Wouldn't it make more sense to put the other stories on the front page and relegate these to the 'Micro$oft' section?
Let's run with this one! I suggest deleting the MS section and dropping MS stories altogether (aside from MS actions that are attacks on the OS community).
That might make it a lot less fun for the WinTrolls. Although the MS section has the benefit of keeping the WinTrolls on the defensive. I'm not really sure why they hang out here. I suppose it's a lot like the pro-MS morons at comp.sys.mac.advocacy...
Thank you! I've had that argument many-a-time with people. Few find it weird - I was starting to think it was just me. At least on OS X, the trash can turns to an eject symbol...
On a related note [but off topic to patents], it would be nice if they'd complete the integration of disk copy so that burning & reformatting of CDs/DVDs would be more intuitive...
Agree 100%. Well, maybe 99%, as the task bar also contains buttons for each app, rather than having them under the Finder menu. Just didn't want to start a battle of the 'who did it first's...
Before getting your panties in a bunch about this, you could at least note that it's a design patent on the specific image that they use. Not the idea or functioning of a trashcan.
And BTW, did you submit the SNORT hole to the editors (seriously)? I (unfortunately) haven't seen any info at/. about it and will have to go check CERT to see what's up. Assuming, that is, that SNORT is separate from the godawful hole that showed up in sendmail. Fortunately Apple had the sense to distribute OS X with sendmail disabled. Unfortunately, they didn't have the sense to omit the POS altogether. Anyway, if SNORT and the sendmail vulnerability are one & the same, what was the other hole? I'd like to get the updates...or is that the OpenSSL patch mentioned in yesterday's auto update that my system installed?
In regard to IE having "another hole", I'm surprised anybody comments on it. It's about as newsworthy as sand in the desert...;-)
When it comes down to it, MS takes a lot of crap because they've done so many crappy things in the past. It's really difficult not to be cynical about any move they make...
It's a design patent. This prevents MS (well, actually anyone, but given past history, MS is the most likely culprit) from making a clone of Apple's OS X GUI and calling it Windows XT (or whatever). This doesn't prevent anyone from using trash can icons, the concept of the trash can icons, etc., in a GUI. It prevents someone from using Apple's specific icon in their GUI.
Furthermore, if you really want to piss & moan about how everyone would jump on MS for doing something this underhanded then you may want to check this one out: Utility (not Design) patent 5,757,371Taskbar with start menu from (you guessed it) MS.
Arran Frood investigates what could have been the very first batteries and how these important archaeological and technological artefacts might now be liberated by the impending war in Iraq.
War can liberate more than a people, a country, or a region. Culture, tradition and history also stand to benefit.
Iraq has a rich national heritage. The Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel are said to have been sited in this ancient land.
In any war, there is a chance that priceless treasures will be lost forever, articles such as the "ancient battery" that resides defenceless in the museum of Baghdad. But with the current state of Iraq, they may as well be lost, given the limited access and importance these articles are assigned.
You forgot to subtract out the cost of mac.com & iMovie from the comparison. You don't get those with the PC, and furthermore, they're not required with the Mac. So it's actually $1050 vs $750.
Plus, I don't know where you're getting your numbers from for iMovie, et al. iMovie 3 is a free download. As is iTunes 3 and iPhoto 2. It's iDVD 3 you have to pay for, and it's $45 (which also includes the other 3 i-apps bundled on CD).
And, finally,.mac is $99.95/year, not $130. And this includes the backup software (spanning backup to CD & DVD) but also includes backup to Apples system (via your.mac iDrive) which I find well worth it. I now have offsite backup of all of my critical files for $100/year. (Virex sucks, BTW).
I love how the ignorant media loves to call these people 'conservative'. Look the word up in a damn dictionary, a conservative - someone who hopes to conserve the status quo and is suspicious of the mechanisms and out comes of change...
That's certainly a definition, but not the only definition (note that I'm referencing conservatism, which is listed in the definition of conservative).
I'm currently a 6 figure technogeek (and have been for a fair amount of time). I've been passionate about technology since I was a kid. And I've been programming every day for the past 20+ years.
Now, midstream, I'm bailing on all of this (with 2 kids to support) to go back to school & get a PhD in physics. Why? Because I'm no longer as passionate as I once was about technology and want to find something to keep me happy. Contrary to (apparently) popular belief, a raised income doesn't give you some massive nest egg [even if the government didn't take close to half of it], you just spend more - i.e., I'm not suddenly able to do this because I have a fortune to support me. I'll be essentially broke by the time I get a PhD and pretty much be starting at square one.
So what? I wasn't in technology for the money - that was just icing. I did it because it was what I was passionate about.
If the only reason people are pursuing a career is for money, they'd be a lot better off being a lobbyist [or a drug dealer, for that matter]. Just do what makes you happy.
...two cops are hired to look into misuse of funds and property, find ~$3 million worth, are told not to forward their information to the FBI, then - when the information gets out - are fired. CBS gets wind of this, the pressure builds, and finally those responsible for the firings resign.
Yup. Sounds like a classic Bush and BIGENERGY maneuver to me.
I'd like to close this post by pointing out how highly unethical it would be for some slashdot poster with an account for Physical Review to post the full text of the article as an AC. It would be entirely wrong to think of that as "liberating" some piece of research funded by U.S. taxpayer dollars. Furthermore, those of us interested in the article but lacking accounts or easy access to a college library to read it would not be at all grateful.
Imagine bidding a project for a customer. You have a fixed budget, fixed requirements, and a schedule. The next year, your customer changes the budget, changes the requirements, and you alter your design and schedule accordingly. Each year, as you finally get back on track from the latest set of requirement changes, the cycle is repeated. Eventually, the customer starts to complain that you keep spending their money and yet you still don't seem to have delivered a product.
Now you understand the relationship between NASA and Congress.
Oh, yeah, and a bunch of poor and middle class people all got tax breaks. That too.
arbitrary:
Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle.
Perhaps you should have given the link for the definition so that we could also see definition 2:
Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference.
And, obviously, using an earth-centric measurement is quite akin to using a king-centric measurement. Now, it's nice that it went decimal in the filtering down, but that's about it. Frankly, I would have preferred that 1km had equaled 1 mile - it sure would make existing 1 mile square road grids a lot easier to deal with...but that's a fairly u.s.-centric view.
>...I usually refer to that sensation as 'That little voice that I should have listened to...'
Both of these comments are just thoughtless.
And your evidence for this statement is what? Or have you actually thought about it yet?
When I'm both wary and fascinated by something, I tread much more cautiously than normal. Failure to do so is foolishness, not thoughtlessness. But hey, if that's your definition of thoughtlessness, then I'm just dying to hear your definition of is.
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Oh..wait. XP got the highest rating... Well, there must be some kind of bias going on here...
The mark of a true troll. Criticize format & tipos when intellect fails you.
(BONUS: I even used an non-English spelling for tipo just to give you something to respond to).
And watch in amazement as traffic to Slashdot drops dramatically.
You really think the WinTrolls generate that much traffic here? You may be right...
Heck, you could blame that on Bill Gates!
Are you Bill Gates? No, I guess that would be 'The Billg'...
Let's run with this one! I suggest deleting the MS section and dropping MS stories altogether (aside from MS actions that are attacks on the OS community).
That might make it a lot less fun for the WinTrolls. Although the MS section has the benefit of keeping the WinTrolls on the defensive. I'm not really sure why they hang out here. I suppose it's a lot like the pro-MS morons at comp.sys.mac.advocacy...
And there's also our old, much maligned friend Ada which performs range constraints on buffers to prevent overflow.
Let's take my verbatim post and dissect it again...
it's a design patent on the specific image that they use. Not the idea or functioning of a trashcan.
Provided facts. Check.
the godawful hole that showed up in sendmail.
Classifies a massive hole in a Unix based system as just that. Check.
Unfortunately, they [Apple] didn't have the sense to omit the POS altogether.
Slams beloved Apple for design screwup. Check.
When it comes down to it, MS takes a lot of crap because they've done so many crappy things in the past.
Provides a fact that's documented in court records. Check.
Yup. You pegged me. I'm a biased bastard....
On a related note [but off topic to patents], it would be nice if they'd complete the integration of disk copy so that burning & reformatting of CDs/DVDs would be more intuitive...
Agree 100%. Well, maybe 99%, as the task bar also contains buttons for each app, rather than having them under the Finder menu. Just didn't want to start a battle of the 'who did it first's...
And BTW, did you submit the SNORT hole to the editors (seriously)? I (unfortunately) haven't seen any info at /. about it and will have to go check CERT to see what's up. Assuming, that is, that SNORT is separate from the godawful hole that showed up in sendmail. Fortunately Apple had the sense to distribute OS X with sendmail disabled. Unfortunately, they didn't have the sense to omit the POS altogether. Anyway, if SNORT and the sendmail vulnerability are one & the same, what was the other hole? I'd like to get the updates...or is that the OpenSSL patch mentioned in yesterday's auto update that my system installed?
In regard to IE having "another hole", I'm surprised anybody comments on it. It's about as newsworthy as sand in the desert... ;-)
When it comes down to it, MS takes a lot of crap because they've done so many crappy things in the past. It's really difficult not to be cynical about any move they make...
They already have...5,757,371 Taskbar with start menu
Furthermore, if you really want to piss & moan about how everyone would jump on MS for doing something this underhanded then you may want to check this one out: Utility (not Design) patent 5,757,371 Taskbar with start menu from (you guessed it) MS.
You could always buy one of these.
Arran Frood investigates what could have been the very first batteries and how these important archaeological and technological artefacts might now be liberated by the impending war in Iraq.
War can liberate more than a people, a country, or a region. Culture, tradition and history also stand to benefit.
Iraq has a rich national heritage. The Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel are said to have been sited in this ancient land.
In any war, there is a chance that priceless treasures will be lost forever, articles such as the "ancient battery" that resides defenceless in the museum of Baghdad. But with the current state of Iraq, they may as well be lost, given the limited access and importance these articles are assigned.
You forgot to subtract out the cost of mac.com & iMovie from the comparison. You don't get those with the PC, and furthermore, they're not required with the Mac. So it's actually $1050 vs $750.
Plus, I don't know where you're getting your numbers from for iMovie, et al. iMovie 3 is a free download. As is iTunes 3 and iPhoto 2. It's iDVD 3 you have to pay for, and it's $45 (which also includes the other 3 i-apps bundled on CD).
And, finally, .mac is $99.95/year, not $130. And this includes the backup software (spanning backup to CD & DVD) but also includes backup to Apples system (via your .mac iDrive) which I find well worth it. I now have offsite backup of all of my critical files for $100/year. (Virex sucks, BTW).
That's certainly a definition, but not the only definition (note that I'm referencing conservatism, which is listed in the definition of conservative).
Correct - by 15 years.
Considered enrolling in some anger management classes?
Try it and let me know how that goes... ;-)
Now, midstream, I'm bailing on all of this (with 2 kids to support) to go back to school & get a PhD in physics. Why? Because I'm no longer as passionate as I once was about technology and want to find something to keep me happy. Contrary to (apparently) popular belief, a raised income doesn't give you some massive nest egg [even if the government didn't take close to half of it], you just spend more - i.e., I'm not suddenly able to do this because I have a fortune to support me. I'll be essentially broke by the time I get a PhD and pretty much be starting at square one.
So what? I wasn't in technology for the money - that was just icing. I did it because it was what I was passionate about.
If the only reason people are pursuing a career is for money, they'd be a lot better off being a lobbyist [or a drug dealer, for that matter]. Just do what makes you happy.
That's my 00000010 cents.
Seems like all you'd need is a flux capacitor.
And maybe an anza brush.
Yup. Sounds like a classic Bush and BIGENERGY maneuver to me.
Fine. Here's a link you ungrateful bastard.
Now you understand the relationship between NASA and Congress.
Oh, yeah, and a bunch of poor and middle class people all got tax breaks. That too.
arbitrary:
Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle.
Perhaps you should have given the link for the definition so that we could also see definition 2:
Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference.
And, obviously, using an earth-centric measurement is quite akin to using a king-centric measurement. Now, it's nice that it went decimal in the filtering down, but that's about it. Frankly, I would have preferred that 1km had equaled 1 mile - it sure would make existing 1 mile square road grids a lot easier to deal with...but that's a fairly u.s.-centric view.
Both of these comments are just thoughtless.
And your evidence for this statement is what? Or have you actually thought about it yet?
When I'm both wary and fascinated by something, I tread much more cautiously than normal. Failure to do so is foolishness, not thoughtlessness. But hey, if that's your definition of thoughtlessness, then I'm just dying to hear your definition of is.