quoting Linus again: "First off, I'm actually perfectly well off. I live in a good-sized house, with a nice yard, with deer occasionally showing up and eating the roses (my wife likes the roses more, I like the deer more, so we don't really mind). I've got three kids, and I know I can pay for their education. What more do I need? The thing is, being a good programmer actually pays pretty well; being acknowledged as being world-class pays even better. I simply didn't need to start a commercial company. And it's just about the least interesting thing I can even imagine. I absolutely hate paperwork. I couldn't take care of employees if I tried. A company that I started would never have succeeded – it's simply not what I'm interested in! So instead, I have a very good life, doing something that I think is really interesting, and something that I think actually matters for people, not just me. And that makes me feel good."http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
It is clear that, soon, new PCs and laptops will come preinstalled with Windows 8. 95% or more of users will have no idea how to "stay with Windows 7". Some may be lucky to have friends who can do that for them. Or even luckier to have real friends who install some reasonable Linux on their old machines so they don't have to spend big money on new hardware right now.
As long as Microsoft "rules" the desktop market the way they do, with a quasi monopoly, ordinary users are more or less at their mercy. Bickering about the average user not being able or willing to accept change doesn't help anyone, except perhaps, MS and their droids.
What kind of protocol can be used for transmissions like that?
And, if anything goes wrong, and Curiosity throws up, eh, an exception, how can it fallback to a sane state?
Someone further up this discussion suggested a mechanism where losing contact to base control for a certain period would trigger a revert to the previous version. But losing control may have totally different reasons.
Does anyone know how they do this stuff? Are they actually programming Curiosity in Python?
a rich man by NOT patenting stuff (i.e. using the GPL2 for Linux). So why shouldn't he do the same with other stuff? Also, I guess there is loads of "prior art" regarding this cloudy PR talk of today.
"Only wimps use tape[*] backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it;)" Linus Torvalds (1996) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
(Isn't that prescience of "The Cloud"?)
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* replace this with your favorite backup media of today;-)
Doesn't work if you start learning your 2nd language now. Has to be done in early childhood because then, and only then regions of your brain are used differently to make room for the 2nd language in a different way than if you learn the 2nd language later. This improves future learning capacities for the 3rd, 4th,... nth language, and seemingly not only the languages.... So here, you really have something to blame your parents for!;-)
Still, learning a new language is always a good thing... and fun. Best done with an attractive teacher of the opposite (or, if you are so inclined, same) sex. So: have fun!
What do you think would have happened if those guys at Knight Capital had used this already? In 45 min they could have burned ALL the money in the world! Ouch!...
Wait a minute, this might be a good thing after all... go ahead, folks!
I am quite confident that someone somewhere on this planet will find a way around UEFI make machines rootable in any case. Hopefully.
But still: while I understand the financial/business implications I do not understand why RedHat and Ubuntu caved in so easily and are playing the evil game together with MS instead of being vocal on the real issues behind UEFI, namely; that it doesn't make the machines "secure" regarding malware but rather "secure" against "tampering" by the machines' owners!
Linux cannot wait for a decade (or how long did those MS monopoly trials go last time?). This time MS may succeed in strangling the competition for good; they have probably found the only way you can fight an open source OS: by locking down the hardware against it.
How about a social voting website so we can pick the politician of the day to be presented with a good remote beating as "award" for worst recent "achievements":-D (just brainstorming options, not intending to harm humans)
What do you think how long it would take before somebody evil would swarm unprotected networked computers with bots for distributed punching attacks (DPAs) on people he singled out for a good beating? And how problable would it be that YOU might be singled out for a second by the first victim for suggesting such a tool...;-)
He describes perfectly well what will be going on behind the scenes. People who used to work for big pharmaceutical industries are working in the FDA and former FDA people are working in the industry. So a cure has only got a chance if a big industry player can profit from it - and more than they could from providing life-long treatment.
I am pretty sure that 99.9999% of all slashdot users know this already. And I am also approximately 100% sure that many non-slashdot-readers will never learn (those, who are writing their texts "in Windows" (as opposed to a specific text processor) also "start the internet" by clicking the blue 'e'.
So what's the point, really?
I prefer to think myself. I prefer to keep private data, well, private. The scenario given by the OP rather sounds like a dystopic horror: how long would it take until "The Bad Guys" find a way to exploit the data via Google? Always remember: Knowledge is power. Knowledge about you is power over you. Has not Facebook already proven that a central hub of knowledge about people can badly hurt those people?
Very interesting reading.
Though I disagree with Chr. Tolkien: The movies were as close to the books as you can probably get (in our times). And have introduced Middle Earth to millions of new readers of the books (and more of Tolkien's works). So what if they aren't perfect in the view of the Tolkien descendants?
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quoting Linus again: "First off, I'm actually perfectly well off. I live in a good-sized house, with a nice yard, with deer occasionally showing up and eating the roses (my wife likes the roses more, I like the deer more, so we don't really mind). I've got three kids, and I know I can pay for their education. What more do I need? The thing is, being a good programmer actually pays pretty well; being acknowledged as being world-class pays even better. I simply didn't need to start a commercial company. And it's just about the least interesting thing I can even imagine. I absolutely hate paperwork. I couldn't take care of employees if I tried. A company that I started would never have succeeded – it's simply not what I'm interested in! So instead, I have a very good life, doing something that I think is really interesting, and something that I think actually matters for people, not just me. And that makes me feel good." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
It is clear that, soon, new PCs and laptops will come preinstalled with Windows 8. 95% or more of users will have no idea how to "stay with Windows 7". Some may be lucky to have friends who can do that for them. Or even luckier to have real friends who install some reasonable Linux on their old machines so they don't have to spend big money on new hardware right now.
As long as Microsoft "rules" the desktop market the way they do, with a quasi monopoly, ordinary users are more or less at their mercy. Bickering about the average user not being able or willing to accept change doesn't help anyone, except perhaps, MS and their droids.
What kind of protocol can be used for transmissions like that?
And, if anything goes wrong, and Curiosity throws up, eh, an exception, how can it fallback to a sane state? Someone further up this discussion suggested a mechanism where losing contact to base control for a certain period would trigger a revert to the previous version. But losing control may have totally different reasons.
Does anyone know how they do this stuff? Are they actually programming Curiosity in Python?
who killed the cat. It will have been that darn NASA engineer who killed Curiosity. ;-)
a rich man by NOT patenting stuff (i.e. using the GPL2 for Linux). So why shouldn't he do the same with other stuff? Also, I guess there is loads of "prior art" regarding this cloudy PR talk of today.
"Only wimps use tape[*] backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)"
Linus Torvalds (1996) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
(Isn't that prescience of "The Cloud"?)
–––––––––– ;-)
* replace this with your favorite backup media of today
in the 20th century, when they hyped x-ray scanners for fitting shoes in shoe shops. And probably just as healthy. Have fun!
Sadly, you are 100 % right.
UEFI may be the last nail in the coffin for widespread adoption of free operating systems.
Is there any hope?
Sadly, the Martians are a feline race. Looks like a violent slaughter lies ahead.
Doesn't work if you start learning your 2nd language now. Has to be done in early childhood because then, and only then regions of your brain are used differently to make room for the 2nd language in a different way than if you learn the 2nd language later. This improves future learning capacities for the 3rd, 4th, ... nth language, and seemingly not only the languages. ... So here, you really have something to blame your parents for! ;-)
Still, learning a new language is always a good thing ... and fun. Best done with an attractive teacher of the opposite (or, if you are so inclined, same) sex. So: have fun!
aging rich guy who fears death, realizing money is not everything ...
Yeah, sure!
What do you think would have happened if those guys at Knight Capital had used this already? In 45 min they could have burned ALL the money in the world! Ouch! ...
Wait a minute, this might be a good thing after all ... go ahead, folks!
I am quite confident that someone somewhere on this planet will find a way around UEFI make machines rootable in any case. Hopefully.
But still: while I understand the financial/business implications I do not understand why RedHat and Ubuntu caved in so easily and are playing the evil game together with MS instead of being vocal on the real issues behind UEFI, namely; that it doesn't make the machines "secure" regarding malware but rather "secure" against "tampering" by the machines' owners!
Linux cannot wait for a decade (or how long did those MS monopoly trials go last time?). This time MS may succeed in strangling the competition for good; they have probably found the only way you can fight an open source OS: by locking down the hardware against it.
Forget Betteridge's Law for a moment ;-)
Any move away from a monoply is a good move.
Any improvement that benefits the users (and doesn't hurt the developers) is good.
Have fun!
n.t.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor, as quoted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_Razor
shouldn't it be "therminated"? ;-)
How about a social voting website so we can pick the politician of the day to be presented with a good remote beating as "award" for worst recent "achievements" :-D (just brainstorming options, not intending to harm humans)
What do you think how long it would take before somebody evil would swarm unprotected networked computers with bots for distributed punching attacks (DPAs) on people he singled out for a good beating? And how problable would it be that YOU might be singled out for a second by the first victim for suggesting such a tool ... ;-)
Windows Admin. ;-)
But I believe they do have remote admin tools today, too. :-P
Or, in this case: single point of intrusion. Need to say more?
He describes perfectly well what will be going on behind the scenes. People who used to work for big pharmaceutical industries are working in the FDA and former FDA people are working in the industry. So a cure has only got a chance if a big industry player can profit from it - and more than they could from providing life-long treatment.
I am pretty sure that 99.9999% of all slashdot users know this already. And I am also approximately 100% sure that many non-slashdot-readers will never learn (those, who are writing their texts "in Windows" (as opposed to a specific text processor) also "start the internet" by clicking the blue 'e'. So what's the point, really?
I prefer to think myself. I prefer to keep private data, well, private. The scenario given by the OP rather sounds like a dystopic horror: how long would it take until "The Bad Guys" find a way to exploit the data via Google? Always remember: Knowledge is power. Knowledge about you is power over you. Has not Facebook already proven that a central hub of knowledge about people can badly hurt those people?
Very interesting reading. Though I disagree with Chr. Tolkien: The movies were as close to the books as you can probably get (in our times). And have introduced Middle Earth to millions of new readers of the books (and more of Tolkien's works). So what if they aren't perfect in the view of the Tolkien descendants?