This crap comes out every time Microsoft releases something new. It happened with Windows 98, it happened with Windows Me, and it happened with Windows XP. And the "Is this the death of Microsoft" spiel also comes out every time there's a new version of a popular Linux distribution. Is today that fucking slow of a news day?
Did Microsoft make mistakes with Vista? Yes. Should they have done more testing. Yes. Is it going to be Microsoft's downfall? Fuck no. Microsoft has reinvented itself more times than IBM. A year from now no one is going to remember this blather.
I'm not a Microsoft fanboy by any stretch. I have two Linux boxes and a Mac sitting on my desk beside this Vista box right now, and they all run fine. Including this Vista box. I just get tired of all the totally unrealistic "Is this the end of [insert OS or company of choice here]" crap. Linux isn't disappearing any time soon, and neither is Microsoft and Vista or Apple and OSX.
That was pretty much my thinking also. While I don't want security to get ridiculous, I also would prefer not to be in the airport on the day that a guard says "oh, that's not a bomb" and then it explodes, closely followed by panic and general mayhem. While I believe in freedom, and I think King George is a **FAR** bigger threat to democracy and my general way of life than any terrorist organization, there are certain times where "better safe than sorry" is appropriate. And this was one of them.
Is the current state of game software such that it really can take advantage of things like 8 cores? Or is this marketing hype and chest-thumping, but little else?
I find it a little shocking that Congress would participate in the covering up of what has been going on
Then either you don't live in the US, or you are under the age of 12. Congress is as crooked as any major corporation, and anytime they want to do something like this they just duplicate The Bush Maneuver..."its for National Security".
I see several posts here of the form "its obvious this isn't a bomb because...". What everyone is overlooking is the fact that the average person at the airport, including the guards, are not nerds that would have knowledge of C4 or how bombs really work, etc. They don't all read Slashdot.
In short, while I agree that the US in general is very much over-reacting to threats, this person was a major doofus, and she should be treated as such. She's damned lucky she only ended up in a jail cell, and not with a sudden and terminal case of lead poisoning. I wonder if she, or her nearest surviving relatives, would have thought it was so funny if an innocent bystander were killed or injured had it gone down a different way.
I wish I had some moderator points right now, because this is the best effing post on the topic I've read. In fact, it makes so much sense its hard to believe its on Slashdot:-)
From SCO's press release: a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology and mobile services
I have to laugh every time I see this line in their press releases. Even before their ill-advised journey in to the legal system, and back in their prime and heyday and earlier incarnations, SCO was never the leading provider of a damned thing.
What would make this story complete would be if SCO's remaining share holders were to file suit against its officers and directors.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get ready to listen to the Fat Lady sing:-)
Which I'd recommend depends on the person asking. Like it or not, there is a very large segment of the population that will not pay a premium for an Apple machine when they can buy a PC at Walmart for $400.
In addition, I subscribe to the theory that says if OSX were more popular, there would be more (successful) attacks and exploits for it. The black hats don't attack OSX for the same reason graffiti artists don't tag my barn in the country...who would see their work? If you want attention, you go after the 90 percent market share, not the 5 percenters.
All three took roughly 1 to 2 hours to set up, and maybe 10 minutes a week is spent keeping them up to date.
As I have said before, it is my firm belief that the key to computer stability and security ultimately falls to the device located between the keyboard and the chair. If that device doesn't work intelligently, it doesn't matter what OS you have installed.
I have an Apple G4 (Quicksilver) running OSX (Tiger). I have a scratch-built PC running Windows Vista. I have a Toshiba laptop running Linux (Mandriva Spring 2007.1, and which happens to be the machine I'm typing this up on). I use each machine about equally.
And quite frankly, when set up properly (before you give me static, read that last part again), I see no difference in security or stability with any of the three. They all lock up every now and then for unknown and strange reasons. I've never had a virus or spyware on any of the three. They all have their various hardware and software installation pains in the ass. They each have their strengths, and they each have their shortcomings.
I have no problems at all with not for profit entities using some of my bandwidth to distribute their files.
I have serious problems with a for profit entity like Microsoft or Redhat doing the same.
The first one I call "charity" or "support". The second one I call "leaching", and its not far from "stealing".
If you're a for profit company and you can't afford bandwidth, then you need to find a new line of work. Don't expect your customers to give you freebies unless you're giving them something *good* in return, and something you're not also giving to those who don't share bandwidth.
Fuck you. I pay for satellite TV. When they give me that satellite TV for free for watching the commercials and I still skip them, then you can call it "freeloading". Until then, you can shove your opinion there up your ass...or you can start paying my monthly bill.
But perhaps its also time that the people writing these headers realize that a) Xbox Live is a private network, and as such, they can set their own rules, b) Microsoft may have a policy against trademarks in names (I don't use Xbox Live, so I don't know their rules), and finally c) Microsoft is in competition with Linux, and is not going to publish or permit anything that is pro-Linux.
Its like you people expect Microsoft to advertise with a slogan like "Linux is better, but buy our stuff anyway". You're probably also waiting for American car manufacturers to come up with the slogan "Our cars suck, but buy American!"
Grow up, people, that's how capitalism works. Build your own game network (at your own expense) and you can set the rules.
It did...and didn't. Every time the story would involve something the flew directly in the face of previously established trek "history", The Powers That Be used the line "Well, the events of 'First Contact' altered the time line..."
They've already done a Trek where they used the "but its not the same timeline" excuse to muck up the history. It was called "Enterprise", and it tanked. I saw nothing in TFA that would indicate this idea would do any better. Yes, Paramount needs to attract new fans. But they need to do so without pissing off the old ones.
Instead of trying to redo the same old story with whats left of a aging and thinning available cast, they should take a hint from "The Next Generation" and move further in to the future with a new series and new characters.
This is kind of like the old joke about a dog chasing a car...what's it gonna do with the thing if it catches it.
I've thought several times about building a small cluster, just for the experience and the nerd factor. But I never do because I also get in to the issue of just what am I going to do with it once its finished, other than heat my workshop.
Before the FSF sues Microsoft, they should probably wait until Microsoft has actually violated the license they are filing that suit over. So far, that I am aware of, Microsoft has yet to distribute anything that is covered under GPL3.
And even if they do distribute something in the future, the FSF would be well advised to make sure they have the best legal representation that money can buy. Because we *know* Microsoft does. And everyone here should be smart enough to know that in a court room, its not necessarily who's right that matters, its who has the best lawyer.
When questioned he admitted using the owner's unsecured wireless internet connection without permission and was arrested on suspicion of stealing a wireless broadband connection.
Yup, sounds like an accidental connecton there, eh?
Why for f*ck's sake do private companies still own the pipes that come into my house?? Shouldn't these pipes be fiber optic and owned by my local municipal government?
Probably because those private companies paid for those pipes that come to your house, and your local government did not.
...I do know a thing or two about corporate law, having served on a couple of corporate boards.
Granted this may vary a bit from state to state, but directors and executives of a corporation, and sometimes, depending on the circumstances, the investors, do not get total automatic blanket immunity from prosecution by virtue of incorporating. If the hospitals here can show there was willful negligence, and not simply "someone fucked up", they can go after the directors and executives for every penny they have, and the state(s) involved can go for criminal charges.
Enron is a perfect example of this. Willful negligence along with criminal activity. Several former execs are now forking out money and wearing prison uniforms.
This is the same as if someone forms a corporation for their business, and then goes to work with the attitude of "I don't have to watch what I do, I'm a corporation and can't be sued"...boom...they just lost legal protection if there is infact a problem with their work. Under most circumstances, the law does not allow one to be negligent in their work. Ignorant maybe, but not negligent.
You know you're addicted to TiVo or MythTV when you go to the house of a non-enlightened friend, and during a commercial you keep looking for the "skip" button, forgetting that its live TV.
I can't think of a single instance in my own house where I've watched live TV in the last three years, with the exception of NASA and an occasional spur-of-the-moment PBS show.
And I do intend to give MythTV another look this winter. Although I *love* my TiVo, its obvious that for their newer machines they are not interested in supporting their customers who use satellite receivers instead of cable. From what I can tell, Series 3 boxes don't even have the option of satellite. So I'm hoping this new schedule service also covers satellite.
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This crap comes out every time Microsoft releases something new. It happened with Windows 98, it happened with Windows Me, and it happened with Windows XP. And the "Is this the death of Microsoft" spiel also comes out every time there's a new version of a popular Linux distribution. Is today that fucking slow of a news day?
Did Microsoft make mistakes with Vista? Yes. Should they have done more testing. Yes. Is it going to be Microsoft's downfall? Fuck no. Microsoft has reinvented itself more times than IBM. A year from now no one is going to remember this blather.
I'm not a Microsoft fanboy by any stretch. I have two Linux boxes and a Mac sitting on my desk beside this Vista box right now, and they all run fine. Including this Vista box. I just get tired of all the totally unrealistic "Is this the end of [insert OS or company of choice here]" crap. Linux isn't disappearing any time soon, and neither is Microsoft and Vista or Apple and OSX.
That was pretty much my thinking also. While I don't want security to get ridiculous, I also would prefer not to be in the airport on the day that a guard says "oh, that's not a bomb" and then it explodes, closely followed by panic and general mayhem. While I believe in freedom, and I think King George is a **FAR** bigger threat to democracy and my general way of life than any terrorist organization, there are certain times where "better safe than sorry" is appropriate. And this was one of them.
I'm not a gamer, so I have to ask...
Is the current state of game software such that it really can take advantage of things like 8 cores? Or is this marketing hype and chest-thumping, but little else?
I find it a little shocking that Congress would participate in the covering up of what has been going on
Then either you don't live in the US, or you are under the age of 12. Congress is as crooked as any major corporation, and anytime they want to do something like this they just duplicate The Bush Maneuver..."its for National Security".
I see several posts here of the form "its obvious this isn't a bomb because...". What everyone is overlooking is the fact that the average person at the airport, including the guards, are not nerds that would have knowledge of C4 or how bombs really work, etc. They don't all read Slashdot.
In short, while I agree that the US in general is very much over-reacting to threats, this person was a major doofus, and she should be treated as such. She's damned lucky she only ended up in a jail cell, and not with a sudden and terminal case of lead poisoning. I wonder if she, or her nearest surviving relatives, would have thought it was so funny if an innocent bystander were killed or injured had it gone down a different way.
I wish I had some moderator points right now, because this is the best effing post on the topic I've read. In fact, it makes so much sense its hard to believe its on Slashdot :-)
From SCO's press release: a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology and mobile services
:-)
I have to laugh every time I see this line in their press releases. Even before their ill-advised journey in to the legal system, and back in their prime and heyday and earlier incarnations, SCO was never the leading provider of a damned thing.
What would make this story complete would be if SCO's remaining share holders were to file suit against its officers and directors.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get ready to listen to the Fat Lady sing
Which I'd recommend depends on the person asking. Like it or not, there is a very large segment of the population that will not pay a premium for an Apple machine when they can buy a PC at Walmart for $400.
In addition, I subscribe to the theory that says if OSX were more popular, there would be more (successful) attacks and exploits for it. The black hats don't attack OSX for the same reason graffiti artists don't tag my barn in the country...who would see their work? If you want attention, you go after the 90 percent market share, not the 5 percenters.
All three took roughly 1 to 2 hours to set up, and maybe 10 minutes a week is spent keeping them up to date.
As I have said before, it is my firm belief that the key to computer stability and security ultimately falls to the device located between the keyboard and the chair. If that device doesn't work intelligently, it doesn't matter what OS you have installed.
I have an Apple G4 (Quicksilver) running OSX (Tiger). I have a scratch-built PC running Windows Vista. I have a Toshiba laptop running Linux (Mandriva Spring 2007.1, and which happens to be the machine I'm typing this up on). I use each machine about equally.
And quite frankly, when set up properly (before you give me static, read that last part again), I see no difference in security or stability with any of the three. They all lock up every now and then for unknown and strange reasons. I've never had a virus or spyware on any of the three. They all have their various hardware and software installation pains in the ass. They each have their strengths, and they each have their shortcomings.
I have no problems at all with not for profit entities using some of my bandwidth to distribute their files.
I have serious problems with a for profit entity like Microsoft or Redhat doing the same.
The first one I call "charity" or "support". The second one I call "leaching", and its not far from "stealing".
If you're a for profit company and you can't afford bandwidth, then you need to find a new line of work. Don't expect your customers to give you freebies unless you're giving them something *good* in return, and something you're not also giving to those who don't share bandwidth.
Whereas TiVo users freeload
Fuck you. I pay for satellite TV. When they give me that satellite TV for free for watching the commercials and I still skip them, then you can call it "freeloading". Until then, you can shove your opinion there up your ass...or you can start paying my monthly bill.
Damn...they're getting almost as bad as the FBI...
If its error prone, it wouldn't be of use to law enforcement either.
Has the news become so slow on a daily basis that all you people can do is try to create controversy where there is none?
Even if its because they don't allow trademarks in user names? I know *MANY* networks with that policy.
perhaps it's time they gave it up
But perhaps its also time that the people writing these headers realize that a) Xbox Live is a private network, and as such, they can set their own rules, b) Microsoft may have a policy against trademarks in names (I don't use Xbox Live, so I don't know their rules), and finally c) Microsoft is in competition with Linux, and is not going to publish or permit anything that is pro-Linux.
Its like you people expect Microsoft to advertise with a slogan like "Linux is better, but buy our stuff anyway". You're probably also waiting for American car manufacturers to come up with the slogan "Our cars suck, but buy American!"
Grow up, people, that's how capitalism works. Build your own game network (at your own expense) and you can set the rules.
It did...and didn't. Every time the story would involve something the flew directly in the face of previously established trek "history", The Powers That Be used the line "Well, the events of 'First Contact' altered the time line..."
They've already done a Trek where they used the "but its not the same timeline" excuse to muck up the history. It was called "Enterprise", and it tanked. I saw nothing in TFA that would indicate this idea would do any better. Yes, Paramount needs to attract new fans. But they need to do so without pissing off the old ones.
;-)
Instead of trying to redo the same old story with whats left of a aging and thinning available cast, they should take a hint from "The Next Generation" and move further in to the future with a new series and new characters.
Or give us a movie based on DS9
This is kind of like the old joke about a dog chasing a car...what's it gonna do with the thing if it catches it.
I've thought several times about building a small cluster, just for the experience and the nerd factor. But I never do because I also get in to the issue of just what am I going to do with it once its finished, other than heat my workshop.
Before the FSF sues Microsoft, they should probably wait until Microsoft has actually violated the license they are filing that suit over. So far, that I am aware of, Microsoft has yet to distribute anything that is covered under GPL3.
And even if they do distribute something in the future, the FSF would be well advised to make sure they have the best legal representation that money can buy. Because we *know* Microsoft does. And everyone here should be smart enough to know that in a court room, its not necessarily who's right that matters, its who has the best lawyer.
From TFA:
When questioned he admitted using the owner's unsecured wireless internet connection without permission and was arrested on suspicion of stealing a wireless broadband connection.
Yup, sounds like an accidental connecton there, eh?
Why for f*ck's sake do private companies still own the pipes that come into my house?? Shouldn't these pipes be fiber optic and owned by my local municipal government?
Probably because those private companies paid for those pipes that come to your house, and your local government did not.
...I do know a thing or two about corporate law, having served on a couple of corporate boards.
Granted this may vary a bit from state to state, but directors and executives of a corporation, and sometimes, depending on the circumstances, the investors, do not get total automatic blanket immunity from prosecution by virtue of incorporating. If the hospitals here can show there was willful negligence, and not simply "someone fucked up", they can go after the directors and executives for every penny they have, and the state(s) involved can go for criminal charges.
Enron is a perfect example of this. Willful negligence along with criminal activity. Several former execs are now forking out money and wearing prison uniforms.
This is the same as if someone forms a corporation for their business, and then goes to work with the attitude of "I don't have to watch what I do, I'm a corporation and can't be sued"...boom...they just lost legal protection if there is infact a problem with their work. Under most circumstances, the law does not allow one to be negligent in their work. Ignorant maybe, but not negligent.
You know you're addicted to TiVo or MythTV when you go to the house of a non-enlightened friend, and during a commercial you keep looking for the "skip" button, forgetting that its live TV.
I can't think of a single instance in my own house where I've watched live TV in the last three years, with the exception of NASA and an occasional spur-of-the-moment PBS show.
And I do intend to give MythTV another look this winter. Although I *love* my TiVo, its obvious that for their newer machines they are not interested in supporting their customers who use satellite receivers instead of cable. From what I can tell, Series 3 boxes don't even have the option of satellite. So I'm hoping this new schedule service also covers satellite.