What fool modded this as "Insightful"? I see nothing "insightful" about one's posing just the question, "So who became more evil Apple or Microsoft?"
Besides that, the word "evil" has really lost all meaning on slashdot, for how casually it's thrown about around here. Neither Apple nor Microsoft is "evil".
"Erm, I don't think this is quite what you think. Apple already doesn't treat customers like scum the way Microsoft does (which I appreciate; I'm honest, but I don't like the assumption that I am not)."
Wow, you must get pissed off everytime you exit a store and have to pass through the scanners. Or everytime you go to a movie and have to present a ticket. Etc, etc, etc.
"If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it." -- RMS.
Wow, did RMS really say that? He's even more deluded than I thought. This nut actually thinks he's in the same league as Ghandi, MLK, Mandela. LOL
I call BS. I just recently had to replace my hard drive, and I was able to reinstall XP and activate it with no problems. I think there has to be three different hardware changes (e.g. hardrive + motherboard + network card) before automatic activation fails (as at that point it would appear that the OS being installed on a different computer rather than just the same computer with a new component).
"Thousands of people post to Slashdot. Many of them might have different opinions. Unlike some sites, Slashdot does not attempt to censor or otherwise limit people's expression of those opinions. Even when, like yours, those opinions demonstrate extreme stupidity."
Ah, but the parent refered to "the slashdot way". Just because some slashdot posters may have different opinions does not mean that there is not a "slashdot way" of group think. After all, slashdot uses derrogatory icons for it's Microsoft and Windows stories (the Gates Bork icon and the broken window pane icon); slashdot does not use derrogatory icons for any of its other topics. What does that tell you about the "slashdot way"?
Thank you. Many slashdotters keep trotting out the IIS vs Apache canard, just assuming that Apache is more secure, when the opposite appears to be the case. That this keeps being put forth as fact brings into question the other statements thrown around here as if they are axioms with no need for any supporting evidence.
The only difference between the UI to invoke the "Shut Down" command on Windows and the corresponding UI on Mac is that menu used to access the "Shut Down" command on Windows is indicated by Windows Icon followed by the string "start", where as on Mac the corresponding menu is indicated only by the Apple icon.
So, if it bothers you so much, just use RegEdit to remove the "start" string, then it will be just like Mac.:-) (Or, you can change the "start" string to whatever you want.)
"The only way to force them to fix their software is for Microsoft to make Windows, by default run users as normal users instead of local administrators."
Supposedly this will be the case with Longhorn.
"Many programs are written by programmers that are stuck in a single-user era."
Indeed. The reason is that for 6 years Microsoft sold both Win9x and WinNT, with 9x being the most used version. Many devs targetted Win9x and therefore assumed a single-user environment; it's these apps that don't work on non-admin accounts on NT and its decendents.
"In any case, arrogance breeds downfall, soon enough. Most of the Microserfs I met were not terribly arrogant, not moreso than your average techie at least."
Sounds about right.
I find it funny that slashdotters, of all people, are making harsh judgments regarding arrogance, as the average slashdot poster believes that he's God's gift to programming. LOL
Every day slashdot is filled with posts from posters that know so much better how do to things than this or that company. And a slashdotter's proposed solution are always so easily implentable and obvious, that the company that didn't use the solution must *clearly* employ a workforce of utter morons, right? It couldn't be that the company thought of the slashdotter's solution, examined it and maybe even tried it, but then rejected it for various reasons. Nope, that just couldn't be!:-)
The Shanda Box article makes no mention of Microsoft, but Slashdot just had to present this "Shanda Box spotted at SINOCES" news as a "vs Microsoft" issue. LOL You guys should see a therapist to get over your Microsoft obsession.;-)
ActiveX is IE's binary plugin mechanism, allowing plugins to run such as Flash, Acrobat, QuickTime, Real, WMP, Java (IE loads JVMs as ActiveX components). Your proposal would cripple IE by disallowing the running of such plugins.
Firefox is able to run binary plugins, so do you want Firefox crippled in the same manner?
The only "bad" thing about ActiveX was that it too easily allowed for automatic downloading of malware (people were tricked into installing unsigned malware ActiveX controls). This has largely been fixed in XP SP2's IE via the info bar (eliminating "drive-by" installs and making users jump through more hoops (not just a message box for which a user might click "Yes" either through trickery or laziness). There's no need to disable the plugin architecture altogether.
"It depends on the risks the things posed. I don't think many people could have predicted two terrorist-flown planes hitting the towers on the same day,...
Actually, the towers were built to withstand accidental collisions by smaller aircraft (707's, I believe). So, the risk of aircraft collisions were anticipated (as required for skyscrapers), but not for the size of the jets the terrorists use. Which means of course, that the architects are to blame, right?
"The problem is that there is a significant group of/. readers who are submitting the dupe. Since the editors feel it's important to post the dupe, it won't be rejected."
In other words, the chances of an article being duped is directly proportional to how bad the article appears to be for Microsoft. Got it.;-)
If companies can get OSS programmers to work for free, then why not? The more programmers you can get to work for free, the more you can lay off. The highest virtue of a programmer is to be part of the OSS unpayed labor force.
Why are you worried about the RIAA / MPAA putting the genie back in the bottle, unless you're using BitTorrent to pirate media that would concern the RIAA / MPAA? RIAA / MPAA doesn't care about people using BitTorrent to share linux distributions and the like, so they don't care about that "genie". But of course, the "genie" that you're referring to is the ability to illegally pirate music and movies, an activity that you seem to defend.
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What's it matter? It's useful for seeing how.NET apis are implemented (if the documentation isn't clear enough). It's not meant to be incorporated directly into your code.
Since the formats that are eluded to in the summary (XLS and WMV) are perfectly useable on Macs (i.e. something other than Windows), your point is moot.
The Firefox team never showed a video tape of themselves or their products, period.
Besides, RSS Bandit isn't an official Microsoft product. It's an open source project that was originally started as an MSDN article app on building a.NET RSS reader. It's on sourceforge today. But I guess all those eyes that look over OSS code didn't catch each and every last bug.
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What fool modded this as "Insightful"? I see nothing "insightful" about one's posing just the question, "So who became more evil Apple or Microsoft?"
Besides that, the word "evil" has really lost all meaning on slashdot, for how casually it's thrown about around here. Neither Apple nor Microsoft is "evil".
"Erm, I don't think this is quite what you think. Apple already doesn't treat customers like scum the way Microsoft does (which I appreciate; I'm honest, but I don't like the assumption that I am not)."
Wow, you must get pissed off everytime you exit a store and have to pass through the scanners. Or everytime you go to a movie and have to present a ticket. Etc, etc, etc.
"If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to help deal with the world's larger problems. Standing up to an evil system is exhilarating, and now I have a taste for it." -- RMS.
Wow, did RMS really say that? He's even more deluded than I thought. This nut actually thinks he's in the same league as Ghandi, MLK, Mandela. LOL
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Don't make me laugh. You sound too dumb to be able to afford 5 computers anyway.
I call BS.
I just recently had to replace my hard drive, and I was able to reinstall XP and activate it with no problems. I think there has to be three different hardware changes (e.g. hardrive + motherboard + network card) before automatic activation fails (as at that point it would appear that the OS being installed on a different computer rather than just the same computer with a new component).
"Thousands of people post to Slashdot. Many of them might have different opinions. Unlike some sites, Slashdot does not attempt to censor or otherwise limit people's expression of those opinions. Even when, like yours, those opinions demonstrate extreme stupidity."
Ah, but the parent refered to "the slashdot way". Just because some slashdot posters may have different opinions does not mean that there is not a "slashdot way" of group think. After all, slashdot uses derrogatory icons for it's Microsoft and Windows stories (the Gates Bork icon and the broken window pane icon); slashdot does not use derrogatory icons for any of its other topics. What does that tell you about the "slashdot way"?
You act like this is a bad thing. I thought most around here agreed that crippled functionality is preferable to insecurity.
Thank you.
Many slashdotters keep trotting out the IIS vs Apache canard, just assuming that Apache is more secure, when the opposite appears to be the case. That this keeps being put forth as fact brings into question the other statements thrown around here as if they are axioms with no need for any supporting evidence.
No, both Professional and Home retail versions of XP come with SP2.
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The only difference between the UI to invoke the "Shut Down" command on Windows and the corresponding UI on Mac is that menu used to access the "Shut Down" command on Windows is indicated by Windows Icon followed by the string "start", where as on Mac the corresponding menu is indicated only by the Apple icon.
:-) (Or, you can change the "start" string to whatever you want.)
So, if it bothers you so much, just use RegEdit to remove the "start" string, then it will be just like Mac.
"The only way to force them to fix their software is for Microsoft to make Windows, by default run users as normal users instead of local administrators."
Supposedly this will be the case with Longhorn.
"Many programs are written by programmers that are stuck in a single-user era."
Indeed. The reason is that for 6 years Microsoft sold both Win9x and WinNT, with 9x being the most used version. Many devs targetted Win9x and therefore assumed a single-user environment; it's these apps that don't work on non-admin accounts on NT and its decendents.
"When you really think about it.. Has there been any real innovation in their OS since 95?"
More than Unix saw in that time. Unix has been largely unchanged for 30 years.
"In any case, arrogance breeds downfall, soon enough. Most of the Microserfs I met were not terribly arrogant, not moreso than your average techie at least."
:-)
Sounds about right.
I find it funny that slashdotters, of all people, are making harsh judgments regarding arrogance, as the average slashdot poster believes that he's God's gift to programming. LOL
Every day slashdot is filled with posts from posters that know so much better how do to things than this or that company. And a slashdotter's proposed solution are always so easily implentable and obvious, that the company that didn't use the solution must *clearly* employ a workforce of utter morons, right? It couldn't be that the company thought of the slashdotter's solution, examined it and maybe even tried it, but then rejected it for various reasons. Nope, that just couldn't be!
The Shanda Box article makes no mention of Microsoft, but Slashdot just had to present this "Shanda Box spotted at SINOCES" news as a "vs Microsoft" issue. LOL You guys should see a therapist to get over your Microsoft obsession. ;-)
alleged improprieties, as this dates back to the Win3x days.
ActiveX is IE's binary plugin mechanism, allowing plugins to run such as Flash, Acrobat, QuickTime, Real, WMP, Java (IE loads JVMs as ActiveX components). Your proposal would cripple IE by disallowing the running of such plugins.
Firefox is able to run binary plugins, so do you want Firefox crippled in the same manner?
The only "bad" thing about ActiveX was that it too easily allowed for automatic downloading of malware (people were tricked into installing unsigned malware ActiveX controls). This has largely been fixed in XP SP2's IE via the info bar (eliminating "drive-by" installs and making users jump through more hoops (not just a message box for which a user might click "Yes" either through trickery or laziness). There's no need to disable the plugin architecture altogether.
"We are talking about potentially locking someone up in jail/prison for writing code."
If you think this guy is guilty of merely "writing code", you need to reexamine the situation.
"It depends on the risks the things posed. I don't think many people could have predicted two terrorist-flown planes hitting the towers on the same day,...
Actually, the towers were built to withstand accidental collisions by smaller aircraft (707's, I believe). So, the risk of aircraft collisions were anticipated (as required for skyscrapers), but not for the size of the jets the terrorists use. Which means of course, that the architects are to blame, right?
"The problem is that there is a significant group of /. readers who are submitting the dupe. Since the editors feel it's important to post the dupe, it won't be rejected."
;-)
In other words, the chances of an article being duped is directly proportional to how bad the article appears to be for Microsoft. Got it.
The retail and OEM versions of XP have been the SP2 version since Fall 2004.
If companies can get OSS programmers to work for free, then why not? The more programmers you can get to work for free, the more you can lay off. The highest virtue of a programmer is to be part of the OSS unpayed labor force.
Why are you worried about the RIAA / MPAA putting the genie back in the bottle, unless you're using BitTorrent to pirate media that would concern the RIAA / MPAA? RIAA / MPAA doesn't care about people using BitTorrent to share linux distributions and the like, so they don't care about that "genie". But of course, the "genie" that you're referring to is the ability to illegally pirate music and movies, an activity that you seem to defend.
What's it matter? It's useful for seeing how .NET apis are implemented (if the documentation isn't clear enough). It's not meant to be incorporated directly into your code.
Since the formats that are eluded to in the summary (XLS and WMV) are perfectly useable on Macs (i.e. something other than Windows), your point is moot.
The Firefox team never showed a video tape of themselves or their products, period.
.NET RSS reader. It's on sourceforge today. But I guess all those eyes that look over OSS code didn't catch each and every last bug.
Besides, RSS Bandit isn't an official Microsoft product. It's an open source project that was originally started as an MSDN article app on building a