People who agree with those opinions outside the group will try to join it, and people that disagree with them inside will tend to leave.
This is a discussion site where there are more arguments than agreements.
Your assertion might have validity in a hierarchical group like a company, but here, dissent is the norm. How many people do you have in your foes/freaks lists?
So now, in this case it **is** true that there are more succesful attacks on Apache just because it is the more populat server. Well, come on people...
It still makes sense because the bulk of successful attacks on webservers result from attack methods that are not platform specific (Attack against the administrator/user (password stealing/sniffing), Shares misconfiguration, File Inclusion, SQL Injection etc).
The bulk of successful attacks against Windows, at least until very recently, have resulted from OS flaws.
Your response, and that of the AC above, suggests there might be a clear advantage in deciding to treat mentally ill people before they go "batshit-Loco" and harm themselves and others.
And Pohnpei is perhaps the freakiest place of all. out in the middle of nowhere there are gigantic ruins of an immense stone city called Nan Madol, built out of gigantic magnetized crystalline basalt and carbon dated to at least 200BC. There are man-made tunnels honeycombing the area.
Actually, I'm going to Pohnpei in September.
And while Nan Madol is fascinating, it's not really all that mysterious. There's plenty of documented history to both it's construction and use.
The culture and myths of the area are interesting too.
Legends tell us that in that era two species existed, Arem (humans) and Sioat (another, less intelligent life form). The Sioat became extinct due to cannibalism, leaving the Arem species. http://www.prel.org/products/paced/apr04/re_democracy.htm
I can tell you that even when encouraged to switch, by someone who now knows linux better than windows, many resist but still want the free support.
Yeah, I don't have a problem with that - I still help my friends who are more comfortable with Windows, and I bought my dad an iMac, so I support that as well.
Thing is, for those friends who just want email/web/office, I generally set them up with Linux and they're much happier. No viruses, no crashes, and because I can SSH in easily, I can tell them what's going on when they get confused.
surely linux would be easy enough with a geeky friend as well.
Easier once it's set up, in my experience.
The problem is, there's a lot of "gurus" out there who are one-trick ponies. They know Windows well, and that knowledge is a source of respect and free dinners for them. They're the ones who keep the average punter tied to the monopoly wheel.
If marketing can be open sourced, how will it work?
Lugs, installfests and similar events, and even GNU and FSF are all partial steps toward open-source marketing. I have no doubt clever people will be able to harness enthusiasm and intelligence towards getting the word out if we decide it's needed.
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Cowboys?
In fact, the bundled version of Works would allow you to install the Upgrade version of Office 95 or 97 instead of the full version.
The first hit is always free....
What if Microsoft were to release it?
Only for recreational purposes.
Now where did I leave my spare polonium?
Duct tape.
This is a discussion site where there are more arguments than agreements.
Your assertion might have validity in a hierarchical group like a company, but here, dissent is the norm. How many people do you have in your foes/freaks lists?
D'oh. That should be "closer". Actually, both work...
My experience of Presidents is limited, but from current appearances they seem to be loser to Intrinsic Evil.
A service provider who consistently provides poor service, overcharges, commits fraud, and lies about competitors is not intrinsically neutral.
It still makes sense because the bulk of successful attacks on webservers result from attack methods that are not platform specific (Attack against the administrator/user (password stealing/sniffing), Shares misconfiguration, File Inclusion, SQL Injection etc).
The bulk of successful attacks against Windows, at least until very recently, have resulted from OS flaws.
Slashdot doesn't have an opinion.
I do.
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For the obsessives abongst us...
Your response, and that of the AC above, suggests there might be a clear advantage in deciding to treat mentally ill people before they go "batshit-Loco" and harm themselves and others.
There's no incentive now. Releasing Windows 7 won't change that.
I can't imagine a user-pays approach would work well for people with metal problems.
There's more similarly structured stories starting to appear. Check this tagline...
As humiliating as it sounds, let me repeat: the MacBook Air is so thin that it got tossed out with the newspapers. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/03/newsweek-report.htmlActually, I'm going to Pohnpei in September.
And while Nan Madol is fascinating, it's not really all that mysterious. There's plenty of documented history to both it's construction and use.
The culture and myths of the area are interesting too.
Legends tell us that in that era two species existed, Arem (humans) and Sioat (another, less intelligent life form). The Sioat became extinct due to cannibalism, leaving the Arem species. http://www.prel.org/products/paced/apr04/re_democracy.htmI wonder if the Sioat were smaller as well...
It's not even Alanis ironic.
The whole story is part of a viral marketing campaign intended to establish the Air as different, iconic.
Behind me, I hear the younger agent, perhaps not realizing that even the TSA must obey TSA rules, repeating himself."It's a MacBook Air."
It's 1984 all over again...Because it's unlikely to render anything other than ACID 3 well. The hacks are specific to the test, not to the intent of the standard.
Yeah, I don't have a problem with that - I still help my friends who are more comfortable with Windows, and I bought my dad an iMac, so I support that as well.
Thing is, for those friends who just want email/web/office, I generally set them up with Linux and they're much happier. No viruses, no crashes, and because I can SSH in easily, I can tell them what's going on when they get confused.
The internet itself, with the wayback machine, is the record of all human knowledge.
Google, Yahoo Search, et al are its indexes, while Wikipedia is the executive summary.
Easier once it's set up, in my experience.
The problem is, there's a lot of "gurus" out there who are one-trick ponies. They know Windows well, and that knowledge is a source of respect and free dinners for them. They're the ones who keep the average punter tied to the monopoly wheel.
A hand-coded version of Firefox hacked specifically to render Acid 3.
Lugs, installfests and similar events, and even GNU and FSF are all partial steps toward open-source marketing. I have no doubt clever people will be able to harness enthusiasm and intelligence towards getting the word out if we decide it's needed.