You know, The Road Ahead was written in '94, a few months before the web took of mediawise. At that point, Microsoft was planning to build their own proprietary web, but then Internet hit so they turned around (rather quickly, actually.)
While you can say a lot of bad things about this man, he is in fact quite good at seeing what's around the digital corner.
...someone will patent a very general method for
patenting and then put the patent in a box and throw away the key. Surely, this patent will be accepted by at least the US Patent Office, putting themselves out of business.
Microsoft should at least implement the following algorithm:
1) Generate a hash of all scripts/executables received through mail client.
2) Upon access to contacts (which is always done through an API which Microsoft can change): Generate hash of calling script/executable, check against table of hashes of received scripts.
3) If match, prevent execution and notify user of potential virus (to execute, user must do it manually.)
What are they going to do with all those IP addresses? Oh wait, I know. A trillion nano-machines flying around the Iraqi country side, injecting anthrax into Saddamic supporters...
"Linux is an ecosystem, and in this ecosystem there is fast growth vegetation and slow growth vegetation.
The fast growth vegetation are the people who took what had already been done by Unix, and without changing its design they copied it while making coding improvements. "
"After downloading the demo, PLEASE leave your BitTorrent window open, this will mean that the load is shared amongst us all and more people can download faster."
And this is cutting edge technology?
Hole In The Bucket
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Special Ops
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I was a win admin once. Seriously, it reminded me of a traditional song called "There's a Hole In the Bucket." For your convenience, her are the lyrics (note that Henry corresponds to the win admin wannabe, Liza the security "expert"):
I urge your to read the hole thing, one verse pr. line.
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
With what should I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw.
But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.
So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it!
With what should I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I cut it, dear Liza, with what?
Use the hatchet, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Use the hatchet, dear Henry, the hatchet.
But the hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, too dull.
So, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So sharpen it dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it!
With what should I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I sharpen, dear Liza, with what?
Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, the stone.
But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.
So wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it.
With what should I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I wet it, dear Liza, with what?
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, water.
With what should I carry it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I carry it dear Liza, with what?
Use the bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Use the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, the bucket!
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
"..., IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT OR ITS
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER..."
What a cumbersome way of saying NO LIABILITY.
(the text you're reading now is just to fool/.'s lameness filter which claims that I'm yelling due to CAPS - well, actually it's Microsoft who's yelling.)
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I like your art, Andrew. It's like... Andy Warhole meets Tux Paint.
How many take offs would it take to make Bill Gates broke?
While you can say a lot of bad things about this man, he is in fact quite good at seeing what's around the digital corner.
...someone will patent a very general method for patenting and then put the patent in a box and throw away the key. Surely, this patent will be accepted by at least the US Patent Office, putting themselves out of business.
How to reset a biometric system? Show it a picture of CowboyNeal.
Why is that?
1) Generate a hash of all scripts/executables received through mail client.
2) Upon access to contacts (which is always done through an API which Microsoft can change): Generate hash of calling script/executable, check against table of hashes of received scripts.
3) If match, prevent execution and notify user of potential virus (to execute, user must do it manually.)
Should reduce the problem dramatically...
Yes. A good OS.
What are they going to do with all those IP addresses? Oh wait, I know. A trillion nano-machines flying around the Iraqi country side, injecting anthrax into Saddamic supporters...
I guess there's an Ada# around the corner, now that M$ has a foot in the army. C# meets Schwarzkopf... surely a macho language!
Zonot Foundation, right? What a grumpy guy.
Could someone please add the word "beowolf" to the friggin' lameness filter?
Navigator is dead. So why the effort?
No, I would rather see a book covering Explorer, Mozilla and Opera.
I know, I know. It was just the wording; "... and making code improvements..."
The fast growth vegetation are the people who took what had already been done by Unix, and without changing its design they copied it while making coding improvements. "
Is this guy working for SCO, or what?
Hopefully, someone is working on a spell checker for Slashdot too. Not quite GNOMEY, but hey, it's linux.
So when they grew up, they knew the ins and outs of their favorite Windows OS.
The point? If Linux is to grow big, focus on making it a great gaming platform. Todays gamers are tomorrows professional users.
My geek-wannabie of a neighbour just got WLAN installed. Time to cancel that xDSL subscription.
What about the download client beeing a p2p deamon?
Because it's stupid having to "keep the window open" in 2003.
"Its just the model under which the client was designed."
I'd say the model is wrong...
And this is cutting edge technology?
I urge your to read the hole thing, one verse pr. line.
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
With what should I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw.
But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.
So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it!
With what should I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I cut it, dear Liza, with what?
Use the hatchet, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Use the hatchet, dear Henry, the hatchet.
But the hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, The hatchet's too dull, dear Liza, too dull.
So, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So sharpen it dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it!
With what should I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I sharpen, dear Liza, with what?
Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, the stone.
But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.
So wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, So wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it.
With what should I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I wet it, dear Liza, with what?
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, water.
With what should I carry it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what should I carry it dear Liza, with what?
Use the bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Use the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, the bucket!
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
What a cumbersome way of saying NO LIABILITY.
(the text you're reading now is just to fool /.'s lameness filter which claims that I'm yelling due to CAPS - well, actually it's Microsoft who's yelling.)
But understanding irony seems to be a problem :-)