The only one that should be prosecuted is the creator of the software that allowed the PC to be taken over. Average Joe has no clue about securing an unsafe PC. They buy the box at BestBuy and hook it up when they come home, just like it was your average DVD player.
Analogy: If your car, parked with the breaks on, suddenly late one night decides to start rolling due to a bug in the break system and rolls over a kid who gets killed, you the owner, will not be prosecuted if investigation shows the breaks were on. They might go after the producer of the car in this case. Same for a PC.
Where can I get the source code to all the components in panther? Can you please post a link to the sources? And one that includes the source of ALL programs on panther, not just the BSD stuff?
Oh and MS, I have used Linux on the desktop since 1995 because it is better than anything you have ever dreamed up. And I'm much more productive using Linux than I would have been using Windows. Oh yes I have a second PC here at work. It has a Windows partition, but I can't remember last time I booted into it.
Well, the problem with CVS surfaces the moment you try to do this through a proxy/firewall that has a very limited set of open ports. CVS does not support going through a proxy based firewall and is useless.
I have tried for years to get this to work (as have others) but so far the CVS maintainers have not deemed the feature necessary. Oh yeah, can't use ssh through the firewall either. The only way around the problem is to set up an illegal http tunnel, which i would not do since it would jeopardize security and my own job.
File systems with version control is not new. It's been used for years on mainframes at least.
After all it's Apple, the wonder boys of the computers. Hailed to fame because they are monopolistic and OSX only runs on their own propriatery hardware. And now you're all surprised because they use the same tactics as MS? Go figure!
I would be more surprised if they actually caved in. Why? Well, there is more money to be had from having the users pay an upgrade fee to move to the new and fixed version rather than providing the fixes for free. Basic economy. And you're surprised because?
Interesting article about the sound of the Big Bang, but...
The writer has some numbers that doesn't add up: "From these variations, he could calculate the frequencies of the sound waves propagating through the Universe during its first 760,000 years, when it was just 18 million light years across."
Now, if I can calculate, after 760,000 years, the Universe would have a radi of 760,000 light years, not 9 million light years unless the expansion happened at a rate many, many, many times the speed of light (Which I honestly doubt!)
Well, the stupid mail-in-rebate system (which tends to be illegal everywhere else than in the US) is basically a 6 month 0% interest loan to the producer. If they want to give me a rebate, knock it off the price I pay. Show me a 250GB 7200rpm drive where the price I pay is $149 and I'll buy it.
I suggest that you take a look at the Gentoo Forums. Just browse through the various threads and take a look at the general level of assistance given. Then come back and repeat the allegations.
Why the heck do you bring up Linux?
Nobody has been ranting about Linux except for you. I personally use Linux and I don't have a single PC running Windows, but I don't start rambling about Linux in this context, do I?
It's bad that there are so many security flaws in MS products, and that is a good argument for using Linux, but it has nothing to do with FBI going to arrest an 18 year old love sick puppy, does it?
For petes sake, keep the comments real. If this boy indeed wrote the virus he needs to get his fingers smacked, but the punishment should be related to the crime. Based on common practice in the US, I'm a fraid it is not. He'll probably get 20-25 years for this crime, which is ridicilous. In the US you get 10 years if you burp in the wrong place, great leagal system!
There is only one solution to this issue.
All universities must be funded by the government and not by students, gifts etc. There should be no battle in order to get money for research, nor should a University have to sell it's soul to the devil in order to survive. This is just another example of the failed educational policy in the US (and some other countries). A university that bends over backwards and drop their pants and take a firm grip around the ankles is not worthy of any adimartion. They are most likely willing to (as quite a few companies have already demonstrated) to sign on to whatever the money says. Makes me wanna puke!
I have over the past few days spoken to all of the Fortune 500 companies and 499 of them told me they would not, not now nor ever buy a license from SCO. Of course I can't reveal the name of the last company since SCO would sue me for telling that the last company only laughed at me when I asked them the question!
Not to mention where can I buy a PDA that is SMP enabled and uses RCU and NUMA architecture?
How can SCO even think of demanding pay for embedded systems that don't even include the alledged copied code? I think I'm going to do the same, I'm sending a letter to all owners of a toilet demanding them to pay me a fee for each time they flush it since I own the copyright on flush buffer code snippets....
Ehhh... It basically means that he has LESS security holes in his system than before. Now if he got rid of all his Windows machines, he would have no more security holes, but then again as an MCSE he would be out of work.
You just got added to 213917 different spam maillists by posting your email address! I hope you have enough diskspace to handle the junk.
May I suggest installing Spamassassin before its' too late?
Sure you can use your computer for anything, however, if you use YOUR computer for ILLEGAL stuff, YOU will have to face the consequences. I thought that was simple.
I know this is/. and that is the reason my previous post was rated as a troll. It's hard to face the truth, I know that, but it was not a troll, just the plain thruth.
At least I can sleep without having to fear RIAA, that's worth beeing downmodded as troll to me.
That's all this news get from me... A big YAWN....
If you trade illegal material, you will sooner or later have to face the consequences, big deal. Don't trade on Kazaa or whatever, and you can sleep without any fears.
Yes, but Hon were not prepared for Chris!
Chris had the largest chipstack and sat back, folding hands that would normally be played and let the others fight it out. very wise, then when he and Hon faced off, he changed gears and confused the heck out of Hon and won easily. A truly great game and an amazing lesson in Nolimit Hold'em!
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The switch to Linux on the Desktop will not start at home, just for the very same reasons you point out.
Linux on the Desktop will start in the corporate world, just like Windows did. After adoption in the corp world, the adoption at home will follow.
I have heard for years that Linux is not ready for the Desktop, the apps suck etc and every time I look at my PC and think: I wonder what their needs are?
I have used Linux exclusively on the desktop for years, currently running Gentoo, but that is not a point. My point is that most people, both at work and at home will have more then adequate number of apps available and with features that covers their use. Remember the good old 80/20 rule? 80% of the users only use 20% of the feature in any given app. This still holds water, so there is really no need for an Outlook killer, most people will have more than enough functionality with already existing apps.
I also fail to see the so called "un-polished" look or lack of interoperability, it's there, both in Gnome and KDE, and getting even more polsihed for each release. What you use is based on your perception of the available DE and Wm environments. I work for a huge company, 40000+ employees and have so far not found one single task that I or my coworkers need to perfom that could not be done under Linux, not one single!
I would really love to see the list of programs needed for Linux in order to be a valid alternative to Windows on the Desktop. As far as I know, there are none!
You obviously didn't see the WPT on Travel Channel last night? Where Chris Karaguyllan executed a perfect strategy to come out on top of the game, which he also did. These types of games are very different from the games played at real casino's and on-line casions.
The On-line casinos give you an opportunity to learn the game and learn how other players play whithout having to judge their behaviour, just from the cards they play and how they bet. Do this with play-money first, but also remember that with play-money, you get a lot of loose players betting on anything since it actually doesn't cost you anything, skip those tables or play them for all they are worth to build up a nice stash of play-money. Then find tables were the players try to play real hold'em. When you have won several hundred thousands of play money, move on to the low-stake real money tables and start to re-learn the betting game. By this time you should know how to handle the cards, but not real betting. Move on up and play some cheap tournaments before you set your foot in a real card room.
The on-line card rooms are great for learning and fun and to actually win real money. Don't put them down without knowing anything about them. I play regularly in several of them and I have never been cheated out of money, my winnings have always been credited to my accounts promptly and the rake is low. I much prefer on-line card games to casinos, since the casino needs to take more of your money than the on-line rooms plus the fact that there isn't a casion around every corner of the world. A couple of nights ago I played with a guy from Iraq, one from Malaysia, one from Germany and one from Brazil. Lots' of fun.
This is ofcourse the result of terrorists!
Much easier to wreck havoc on a government project and cause disruption through buggy software than to take the time to learn to fly and then hijacka nd hit public buildings. The most positive thing is ofcourse that you, the terrorist, is not killed:)
If the US really wants to get rid of all potential terrorists, they have to evict everyone of a certain religious and cultural group and then close the borders and let no-one in and out. This is ofcourse not possible, hence all these measures taken by the gov is virtually useless.
I read the chapter that was available on the website in PDF form and best practive my a**!
When you talk about best practice, you could at least mention the best of them all, esp with databases like Oracle, use of bindvariables.
The book gives examples in the form of:
select blah from tableblah where bleh='WHATEVER';
Everyone with some experience from an enterprise database knows the rule is: "Parse once, execute many times". By replacing 'WHATEVER' with:bindvariable and assign WHATEVER to:bindvariable, you will only have to parse the statement once and whenever someone enters a different search criteria, i.e WHATNOT instead of WHATEVER, the database will not have to consider the select statement as a new and unique statement but use the one already pre-parsed in memory and only substitue the bindvariable with the actual value.
Now, that's best practice!
If the rest of the book is as sloppy, then stay away from it.
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The only one that should be prosecuted is the creator of the software that allowed the PC to be taken over. Average Joe has no clue about securing an unsafe PC. They buy the box at BestBuy and hook it up when they come home, just like it was your average DVD player.
Analogy: If your car, parked with the breaks on, suddenly late one night decides to start rolling due to a bug in the break system and rolls over a kid who gets killed, you the owner, will not be prosecuted if investigation shows the breaks were on. They might go after the producer of the car in this case. Same for a PC.
Really?
Where can I get the source code to all the components in panther? Can you please post a link to the sources? And one that includes the source of ALL programs on panther, not just the BSD stuff?
Oh and MS, I have used Linux on the desktop since 1995 because it is better than anything you have ever dreamed up. And I'm much more productive using Linux than I would have been using Windows. Oh yes I have a second PC here at work. It has a Windows partition, but I can't remember last time I booted into it.
Well, the problem with CVS surfaces the moment you try to do this through a proxy/firewall that has a very limited set of open ports. CVS does not support going through a proxy based firewall and is useless.
I have tried for years to get this to work (as have others) but so far the CVS maintainers have not deemed the feature necessary. Oh yeah, can't use ssh through the firewall either. The only way around the problem is to set up an illegal http tunnel, which i would not do since it would jeopardize security and my own job.
File systems with version control is not new. It's been used for years on mainframes at least.
Why is everyone surprised about this?
After all it's Apple, the wonder boys of the computers. Hailed to fame because they are monopolistic and OSX only runs on their own propriatery hardware. And now you're all surprised because they use the same tactics as MS? Go figure!
I would be more surprised if they actually caved in. Why? Well, there is more money to be had from having the users pay an upgrade fee to move to the new and fixed version rather than providing the fixes for free. Basic economy. And you're surprised because?
Interesting article about the sound of the Big Bang, but...
The writer has some numbers that doesn't add up: "From these variations, he could calculate the frequencies of the sound waves propagating through the Universe during its first 760,000 years, when it was just 18 million light years across."
Now, if I can calculate, after 760,000 years, the Universe would have a radi of 760,000 light years, not 9 million light years unless the expansion happened at a rate many, many, many times the speed of light (Which I honestly doubt!)
One word: Ugly!
Well, the stupid mail-in-rebate system (which tends to be illegal everywhere else than in the US) is basically a 6 month 0% interest loan to the producer. If they want to give me a rebate, knock it off the price I pay. Show me a 250GB 7200rpm drive where the price I pay is $149 and I'll buy it.
I suggest that you take a look at the Gentoo Forums. Just browse through the various threads and take a look at the general level of assistance given. Then come back and repeat the allegations.
:)
http://forums.gentoo.org for the link impaired
I don't understand why MS should limit who can or can not read MY documents. I thought that was my responsibility not MS?
Why the heck do you bring up Linux?
Nobody has been ranting about Linux except for you. I personally use Linux and I don't have a single PC running Windows, but I don't start rambling about Linux in this context, do I?
It's bad that there are so many security flaws in MS products, and that is a good argument for using Linux, but it has nothing to do with FBI going to arrest an 18 year old love sick puppy, does it?
For petes sake, keep the comments real. If this boy indeed wrote the virus he needs to get his fingers smacked, but the punishment should be related to the crime. Based on common practice in the US, I'm a fraid it is not. He'll probably get 20-25 years for this crime, which is ridicilous. In the US you get 10 years if you burp in the wrong place, great leagal system!
There is only one solution to this issue.
All universities must be funded by the government and not by students, gifts etc. There should be no battle in order to get money for research, nor should a University have to sell it's soul to the devil in order to survive. This is just another example of the failed educational policy in the US (and some other countries). A university that bends over backwards and drop their pants and take a firm grip around the ankles is not worthy of any adimartion. They are most likely willing to (as quite a few companies have already demonstrated) to sign on to whatever the money says. Makes me wanna puke!
I have over the past few days spoken to all of the Fortune 500 companies and 499 of them told me they would not, not now nor ever buy a license from SCO. Of course I can't reveal the name of the last company since SCO would sue me for telling that the last company only laughed at me when I asked them the question!
Not to mention where can I buy a PDA that is SMP enabled and uses RCU and NUMA architecture?
How can SCO even think of demanding pay for embedded systems that don't even include the alledged copied code? I think I'm going to do the same, I'm sending a letter to all owners of a toilet demanding them to pay me a fee for each time they flush it since I own the copyright on flush buffer code snippets....
Well, I guess that this is the only machine that Mac is cheaper than....
Ehhh... It basically means that he has LESS security holes in his system than before. Now if he got rid of all his Windows machines, he would have no more security holes, but then again as an MCSE he would be out of work.
Great post Paul!
You just got added to 213917 different spam maillists by posting your email address! I hope you have enough diskspace to handle the junk.
May I suggest installing Spamassassin before its' too late?
uhhhh...
Kind of hard to slap a 100+GB harddrive into my DVD player to watch a movie on my big-screen, isn't it?
DVD writers will be just as common as a CD writer is today, the only remaining question is format and capacity, i.e blue-laser, +/-R or anything else.
I'll gladly pay $100/month for such a connection!
Heck, it's only 5 bags of blow and that's gone in a few hours!
Sure you can use your computer for anything, however, if you use YOUR computer for ILLEGAL stuff, YOU will have to face the consequences. I thought that was simple.
/. and that is the reason my previous post was rated as a troll. It's hard to face the truth, I know that, but it was not a troll, just the plain thruth.
I know this is
At least I can sleep without having to fear RIAA, that's worth beeing downmodded as troll to me.
That's all this news get from me... A big YAWN....
If you trade illegal material, you will sooner or later have to face the consequences, big deal. Don't trade on Kazaa or whatever, and you can sleep without any fears.
Yes, but Hon were not prepared for Chris!
Chris had the largest chipstack and sat back, folding hands that would normally be played and let the others fight it out. very wise, then when he and Hon faced off, he changed gears and confused the heck out of Hon and won easily. A truly great game and an amazing lesson in Nolimit Hold'em!
The switch to Linux on the Desktop will not start at home, just for the very same reasons you point out.
Linux on the Desktop will start in the corporate world, just like Windows did. After adoption in the corp world, the adoption at home will follow.
I have heard for years that Linux is not ready for the Desktop, the apps suck etc and every time I look at my PC and think: I wonder what their needs are?
I have used Linux exclusively on the desktop for years, currently running Gentoo, but that is not a point. My point is that most people, both at work and at home will have more then adequate number of apps available and with features that covers their use. Remember the good old 80/20 rule? 80% of the users only use 20% of the feature in any given app. This still holds water, so there is really no need for an Outlook killer, most people will have more than enough functionality with already existing apps.
I also fail to see the so called "un-polished" look or lack of interoperability, it's there, both in Gnome and KDE, and getting even more polsihed for each release. What you use is based on your perception of the available DE and Wm environments. I work for a huge company, 40000+ employees and have so far not found one single task that I or my coworkers need to perfom that could not be done under Linux, not one single!
I would really love to see the list of programs needed for Linux in order to be a valid alternative to Windows on the Desktop. As far as I know, there are none!
You obviously didn't see the WPT on Travel Channel last night? Where Chris Karaguyllan executed a perfect strategy to come out on top of the game, which he also did. These types of games are very different from the games played at real casino's and on-line casions.
The On-line casinos give you an opportunity to learn the game and learn how other players play whithout having to judge their behaviour, just from the cards they play and how they bet. Do this with play-money first, but also remember that with play-money, you get a lot of loose players betting on anything since it actually doesn't cost you anything, skip those tables or play them for all they are worth to build up a nice stash of play-money. Then find tables were the players try to play real hold'em. When you have won several hundred thousands of play money, move on to the low-stake real money tables and start to re-learn the betting game. By this time you should know how to handle the cards, but not real betting. Move on up and play some cheap tournaments before you set your foot in a real card room.
The on-line card rooms are great for learning and fun and to actually win real money. Don't put them down without knowing anything about them. I play regularly in several of them and I have never been cheated out of money, my winnings have always been credited to my accounts promptly and the rake is low. I much prefer on-line card games to casinos, since the casino needs to take more of your money than the on-line rooms plus the fact that there isn't a casion around every corner of the world. A couple of nights ago I played with a guy from Iraq, one from Malaysia, one from Germany and one from Brazil. Lots' of fun.
This is ofcourse the result of terrorists! :)
Much easier to wreck havoc on a government project and cause disruption through buggy software than to take the time to learn to fly and then hijacka nd hit public buildings. The most positive thing is ofcourse that you, the terrorist, is not killed
If the US really wants to get rid of all potential terrorists, they have to evict everyone of a certain religious and cultural group and then close the borders and let no-one in and out. This is ofcourse not possible, hence all these measures taken by the gov is virtually useless.
I read the chapter that was available on the website in PDF form and best practive my a**!
:bindvariable and assign WHATEVER to :bindvariable, you will only have to parse the statement once and whenever someone enters a different search criteria, i.e WHATNOT instead of WHATEVER, the database will not have to consider the select statement as a new and unique statement but use the one already pre-parsed in memory and only substitue the bindvariable with the actual value.
When you talk about best practice, you could at least mention the best of them all, esp with databases like Oracle, use of bindvariables.
The book gives examples in the form of:
select blah from tableblah where bleh='WHATEVER';
Everyone with some experience from an enterprise database knows the rule is: "Parse once, execute many times". By replacing 'WHATEVER' with
Now, that's best practice!
If the rest of the book is as sloppy, then stay away from it.