But the distinction between a mere Servlet container and a full fledged JEE container is getting smaller.
With Spring (MVC,IOC,Webflow...), Hibernate, jBoss jbpm, JSF implementations (jBoss RichFaces, Oracle ADF,...) I see a tendency for Plain Old Java Objects (POJO's) and clean, powerful 3rd party implementations instead of Big HeavyWeight 'Enterpricy' JEE all or nothing application servers like Websphere...
Uhm, that shell is still under the account of the user using vi.
They wouldn't give you the root password, and if they added you to sudoers without restrictions, well they effectively gave you 'root' access. So they give you access to start vi with root privileges. I doubt if you could achieve this with sudoedit...
But why not simply change the owner:group (temporarily) of the single file (or httpd configuration directories)? But this is a typical _server_ scenario, on the desktop you do not have that kind of problems.
Can anyone make sense of this? I think it's encrypted with double-rot-13, or possibly even quadruple. Any help cracking this secret message would be appreciated.
Actually, [a-zA-Z] + [-] + [0-9] are 37 characters, let's add [+()] then we could go ahead with QuadruPle+ROT-10(nOT-binary) encryption.
The thing is, the legal framework, the right of the copyright holder to issue a license, is the same for software with DRM as it is without.
True, that is copyright law for you. But the issue is whether the copyright holder can artificially expand his own rights or arbitrarily restrict the end users rights.
E.g. I recently encountered a company that sold pdf(?) documents you can only read with an active internet connection. Reading on the train/plane is impossible or very expensive.
If we have a legal system where copying images, songs and books is tolerated, then we also have a legal system where taking GPL code and subverting it will be tolerated as well.
Also true, but this part is about enforcing the law. You could substitute 'taking GPL code and subverting it' with 'throwing bombs','murdering innocent children' as well. Of course, that's insinuating copying is a very bad crime. Which it is not. It's mildly naughty.
The good posts always come when I don't have mod points. Slashdot would be a much better place, if the phrase "My mocking something does not necessarily mean that I support the government suppressing it," were half as popular as that damned Franklin quote about security and liberty.
Those who give up modpoints for mocking patents, deserve both.
If Microsoft has to go to these lengths then they should probably be considering taking all control away and just keep a whitelist of acceptable apps that users are allowed to install.
Why not, have central repository of open source and free software and payware metadata that is considered OK by their devs.
Like Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, Suse and others do.
Obviously, they should not be able to control it themselves...
Isn't Windows 7 still unreleased as a final product? One would think they could, idk, fix it possibly? I think all this doom and gloom about it being worthless is a little early.
I agree, let's all wait until it is released. Then start calling it worthless.
The whole sudo thing is what he means by "admin account." [...]the point is that OS X has a flawed implementation that allows anyway who can sudo to write to the Applications directory without sudoing.
The sudo 'implementation' has nothing to do with it.
The/Applications directory has rwx for owner and (admin) group. The subdirectories belonging to applications (e.g./Applications/OpenOffice.org.app) belong to the admin user that installed them. A normal user has only rx, and can not delete/move apps. Every admin can without using sudo.
In Ubuntu the/usr/bin directory belongs to root:root and in order to move/remove apps you have to elevate your privileges. Most Linux disttributions come with a software management application (apt-get, yast,...) that requires you to sudo. I think it's more a question about how well thought through the software management is. It's better in Debian/Ubuntu than in OSX which in turn is far better than XP/Vista/Win7.
I'm Belgian. And I'm sorry if you feel I painted all Americans with the same broad brush, actually I tried to do the exact opposite.
I make a distinction between individual human beings on the one hand and governments/religions/ideologies on the other hand. People deserve a minimum of respect and (large) organisations need a a healthy dose of distrust...
On the Iraq war: your government lied about the WMD's and the link with 9/11. It was not about standing by our old allies. UNMOVIC has never found any WMD or traces or indications of WMDs. Nobody has ever shown any link between Iraq and Bin Laden/Al Qaeda. You and we were lied to by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and others. We knew it then, we know it now.
And BTW lots of European countries have troops in Afghanistan.
If you ever visit Europe, maybe you can visit some WWI cemeteries or Napoleon's Waterloo or Hitler's actions in the Ardennes. Maybe you'll better understand how we see war not so much as something heroic but more as something very destructive and a last resort when all else fails...
And despite some differences between close friends and allies, we're greatful for the help we got during WWI & WWII. But good friends can say it when they don't agree... Can't they?
I don't hate Americans. I consider religious fanatics dangerous, I find arrogance offensive, I think excessive patriotism leads to conflicts as does ignorance about history. And I expect higher standards from self proclaimed 'leaders of the free world' where you can find that kind of persons as well as you can find them in other parts of the world.
When Bush and Rumsfeld proclaimed my country to be part of 'old Europe' because we did not accept their reasons to go to war in Iraq, I was offended.
Can you imagine what Guantanamo did to the image the free world has of the USA, its previous government - and ultimately those who elected it?
But hey, I like some Americans, I admire a few and I find some very dislikeable. But the same goes for most other nationalities on our planet.
Of course, The Enlightenment was the source for these ideals as well as the inspiration for the the US Declaration of Independence and the constitution...
This had a major influence on European law making since Napoleon occupied most of it...
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I think Sun has an open source strategy as a company, while IBM does open source not at the company level but more at the divisional/product level.
But the distinction between a mere Servlet container and a full fledged JEE container is getting smaller.
With Spring (MVC,IOC,Webflow...), Hibernate, jBoss jbpm, JSF implementations (jBoss RichFaces, Oracle ADF, ...) I see a tendency for Plain Old Java Objects (POJO's) and clean, powerful 3rd party implementations instead of Big HeavyWeight 'Enterpricy' JEE all or nothing application servers like Websphere...
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Woosh!
That fast, hm? And that was just the virusscanner...
That's the most retarded thing I've ever seen.
You're right, but we are talking about large corporations that lock down their desktops, after all.
:sh sh#
Uhm, that shell is still under the account of the user using vi.
They wouldn't give you the root password, and if they added you to sudoers without restrictions, well they effectively gave you 'root' access. So they give you access to start vi with root privileges. I doubt if you could achieve this with sudoedit...
But why not simply change the owner:group (temporarily) of the single file (or httpd configuration directories)? But this is a typical _server_ scenario, on the desktop you do not have that kind of problems.
I use Quadruple-rot-13, far more effective IMHO.
Can anyone make sense of this? I think it's encrypted with double-rot-13, or possibly even quadruple. Any help cracking this secret message would be appreciated.
Actually, [a-zA-Z] + [-] + [0-9] are 37 characters, let's add [+()] then we could go ahead with QuadruPle+ROT-10(nOT-binary) encryption.
So, you're an evil hacker, circumventing DRM systems like that.
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My point is that all DRM schemes hinder legitimate users to some degree and never actually prevent copying.
True, that is copyright law for you. But the issue is whether the copyright holder can artificially expand his own rights or arbitrarily restrict the end users rights.
E.g. I recently encountered a company that sold pdf(?) documents you can only read with an active internet connection. Reading on the train/plane is impossible or very expensive.
Also true, but this part is about enforcing the law. You could substitute 'taking GPL code and subverting it' with 'throwing bombs','murdering innocent children' as well. Of course, that's insinuating copying is a very bad crime. Which it is not. It's mildly naughty.
Those who give up modpoints for mocking patents, deserve both.
They already did. I apparently just can't find their press release were they mention the actual patents and infringements ;-)
For what it's worth: Mods were sleeping, I think. You were funny, on topic and have an OK username...
Why not, have central repository of open source and free software and payware metadata that is considered OK by their devs.
Like Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, Suse and others do.
Obviously, they should not be able to control it themselves...
I agree, let's all wait until it is released. Then start calling it worthless.
The sudo 'implementation' has nothing to do with it.
The /Applications directory has rwx for owner and (admin) group. The subdirectories belonging to applications (e.g./Applications/OpenOffice.org.app) belong to the admin user that installed them. A normal user has only rx, and can not delete/move apps. Every admin can without using sudo.
In Ubuntu the /usr/bin directory belongs to root:root and in order to move/remove apps you have to elevate your privileges. Most Linux disttributions come with a software management application (apt-get, yast,...) that requires you to sudo. I think it's more a question about how well thought through the software management is. It's better in Debian/Ubuntu than in OSX which in turn is far better than XP/Vista/Win7.
Of course, that's just an opinion.
I want one with "Remember Godwin's Law" on it.
Nice car analogy!
I had a car that required you to close the driver's door with the key. Worked very well.
It was much more like sudo/gksudo/kdesudo. Only those with the key can make big mistakes.
Doesn't OSX Tiger have build in pdf support? Why install Adobe Reader?
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I'm Belgian. And I'm sorry if you feel I painted all Americans with the same broad brush, actually I tried to do the exact opposite.
I make a distinction between individual human beings on the one hand and governments/religions/ideologies on the other hand. People deserve a minimum of respect and (large) organisations need a a healthy dose of distrust...
On the Iraq war: your government lied about the WMD's and the link with 9/11. It was not about standing by our old allies. UNMOVIC has never found any WMD or traces or indications of WMDs. Nobody has ever shown any link between Iraq and Bin Laden/Al Qaeda. You and we were lied to by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and others. We knew it then, we know it now.
And BTW lots of European countries have troops in Afghanistan.
If you ever visit Europe, maybe you can visit some WWI cemeteries or Napoleon's Waterloo or Hitler's actions in the Ardennes. Maybe you'll better understand how we see war not so much as something heroic but more as something very destructive and a last resort when all else fails...
And despite some differences between close friends and allies, we're greatful for the help we got during WWI & WWII. But good friends can say it when they don't agree... Can't they?
I don't hate Americans. I consider religious fanatics dangerous, I find arrogance offensive, I think excessive patriotism leads to conflicts as does ignorance about history. And I expect higher standards from self proclaimed 'leaders of the free world' where you can find that kind of persons as well as you can find them in other parts of the world.
When Bush and Rumsfeld proclaimed my country to be part of 'old Europe' because we did not accept their reasons to go to war in Iraq, I was offended.
Can you imagine what Guantanamo did to the image the free world has of the USA, its previous government - and ultimately those who elected it?
But hey, I like some Americans, I admire a few and I find some very dislikeable. But the same goes for most other nationalities on our planet.
I think you just proved the GP's point...
Well, you got that wrong then. It were the French that introduced the concept of presumption of innocence in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and later structured the way laws are written down in the Napoleonic Code
Of course, The Enlightenment was the source for these ideals as well as the inspiration for the the US Declaration of Independence and the constitution...
This had a major influence on European law making since Napoleon occupied most of it...
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