortals... I bet you never view the source for the particular article now, didn't you? How else can you miss the <EMBED FILE="/sounds/brainwash/BSD_is_dead.wav" TYPE="sound/propaganda-OS_activism">.
Don't bother checking the pages now... I'm sure the Slashdot gods have now detected my blasphemous post and deleted such references accordingly.
From the article:
The affected accounts make up about one-third of 1 percent of the 560 million MasterCard and Visa cards in the United States. Spokesmen for the two companies said they have notified the banks that issued the affected cards.
Can someone tell me what's so wrong about saying it is "slightly more than 0.3% of bla bla"...
I can understand the part about imposing Microsoft proprietary technologies, protocols and formats;Employing abusive licensing and other exclusionary practices vis-à-vis PC OEMs to foreclose the PC OEM distribution channel to competing products... but what the hell does it have to do with bundling of additional apps along with Windows?
;)
That's considered value-added incentive for the consumer. Hell, even major Linux distributions bundle browsers, media players and office productivity suites. And I am GLAD that such apps are included, therefore I don't need to buy a copy or download a free one.
It's not like you have to actually use those apps... install whatever alternatives you want. Although I do use IE most of the time, it is not because it is *there already*, I use it because it loads pages faster than other browsers (which I won't mention lest I invoke another browser flame war). But I detest Outlook (express or non) and installed my own preferred email client. Same case with media player... I know the privacy issues involved with it, hence I don't use it. It REALLY is *THAT* simple!
As for disclosing Office document format... hell they created it, under their own terms and conditions, which a user HAS to accept prior to installing. If you're not happy with it, just return the CD. How hard can that be? And by the way, I thought the complaint was focused on WinXP... Office is not bundled with WinXP (although it would be nice if it was).
I think the CCIA has gone overzealous in its approach to pin MS. They should have gotten more facts correct before publishing this paper.
And yeah, I don't work for MS... nor do I have the desire to. And I have never bought any products from MS either, but that doesn't mean I never used them before
it's like shared folders on a windows network... but get this... it's *encrypted*!!! Therefore making it suitable for me to use in my Department of Homeland Security office... Cool huh?
Furthermore, it uses *encryption*... meaning it is illegal for export outside the great US of A... thus those bad terrorists can't get it... naaa... naaa... naaa... naaa... naaaaaaaa!
AC because I support anti-spam measures...
And by the way, first post, mofoz!!!!
...that it runs Linux, or whatever the hell kind of OS for that matter... It's not like it's R2D2 or some other really cool robot.
It's has got more to do with priorities rather than budget. Windows was meant to be more of a "user-friendly consumer OS"... Although the security of Windows is at you say not as good as openbsd, I doubt that patching openbsd is at easy as opening the default browser, clicking on the Tools toolbar and click Windows Update.
Not trolling here, just showing another perspective to the issue.
And the Singaporeans dub it NEWater.
All this is answered here...
.14? .15?, can't remember exactly).
Apache 2.0... has new features built into it, however, it is still relatively new. And some bugs are still lying around here and there. I reverted to 1.3 because of serious bugs in the PHP module (in version 2.0.1x,
Apache 1.3... is "old", but has built a solid userbase because of this age factor. It is also proven reliable and stable code.
Missing number 4 is...
4) Profit!
but I sure as hell would like to know how they're planning to embed miniature electronic devices in rubber.
Things I'd like to know are;
1) How is this thing powered?
2) Assuming it's battery powered, how long will it last?
3) What will happen when the power supply runs out?
5) What's the point of the device in the first place? Can I find back my stolen wheels by reporting the theft to Michelin and the Authorities?
Being the M$ lowlife that I am, I can only recommend something for your rollout on Windows-based clients.
I recommend using InstallRite by Epsilon Squared Inc. to automate installation of any application on multiple PCs with different hardware and software configurations.
It's easy to use and the documentation is good, IMHO. A big plus is that it is Freeware. Checking it out might be beneficial to you.
Q20: Who's the chick in the pictures?
I know that Linux has better stability, eager support community, consistent development, excellent growth potential among others.
I fail to see what the hell has Linux got to do with tolerance of interference, electrostatic discharge, corrosion, grounding and seismic durability... Last I check those features weren't built into the kernel.
That has more to do with how and where you put the servers than what OS those servers where running.
Well when I read the article the first time around, I was quite amazed than someone came up with such a nonsensical idea. However, I reread the article just for good measure.
The idea proposed was actually quite intruiging... it's like an analytical discussion of forward-defense of networked computer systems. Which, I finally conclude as worthy of further discussion.
Many sysadmins fail to patch their machines not mainly due to ignorance, but failing to keep abreast of the latest security news. This is where the proposed idea could actually come in handy.
A minor modification of this idea that would benefit most people would be if somehow a signed permission can be generated when a remote patch is to occur. The admin of the machine could request contact info of the fixer as well as logging the IP address and other important info.
To tell you the truth I'd rather computers under my administration be patched this way rather than defaced with shoutouts and then getting the fix via email or written on the defaced page itself.
You're missing the point... she will use the strap-on to fly him around so that everyone will know the feeling.
OK... mod away, it is a bad joke, but I can't resist!
It's not all roses and no thorns you know... Even with a 100% GPL/Open Source product, conflicts can exist between developers/community members that can code. Most of the time, this will result in forks of a project (eg. PHP-Nuke and PostNuke).
Now imagine a situation when one of the developers for a dual-license software who contributes actively to the product refuses to allow commercial use for his contribution. This can cause havoc to the dev process because the status of the commercial aspect of the software is now questionable.
If the particular procedure/call/parsing/whatever is rewritable by the other developers then the problem would be minimal. But what if that particular lines of code is an essential part of the end product itself, and that it is just (near) impossible to write a more efficient replacement code?
You will hear cries of "Fork! Fork! Fork!" in the background baying for blood (or code in this sense). Consider that...
but what kind of property are domain names? Intellectual property? Trademarks? Or plain old real-estate type of property? This ruling will be an ideal acid test to see how the (U.S.) laws perceived domain names to be.
IMHO, it's interesting because it is very hard to specifically categorize domains as property in the sense of the word. It's intangible and value (or price if you prefer to put it that way) differ for every single domain. In the past the value of domain names are judged by the popularity of the site using the name, catchiness of the name, and whether the name is associated with any popular goods or services.
I'll be keeping a watch on this one.
From the article: In my opinion, the most interesting part of the project is the database that ties everything together. When the user swipes his or her NYU card, Director takes this information and sends it to a ASP script (running on an Windows 2000 box that is tied to an Access database). This ASP script runs a MySQL query through Access and spits back XML that contains information on the player (wins, loss, average points per game, number of games played, etc) . This XML is passed back into Director via getNetText and put into global variables which are then fed to the screen at the appropriate time.
ASP script on a Win2k box, tied to an Access DB, which runs MySQL queries, spitting out XML which is parsed in Director. Does this guy actually realizes what he has written?