No, I don't agree with that. The root user in a Linux distro has the power to install, configure and run any kind of server, while an unprivileged user doesn't. It's better for the rest of us that people on our networks don't run as root. Hijack a privileged account and you can set up a spamserver, whatever you want.
I'm appalled at how people downplay the effect of rm -rf ~ . A Linux install can be reinstalled in a couple hours, but the important documents people have usually aren't backed up at all, and are therefore much more valuable than the contents of/usr or/etc.
Why try two of them? It's not like the style differs from one to the other. Plus, it's clearly stated in the first pages what the style will be (or you can infer it from the text anyway), and that the books are not meant as references like "Javascript, the definitive guide" is.
Seeing how every O'Reilly book has a free chapter for download at the website, I don't think there's any excuse to feel ripped off, even when buying from a digital store, where it is harder to check the book (not that I imply this is your case).
"Different" is one thing. "Genetically superior" is another. Plus, superior for what? Maoris seem a bit better suited than caucasians at living in the Australian outback. That they don't score equally on IQ tests seems more of a failing on the test than otherwise.
Anonymous Cowards have no karma, so bitching about it is pointless and perhaps damaging. As to your problem, why comment it here instead of talking to WINE developers?
Firefox and OpenOffice aren't exactly GNOME applications. They do use GTK to display, but the GNOME 'Official' browser is Epiphany, and GNOME Office comprises Abiword, Gnumeric and other apps, not Openoffice.
Sorry, those honest programmers are working for a dishonest corp, which makes them a bit less than honest. With their intelligence, they could do better. Next excuse, please.
No, it just means that the command necessary to nuke his data is different. Ok, maybe he won't be able to do "rm / -rf", but he will certainly be able to "rm ~/ -rf", which is almost worse. After all, modern distros only take a couple of hours to reinstall, but the data is gone forever.
"Note that if I can get you to 'su and say' something just by asking, you have a very serious security problem on your system and you should look into it." - Paul Vixie , in the vixie-cron 3.0.1 installation notes
Hey, it wasn't us who pushed them into presenting said format as an _open_standard_. Kinda... not theirs. Nobody forced them to push it to ECMA or ISO.
It took them a while before their process solidified. While I liked them, games such as Blackthorne, Rock n'Roll Racing, and Lost Vikings were not huge successes by any stretch of immagination. Lately, I agree, they've been doing only good stuff.
Yea. Based on this article, I discovered SumatraPDF, ideal for reading Ebooks, just 1MB, single executable, portable as hell, GPLed code, great stuff. But my recommendation also helps when you see services such as "IpodHelper", "gnotify" or "AppleUpdate" which you also don't want while wanting to keep, say, iTunes, or google notifier for a single user.
If you agree that the mod was a lie, it was a lie because the content was included in the game and Rockstar didn't say so to the ratings boards. On the other hand, the content wasn't easily available at all, so that's why they might have thought it wasn't necessary to warn of it.
The reason this doesn't fall under "Freedom of expression" is that the porn wasn't explicited. Porn movies and mags don't conceal their content from rating boards or censors. Indeed, with titles such as "romantic rectal reamings 4" there's not much to conceal, I guess. If a videogame was about porn, said so, and didn't hide that fact, it would be perfectly legal to sell it to adults. The problem then would be to find a publisher (I believe Nintendo and Sony refuse to allow AO titles on their consoles). Still, there are erotic videogames, mainly for the PC. Freedom of expression don't enter into this.
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No, I don't agree with that. The root user in a Linux distro has the power to install, configure and run any kind of server, while an unprivileged user doesn't. It's better for the rest of us that people on our networks don't run as root. Hijack a privileged account and you can set up a spamserver, whatever you want.
I'm appalled at how people downplay the effect of rm -rf ~ . A Linux install can be reinstalled in a couple hours, but the important documents people have usually aren't backed up at all, and are therefore much more valuable than the contents of /usr or /etc.
Why try two of them? It's not like the style differs from one to the other. Plus, it's clearly stated in the first pages what the style will be (or you can infer it from the text anyway), and that the books are not meant as references like "Javascript, the definitive guide" is.
Seeing how every O'Reilly book has a free chapter for download at the website, I don't think there's any excuse to feel ripped off, even when buying from a digital store, where it is harder to check the book (not that I imply this is your case).
Most flirtatious! (hint, rouge != rogue)
I don't think Linus ever had any doubts about whether Bitkeeper was proprietary or not. He simply stated that it was the best tool for the job.
Here, he claims "well, go ahead and use it, but don't call it GPL code because it isn't. Oh, and if you use it, I'm not responsible".
Hope your boss can now breath more easily.
In general, no. This one in particular, yes. At least, when compared to an AC.
Yes, I'll believe an anonymous coward on Slashdot vs. a fairly well reputed games journalist. Of course.
My bad, and I thought about it after posting... Too late, then.
"Different" is one thing. "Genetically superior" is another. Plus, superior for what? Maoris seem a bit better suited than caucasians at living in the Australian outback. That they don't score equally on IQ tests seems more of a failing on the test than otherwise.
Anonymous Cowards have no karma, so bitching about it is pointless and perhaps damaging. As to your problem, why comment it here instead of talking to WINE developers?
Firefox and OpenOffice aren't exactly GNOME applications. They do use GTK to display, but the GNOME 'Official' browser is Epiphany, and GNOME Office comprises Abiword, Gnumeric and other apps, not Openoffice.
So, no cigar, sorry.
There's a fairly broad spectrum between working at Microsoft and starving. Maybe I'm not getting a joke?
Sorry, those honest programmers are working for a dishonest corp, which makes them a bit less than honest. With their intelligence, they could do better. Next excuse, please.
Ahem. If you have both a supercomputer and a wrist watch that can run Linux, you're probably capable of recompiling it to taste.
No, it just means that the command necessary to nuke his data is different. Ok, maybe he won't be able to do "rm / -rf", but he will certainly be able to "rm ~/ -rf", which is almost worse. After all, modern distros only take a couple of hours to reinstall, but the data is gone forever.
Oh, backups? What's "backup"?
- Paul Vixie , in the vixie-cron 3.0.1 installation notes
Hey, it wasn't us who pushed them into presenting said format as an _open_standard_. Kinda... not theirs. Nobody forced them to push it to ECMA or ISO.
Square-Enix.
It took them a while before their process solidified. While I liked them, games such as Blackthorne, Rock n'Roll Racing, and Lost Vikings were not huge successes by any stretch of immagination. Lately, I agree, they've been doing only good stuff.
Roger Ebert is still alive... You mean Gene Siskel?
It seems that more and more often we're returning to the good old days of caveat emptor
I wasn't aware we'd ever left those days.
Yea. Based on this article, I discovered SumatraPDF, ideal for reading Ebooks, just 1MB, single executable, portable as hell, GPLed code, great stuff. But my recommendation also helps when you see services such as "IpodHelper", "gnotify" or "AppleUpdate" which you also don't want while wanting to keep, say, iTunes, or google notifier for a single user.
Not wishing to insult you nor call you ignorant, I will point out that you can get rid of those annoyances by a delicate, nay sapient use of msconfig.
If you agree that the mod was a lie, it was a lie because the content was included in the game and Rockstar didn't say so to the ratings boards. On the other hand, the content wasn't easily available at all, so that's why they might have thought it wasn't necessary to warn of it.
The reason this doesn't fall under "Freedom of expression" is that the porn wasn't explicited. Porn movies and mags don't conceal their content from rating boards or censors. Indeed, with titles such as "romantic rectal reamings 4" there's not much to conceal, I guess. If a videogame was about porn, said so, and didn't hide that fact, it would be perfectly legal to sell it to adults. The problem then would be to find a publisher (I believe Nintendo and Sony refuse to allow AO titles on their consoles). Still, there are erotic videogames, mainly for the PC. Freedom of expression don't enter into this.
The "Hot Coffee" mod was for GTA San Andreas, not Vice City.