I wish the big Linux distros would start doing this. Being unable (or unwilling) to patch a linux box without a broadband connections is one of my biggest pet peeves with the current crop of distros.
What exactly would they sue allofmp3 Customers for??? The most they can do is demand that all files purchased from allofmp3.com be deleted. Unless they also have some kind of proof that the buyer has been copying the files to other people, there is no grounds for civil damage.
What about all the other programs that might need to link to to the tools,, oops, can't be licesensed under GPL anymore unless special exemptions are written/created.... not to mention the possible problems if someone borrows code (assuming most everything in Debian Free is,, well, free) without verifying the details of the license.. yes, I realize that it's the person's own fault, and not that of cdrecord, but it still makes sense to try to keep the system as GPL compatible as possible.
Strange, I've never had problems with NVidia's drivers on my Slackware boxes. Although, I do have seen locking issues, exactly as you describe, with the open source NV driver that comes with Xorg.. hmmm... (to be fair, the nv driver, to my knowledge, is not really updated to support new cards, and if it works at all, it's co-incidence).
ATI, however, has no open srouce support 2d or otherwise (unless you count the grossly insuficient vesa driver) for their cards... There has been no open source support for anything past the X800 series. (so, no working drivers for X1700, X1800 and X1900 cards, 3 whole generations.). ATI has blatently abandoned Linux and Open source, or give it such little help that they might as well do so.
Overlooking that Wine has innadverdantly re-created this 'back door' by following the API spec. This is all by (poor) design, no code back doors involved. Not even a bug, per say, since it's working as designed.
This is different because everyone expects google to be *better* than others... You know, the whole "do no evil" thing. (On the other hand, CNet could have made the same story by researching personal info on one of their own, thereby maintaining journalistic integrity, instead of being lumped with tabloid sensationalists.)
It is... Linux on the same platform is almost always binary compatible. Certainly all the big distros are! I think what the parent poster meant was RPM compatible. It's the package dependency management that breaks.
In completely unrelated news, I'm sure, Novell has announced layoffs of over 100 employees in Europe. Begs the question, is Novell trying to improve SuSe development with a community development model ala Red Hat, or is Novell Cutting SuSe loose?
Sorry, but copyright protection is opt out, not opt in. I think this is really sad, but if archive crawlers want to protect themselves from copyright actions, they have to start only archiving sites that explicitely give permission via robots.txt. otherwise, they will eternally be fithing this in courts of *every* jurisdiction in the world, maybe winning some, but deffinately loosing some.
I should know better than feeding the Troll, but here goes...
People are overwheled with passwords, everywhere you go, you have to create a new password, some you have to change regularly, etc etc. The resultof this password nonsense, human beings being human beings, and not very wise to computer security, have the bad bad habbit of... wait for it... re-using passwords.
You can argue this is entirely the (l)user's fault for such a faux-pas, but it's nontheless a fact. If you discover a peron's password on any given website, chances are, it might be used to unlock an amazon account, a banking site, hell, whatever is out there people protect with insecure passwords.
well, this may be giving people I don't know too much credit, but I'm guessing whoever analyzed the binaries to find the 'evidence' that they contatin GPL code wouldn't have bothered if that detail had been been disclosed. Unless, of course, he/she was working off pirated copies that were not distributed complete with the license terms.
They also have to communicate to the customers, in writing, the terms of the GPLS under which the software is licensed to them. But that's splitting hairs.
Unfortunately, Li-Ion Batteries degenerate with time, from the date of manufacture, regardless if they are used or not. A Li-Ion battery will only perform well for a 2-3 years.
See: www.batteryuniversity.com for more information. There is also great advice for dealing with "Battery Gauges" (They calibrate on a full discharge)
I don't want to join the chorus of people who seem to think the defaults as is are sensible... however:
If a script kiddie got a non-root access to my box, I for one prefer he/she/it knock the box down than spend the time to find a better root exploit from within the account in question.
Let's take this argument to the next logical step.. Why use Linux at all? People reconize the name Windows.. so when they ask, "What do I do now that I have a new computer?" you can just say, "Install Windows, everyone's familiar with it."... Now, I have nothing agaisnt proprietary/commercial software per say, but I expect it to, at the least, bring something of value to the table.
I would almost agree, except, as others pointed out, they are a dollar short and several days late.
5 years ago, hell, even 2 years ago, I would have seen value in a decent burning GUI. Since then, we have K3B and the new Gnome whatchamacallit, that both do the same thing, better, support more formats, and are not hindered by little things like CSS.... Sooo, how seriously can they be taking this product?
This might even cause OSS harm. Now hardware companies can make proprietary changes to the hardware interface, say, for copy protection. When people complain that Linux can't use the hardware, they can reasonably point to Nero as a burning solution. So not only does this not bring anything new or desirable to the desktop, it can be used to further hinder development of truly open and free systems.
Anyone can set themselves up as a CA and sign anything they want as "Mozilla.org". If the browser doesn't trust the real official CA, then what's to distinguish one cert from another besides the fingerprint.
That's the 'why not.' I still like the idea. It would make Mozilla look more official, and MS look bad for not including the Cert as a trusted company.
Actually, that the cool part of my master plan (evil chuckle)...
If Microsoft Windows did not incoporate the Mozilla foundation as a trusted CA, and was therefore warning people about installing 'untrusted' software, word would spread on the net and it would just be seen as Monopolistic shinnanigans.
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Here's to the first post to snipe at the editors and (hopefully) get modded way up :)
I wish the big Linux distros would start doing this. Being unable (or unwilling) to patch a linux box without a broadband connections is one of my biggest pet peeves with the current crop of distros.
What exactly would they sue allofmp3 Customers for??? The most they can do is demand that all files purchased from allofmp3.com be deleted. Unless they also have some kind of proof that the buyer has been copying the files to other people, there is no grounds for civil damage.
Maybe you should ask Linus... I seem to remember a released stable kernel that neglected to sync file systems before shutting down.....
I love Linux, hate Windows, but point it, sh!t happens.
What about all the other programs that might need to link to to the tools,, oops, can't be licesensed under GPL anymore unless special exemptions are written/created.... not to mention the possible problems if someone borrows code (assuming most everything in Debian Free is ,, well, free) without verifying the details of the license.. yes, I realize that it's the person's own fault, and not that of cdrecord, but it still makes sense to try to keep the system as GPL compatible as possible.
Strange, I've never had problems with NVidia's drivers on my Slackware boxes. Although, I do have seen locking issues, exactly as you describe, with the open source NV driver that comes with Xorg.. hmmm... (to be fair, the nv driver, to my knowledge, is not really updated to support new cards, and if it works at all, it's co-incidence). ATI, however, has no open srouce support 2d or otherwise (unless you count the grossly insuficient vesa driver) for their cards... There has been no open source support for anything past the X800 series. (so, no working drivers for X1700, X1800 and X1900 cards, 3 whole generations.). ATI has blatently abandoned Linux and Open source, or give it such little help that they might as well do so.
Overlooking that Wine has innadverdantly re-created this 'back door' by following the API spec. This is all by (poor) design, no code back doors involved. Not even a bug, per say, since it's working as designed.
This is different because everyone expects google to be *better* than others... You know, the whole "do no evil" thing. (On the other hand, CNet could have made the same story by researching personal info on one of their own, thereby maintaining journalistic integrity, instead of being lumped with tabloid sensationalists.)
It is... Linux on the same platform is almost always binary compatible. Certainly all the big distros are! I think what the parent poster meant was RPM compatible. It's the package dependency management that breaks.
In completely unrelated news, I'm sure, Novell has announced layoffs of over 100 employees in Europe. Begs the question, is Novell trying to improve SuSe development with a community development model ala Red Hat, or is Novell Cutting SuSe loose?
Sorry, but copyright protection is opt out, not opt in. I think this is really sad, but if archive crawlers want to protect themselves from copyright actions, they have to start only archiving sites that explicitely give permission via robots.txt. otherwise, they will eternally be fithing this in courts of *every* jurisdiction in the world, maybe winning some, but deffinately loosing some.
I should know better than feeding the Troll, but here goes...
People are overwheled with passwords, everywhere you go, you have to create a new password, some you have to change regularly, etc etc. The resultof this password nonsense, human beings being human beings, and not very wise to computer security, have the bad bad habbit of... wait for it... re-using passwords.
You can argue this is entirely the (l)user's fault for such a faux-pas, but it's nontheless a fact. If you discover a peron's password on any given website, chances are, it might be used to unlock an amazon account, a banking site, hell, whatever is out there people protect with insecure passwords.
Because Yahoo did not take the pictures down when requested. Yahoo did *Nothing* for two months.
well, this may be giving people I don't know too much credit, but I'm guessing whoever analyzed the binaries to find the 'evidence' that they contatin GPL code wouldn't have bothered if that detail had been been disclosed. Unless, of course, he/she was working off pirated copies that were not distributed complete with the license terms.
They also have to communicate to the customers, in writing, the terms of the GPLS under which the software is licensed to them. But that's splitting hairs.
Unfortunately, Li-Ion Batteries degenerate with time, from the date of manufacture, regardless if they are used or not. A Li-Ion battery will only perform well for a 2-3 years.
See: www.batteryuniversity.com for more information. There is also great advice for dealing with "Battery Gauges" (They calibrate on a full discharge)
I don't want to join the chorus of people who seem to think the defaults as is are sensible... however:
If a script kiddie got a non-root access to my box, I for one prefer he/she/it knock the box down than spend the time to find a better root exploit from within the account in question.
Oops, my bad,,, and thanks for replying.
Let's take this argument to the next logical step.. Why use Linux at all? People reconize the name Windows.. so when they ask, "What do I do now that I have a new computer?" you can just say, "Install Windows, everyone's familiar with it."... Now, I have nothing agaisnt proprietary/commercial software per say, but I expect it to, at the least, bring something of value to the table.
I am hurt and offended that you would accuse me of astroturfing my own post. Is it so hard to believe others *might*, must maybe, agree with me?
I would almost agree, except, as others pointed out, they are a dollar short and several days late.
5 years ago, hell, even 2 years ago, I would have seen value in a decent burning GUI. Since then, we have K3B and the new Gnome whatchamacallit, that both do the same thing, better, support more formats, and are not hindered by little things like CSS.... Sooo, how seriously can they be taking this product?
This might even cause OSS harm. Now hardware companies can make proprietary changes to the hardware interface, say, for copy protection. When people complain that Linux can't use the hardware, they can reasonably point to Nero as a burning solution. So not only does this not bring anything new or desirable to the desktop, it can be used to further hinder development of truly open and free systems.
Except, if you read the fine frint in the FA, it says, Neor offers *No* support for the Linux Version.... so... no.
Yeah, I can see how someone in Russia planning to release a virus or other malware would be immediately detered by trademark law :)
My appolgies to all the fine upstanding Russians reading this, I had to pick on someone.
Anyone can set themselves up as a CA and sign anything they want as "Mozilla.org". If the browser doesn't trust the real official CA, then what's to distinguish one cert from another besides the fingerprint.
That's the 'why not.' I still like the idea. It would make Mozilla look more official, and MS look bad for not including the Cert as a trusted company.
If Microsoft Windows did not incoporate the Mozilla foundation as a trusted CA, and was therefore warning people about installing 'untrusted' software, word would spread on the net and it would just be seen as Monopolistic shinnanigans.