What ever happened to the notion about the right tool for the job ? Isn't this more a testamony to the people who choose to use powerpoint/slideshows in a way which would obviously not provide an acceptable level of clearity. Even further, I am very sure I can produce bad results using any tool, but can I really blame the tool ?
If they were forced to use powerpoint in a situation where this would not give a clear picture, the problem is with management, little with powerpoint. I am sure powerpoint has it's uses, presenting complex sets of information obfuscating the relationships certainly does not sound like one of them.
Presenting this essay as a proof that powerpoint makes you dumber, microsoft SuXX0r etc. is just totally taken out of context if you ask me, read; orignal post.
I suspect SCO will stop before any actual lawsuit takes place, using some obscure excuse. But at the same time holding their doors open for future litigation, just to maintain the insecurity among todays and future linux users.
Well they certainly seem to have a viable "product" to offer, so it would be nothing but natural being able to supply information related to it, considering the price I certainly want extensive written material with this.
And any company which have a product to offer, any serious company that is, will be eager and ready to take on any question the costumer should have about their products.
They are not even taking their own product seriously, because they certainly aren't ready to take on costumers in the masses they themself have proclaimed. Had they been secure on the outcome of this as they give us the impression of, they would have given this department more focus I think. Whith this, and other facts, particularely how the CEO's are selling out, makes me belive that this is more like a stunt to give linux a bad name, rather than a serious allegation. It's just a sad sad thing, that they are allowed to be so harsh in words and claims, requireing users to pay license etc. etc. To me it sounds criminal to charge for something that just faintly might come in the future.
I recommend _everyone_ who has the chance, to call the SCO "sales" department. Ask a ton of questions and order what can be ordered which is free, information regarding licensing etc. You do _not_ have a internet connection.. of course, so you therefore _have_ to receive this through the postal system. Could be a interesting situation if done by a large number of people.
With respect to the compromise of the server, he is still a bystander. What he is not a bystander of wich you pointed out, is theft of personal information like passwords etc. And in this situation he should only expect to get feedback on this, and nothing more. How, why, when and the progress of any investigation if any, is not of his concern. Regarding the integrity of network, the affected costumers should expect to receive information from their ISP, not FBI, if you ask me.
I sincerely don't think people wan't to become a astronaut with the tought in mind of dying for humanity if it comes to that. I think they had a goal of becomming what they desired the most, and accepted the risk that came with it. So rather then saying they "died for humanity", I would more correctly state that they primarely died doing what they loved doing.
And yes, even people leaving for church take a calculated risk, they know people die in car crashes, still they by some heroic state of mind deside to go anyway. It's really easy, with carefully choosen words, to speak of it more highly then it is. Im not saying they shouldn't be honored, im not saying they're not doing a good job, their death's is a tragic event.
The fact that humanity "might" benefit of exactly their work, isn't necesarrely why they wanted to become astronauts. I would say that a fighter pilot is much in the same state of mind, they wan't to become a fighter pilot because that's what they would like to do as long as they live. And they willingly accepts the risks that go with it. Nothing heroic in that. In some cases it might even be because they think like the most of us, "it's not gonna happen to me".
Personally I would accept the risks of going to space, or being a fighter pilot. I have ever since I really developed a deep interest in flying and also aerospace. If I ever had the opportunity, I wouldn't even wan't to be called a hero just because my remains light up the sky.
Many people have died pioneering, with not getting anything remotely as close to the attention as this incident, just because their tragic death wasn't caught on camera or any other factor wich didn't create mass interest. Was their work "less" worth ? I think not.
A friend of my replaced a defective HD controller card, that is mounted on the harddrive. He luckely had two identical drives, and the card was easy to replace. From what was a totally dead harddrive, became a fully functional one, without the use of expensive hardware/tools at all. So when you toss your harddrive thinking no one can recover the data, only by using expensive hardware, it just might be a trivial task.
Well.. not that I support the prosecutors in this case, I must say that your analogy is pretty far off. Unlike a car f.ex. wich isn't designed for bank robbers convenience. This program was specifically designed to let you copy originals wich makes the road to unlawfullness pretty short at least in the minds of the prosecutors in this case. Not only does it copy, but it specifically cracks a code that is there to prevent you from copying it ( this is what the case is about, not the fact that it let's people make copies ). If car manufacturers created and implemented a device that magically cracked the code of bank vaults, then I agree, they would have to watch out.
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Put your shoes, clothing or whatever in the micro, problem solved ! Only a second would probably do the job.
DOS'ed by martians perhaps ?
What ever happened to the notion about the right tool for the job ? Isn't this more a testamony to the people who choose to use powerpoint/slideshows in a way which would obviously not provide an acceptable level of clearity. Even further, I am very sure I can produce bad results using any tool, but can I really blame the tool ?
If they were forced to use powerpoint in a situation where this would not give a clear picture, the problem is with management, little with powerpoint. I am sure powerpoint has it's uses, presenting complex sets of information obfuscating the relationships certainly does not sound like one of them.
Presenting this essay as a proof that powerpoint makes you dumber, microsoft SuXX0r etc. is just totally taken out of context if you ask me, read; orignal post.
Besides, if you loose both your hands, what then ?
I suspect SCO will stop before any actual lawsuit takes place, using some obscure excuse. But at the same time holding their doors open for future litigation, just to maintain the insecurity among todays and future linux users.
And with the advent of computer, we will have no more paper.. Ring a bell ?
There is nothing new about this vulnerability, it has been there all along, the _discovery_ of it, is however new.
Well they certainly seem to have a viable "product" to offer, so it would be nothing but natural being able to supply information related to it, considering the price I certainly want extensive written material with this. And any company which have a product to offer, any serious company that is, will be eager and ready to take on any question the costumer should have about their products. They are not even taking their own product seriously, because they certainly aren't ready to take on costumers in the masses they themself have proclaimed. Had they been secure on the outcome of this as they give us the impression of, they would have given this department more focus I think. Whith this, and other facts, particularely how the CEO's are selling out, makes me belive that this is more like a stunt to give linux a bad name, rather than a serious allegation. It's just a sad sad thing, that they are allowed to be so harsh in words and claims, requireing users to pay license etc. etc. To me it sounds criminal to charge for something that just faintly might come in the future.
I recommend _everyone_ who has the chance, to call the SCO "sales" department. Ask a ton of questions and order what can be ordered which is free, information regarding licensing etc. You do _not_ have a internet connection.. of course, so you therefore _have_ to receive this through the postal system. Could be a interesting situation if done by a large number of people.
With respect to the compromise of the server, he is still a bystander. What he is not a bystander of wich you pointed out, is theft of personal information like passwords etc. And in this situation he should only expect to get feedback on this, and nothing more. How, why, when and the progress of any investigation if any, is not of his concern. Regarding the integrity of network, the affected costumers should expect to receive information from their ISP, not FBI, if you ask me.
And yes, even people leaving for church take a calculated risk, they know people die in car crashes, still they by some heroic state of mind deside to go anyway. It's really easy, with carefully choosen words, to speak of it more highly then it is. Im not saying they shouldn't be honored, im not saying they're not doing a good job, their death's is a tragic event.
The fact that humanity "might" benefit of exactly their work, isn't necesarrely why they wanted to become astronauts. I would say that a fighter pilot is much in the same state of mind, they wan't to become a fighter pilot because that's what they would like to do as long as they live. And they willingly accepts the risks that go with it. Nothing heroic in that. In some cases it might even be because they think like the most of us, "it's not gonna happen to me".
Personally I would accept the risks of going to space, or being a fighter pilot. I have ever since I really developed a deep interest in flying and also aerospace. If I ever had the opportunity, I wouldn't even wan't to be called a hero just because my remains light up the sky.
Many people have died pioneering, with not getting anything remotely as close to the attention as this incident, just because their tragic death wasn't caught on camera or any other factor wich didn't create mass interest. Was their work "less" worth ? I think not.
A friend of my replaced a defective HD controller card, that is mounted on the harddrive. He luckely had two identical drives, and the card was easy to replace. From what was a totally dead harddrive, became a fully functional one, without the use of expensive hardware/tools at all.
So when you toss your harddrive thinking no one can recover the data, only by using expensive hardware, it just might be a trivial task.
Well.. not that I support the prosecutors in this case, I must say that your analogy is pretty far off. Unlike a car f.ex. wich isn't designed for bank robbers convenience. This program was specifically designed to let you copy originals wich makes the road to unlawfullness pretty short at least in the minds of the prosecutors in this case. Not only does it copy, but it specifically cracks a code that is there to prevent you from copying it ( this is what the case is about, not the fact that it let's people make copies ). If car manufacturers created and implemented a device that magically cracked the code of bank vaults, then I agree, they would have to watch out.