Microsoft has created method to keep intranets in order so while your post may have been somewhat positive you're slightly misinformed. They do have an enterprise way of setting things up with their workgroup web set up
"Software is owned by people. We shall not stifle creativity, talent, and the wants of users for the sake of profit
If this were the case the whole world of computing would be entirely free. No Cisco, you cannot charge for your IOS, etc., etc., etc.
This is not a free world, and although I'm not a Microsoft devotee of any sorts, they are smart enough to pull it off. People bought into the Windows lifestyle because it was simple for them, not everyone can jump in a term and code their needs or wants, so they turn to Open Source to find the neccessities to make their lives simple.
However, lets take a look at the BSD's, and Linux', and other alternative OS', they don't appeal to the average Joe/Josie because they may be too difficult as opposed to just point-and-click, drag-and-drop. Sure it may be easy for someone to learn after some tinkering, but if your a Fortune 500 company your not going to drop your productivity because you have to train secretaries to gcc -o program program.c
Why because its simply not worth it. Sure you can change your network servers, etc., etc., but on the Office level its not feasible. Star Office tries but lacks for the standard "secretary" and not only that but what happens when you need to exchange legacy documents with other companies, clients, etc. then what? Even if you did switch your whole company around doesn't mean others will.
So yes Open Source may be better by very distinctive/somewhat biased at times/benchmarked ways, its still highly disputable from both sides to get a fair take on why you should either continue to use Windows or switch to Open Source.
In the end think about this saying: "When you drink all your water and look at your cup, you say its empty, I say its full of air"
Maybe the reason for the move is, MS could be waiting for the fed (Greenspan) to announce yet another raise or cut in interest rates (which is due for for May the last was to boost the economy sort of a freebie) which could also determine whether companies would jump up and buy buy buy, or wait wait wait. Analysts predict a stronger growth in the third quarter since most people are vactioning and sell off stocks in the summer, etc, etc. (no bs I dig the stock market)
Or perhaps some security flaws (which are high in MS) prompted developers to assess those in order to make it more attractive as opposed to the launch of Windows2000 where speculation was the product had over 60k bugs. By releasing YACP (yet another crappy product) MS could lose huge revenues all over the place, which is crucial especially when alternative OS' have been making their marks. Also remember their so called "Anti Piracy" feature was cracked recently.
Which reminds me... I remember when I was working on Theories in DoS, I made this program called Bubonic which was messing up Windows2000 and NT machines. I repeatedly tried to benchmark what was going on when I made the program and submitted it to Bugtraq since it messed up Windows' rpc crap entirely. Well after the advosry MS released a patch for rpc stuff saying they discovered an undiscovered flaw that affected rpc yadda yadda.
how do I enroll at www.root.edu in order to graduate and get an account there? As a self professed geek I think I would stand to make more money, and look pimped out when I'm interviewed at at Fortune 500 co leading to a billion (rips Austin Powers)... million dollar salary.
People at EFC have been seeking help for countries with restrictions on what they can and can't see so this would be a plus to them. (view their email on this)
What will be nice to see is how governments and corporations will respond to this, concerning piracy, patent violations, the typical bullshit we've seen for the past few weeks.
QUANTICO, Va., April 19 (UPI) -- The Marines are developing small robotic flying machines that can fit into a soldier's backpack and, when called on, fly across battlefields, sending back to him or her video images of enemy positions.
"UAVs have typically provided the upper echelon of military commanders with sensitive reconnaissance but Dragon Eye is intended to empower the foot soldier," said Jim McMains of the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, VA.
Stop and think about this for a second if you will though. Sure these seem like great things, but take a look at the move to get the missle defense system in gear, then think about the purpose of these "toys" what exactly will they serve for?
Sure I see the need for a military but its not like we're at war, yet the government continues to build weapons.
So for those who don't know the scoop, all the planes that will be replaced by newer ones such as these go up for sale to countries that we have "erratic" ties to like Afghanistan. (I suggest may of you get familiar with the Center for Defense Information which'll back my claims)
Ok that means in lay man terms...
Hey Osama, we just purchased some new jets so take these off our hands for $X Million dollars, and we can have a war.
All these new toys for warfare when people are starving, and our economy slowing tanking. Thanks alot Dumbya.
Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciséis de Septiembre, and...
"Matthews: "What's that in English?"
Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Dieciséis de Septiembre = Sept. 16)-Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000
So they say yet again they'll be watermarking yet there are still many problems with the way its done.
Abstract: this paper the difficulties and limitations of watermarking as a general tool for document protection. We present first the variety of objectives of users for document protection, in a second Section, we present several profiles of attackers, then we describe the most classical attacks which have been developped, and, as a
conclusion, we present the special cases of the AVOs of the MPEG-4 norm, and the DVD as specially sensitive to attacks. The different techniques for invisible watermarking of images are mostly by adding a label to the image, either in the image bit plane or in the spectrum of the image, but some other different techniques have been proposed.
Authority Figure: How long till watermarking protection is final?
DVD Crypto Engineer: Sir we're still working on it we're not sure
Authority Figure: Great I'll put out the word to Associated Press that we're ready to go.
Nice to know how practical one needs to be in life in order to still maintain a sense of happiness. So while this may be -1 trolled here I figured I would inject some substance on materialism.
Acquiring material things or not acquiring them; happiness or unhappiness; interesting or uninteresting sounds; praise or criticism: They are all the same to me.'
It is easy to understand how it can be a problem not to acquire things, to be unhappy, to hear uninteresting sounds, to have a bad reputation, to be criticised. These are commonly recognised as problems. But you might not recognise acquiring things, having comfort and happiness, hearing interesting sounds, having a good reputation and being praised as problems. However, they are all the same; they are all problems.
But the object itself is not the problem. Having wealth is not the problem. So, what is the problem? The problem is the mind desiring and clinging to wealth - that is the problem. Having a friend is not the problem; the mind clinging to the friend makes having a friend a problem.
Desire makes having these four material things, comfort, interesting sounds, praise - a problem. If there's no desire, no worldly concern, having or not having these objects does not become a problem.
You might be sleeping comfortably one night when suddenly your sleep is disturbed by a mosquito biting you. If you have strong worldly concern, strong desire for comfort, you will be very annoyed at being bitten by the mosquito. Just being bitten, by just one mosquito. It is nothing dangerous, nothing that can cause any serious disease. The mosquito takes just a tiny, tiny drop of blood from your body. But seeing that mosquito's body filled with your own blood, you are shocked. You become angry at the mosquito and are upset all night. The next day, you complain about the mosquito all day long. "I couldn't sleep for hours last night!" Losing sleep for one night, or even a few hours, is like losing a precious jewel. You are as upset as somebody who has lost a million dollars. For some people, even such a small problem becomes huge.
There are also people who desire so much to be praised and respected by others. If you ignore such people and walk past them with your nose in the air, or say just one or two words disrespectfully, something that they don't expect to hear, it causes great pain in their minds. Or if you give them something in a disrespectful manner, whether purposely or not, again there is great pain. For such people with so much expectation, so much clinging, the pain from even a small physical action that they dislike is great. It feels like an arrow has been shot into their hearts.
Suddenly anger arises strongly. Suddenly their body becomes very tense. Their face, relaxed and peaceful before, now becomes kind of terrifying - swollen and tight, with their ears and nose turning red and the veins standing out on their forehead. Suddenly their whole character becomes very rough and unpleasant.
The greater people's desire to receive praise and respect, the greater the pain in their heart when they don't get it. It is similar with the other objects of desire. The stronger the desires for material things, comfort, interesting sounds, and praise, the greater the pain when they experience the opposite.
If you expect that a friend will always be pleasant, smiling, respectful, kind, and always do what you wish, but one day they unexpectedly do some small unpleasant thing, that tiny thing causes an incredible pain in your heart. All this is related to worldly concern, to how strongly you desire something. The less desire you have for the four desirable objects, the fewer problems you will have when you meet the four undesirable objects. Less desire means less pain. If you cut off clinging to this life, there is not hurt when you experience criticism or do not receive something, because there is no clinging to praise or receiving things.
In the same way, when you do not cling to the expectation that your friend will always be nice to you, always smile at you, always help you when asked, there is no hurt when your friend changes and does the opposite to what you desire. There is no pain in your heart. Your mind is calm and peaceful. By cutting off the desire that clings to the four desirable objects, you don't have a problem when the four undesirable situations happen. They cannot hurt you, cannot disturb your mind.
The thought of the worldly dharmas clings to the four desirable objects of this life. Without this thought, there is so much calmness and peace in your mind that meeting the four undesirable objects doesn't bother you. And meeting the four desirable objects also doesn't bother you. If someone praises you, it doesn't matter; if someone criticises you, it cannot disturb your mind. There is stability in your life, and peace of mind. There are no ups and downs. This is equalising the eight worldly dharmas.
How do you keep your mind peaceful when problems happen? How do you protect your mind so that experiencing the four undesirable things does not disturb you? By realising that clinging to these four desirable objects is the problem. You have to realise the shortcomings of these four desirable objects and abandon clinging to them. This is the basic psychology. If you use this method, undesirable situations will not disturb you.
So many companies against UCITA, yet RedHat would look credible in the eyes of the same pundits attempting to pass the bill. Laymen terms: RedHat thinks they'll join the "paper-based" elite profile of a company like MS, so they turn around and shaft the OpenSource community by sleeping with the enemy. How thoughtful.
I wrote a "securing bind" script once since I was too lazy to update 20+ DNS servers when that recent BIND advisory came out in late January/February for those who are as lazy as I am. Some params need to be tweaked slightly to your sys but its functional, and again when you don't want to go from machine to machine to machine you could write a quick expect script do bang it all out for you.
I like zines overall although for the most part its all been said and done elsewhere, as for the instances of showing someone how to do something, it sure comes in handy for those unfamiliar with the territory, and also keeps our minds refreshed. But in all fairness they're definitely a good thing to have for those questions always asked, "How do I $INSERT_QUESTION_HERE", and make it less threatening for newer users to become more familiar with running their OS.
Again I see no distinct difference of someone recording music onto a cassette and passing it on to a friend, this shouldn't be a big deal, and governments as well as corporations should realize that as a music lover if I wanted the song that much, no mp3 is going to suffice for me purchasing the CD. No cassette nor any other form of recording is going to give me what I want.
Often when I look for a song nowadays its because it is no longer in stock (rare techno songs I listen to) so I search for it to hear for a few times. Other times I look for a song I may have heard and like, wanted to purchase but didn't know the title or the artist, again in future plans to buy the CD.
All the governments and companies are doing at this point is waisting money and arguing over spilled milk which never fell from their cup.
Why not create an AntiNapster based site where those artists concerned with theft of songs could enter their names into that database, and have those songs filtered. After all studies have shown that people who download mp3's end up buying the songs anyways. I'm sure once some of those artists start realizing how much their competition is making off the move, they'll get those dildos out of their asses and make that switch.
it would also legalize other, more direct exchanges of copyrighted music (e.g. IRC, private FTPs, websites..). The record industry, represented by the copyright organization Copy-Dan, is up in arms against the proposal, but the Danish minister of culture is sure that it will receive a broad majority of votes.
Ever notice how when things are "taboo" more people will sometimes seek it out with greater passion than they normally would if it were readily obtainable? Industry sparking all these "anti-mp3" issues dig their own coffin, and I wonder if they're too stupid to realize this, or are trying to prove a point to bolster their own egos, or company reputations.
The consequences of this law, if it passes, will be interesting. It would mean that Denmark could become a safe haven for Napster-like services, and the infrastructure there is better than in most other nations that do not enforce copyright law (and usually comply if paid enough money by copyright holders). It will be interesting to see how the RIAA reacts, either by claiming that Denmark violates international law, or by trying to get.dk banned altogether, or both. Perhaps they will lobby to change the law in such a fashion that access to file sharing and MP3 sites / networks must be forbidden for foreigners.
Solution: Find a real life Tyler Durden and sic him on RIAA, and others like them.
Congress Shall Have Power To [...] promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries
Ironic to see that one country controls the fundamentals of an invention that wasn't created in that country. Why should the United States have exclusive rights to determine what should and what should not be patented. Example would be the Swede who invented the mouse and never got his patent, nor credit for the invention. Why should he be cheated by a system which cannot govern themselves in a morally ethical fashion, that extends to everyone, free from biases such as the parties bank roll.
Maybe a consortium of international scientists, and engineers should be chosen via methods of voting to serve on an international commitee to promote fair uses of patents in non biased fashions, as opposed to having one central form of governance which does a crappy job allowing monopolizations.
This is the entire justification for the existence of the U.S. copyright and patent system. Both exist to promote the progress of science and the useful arts: technology, literature, and so on. If the patent and copyright system do not have the effect of promoting progress, they aren't constitutional. Note that the constitution also says limited times. Patents and copyrights are meant to expire - if they don't, they aren't constitutional.
Take notice "securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" now in theory I take this in context to mean that no software in the world should be patented since it took the works of other patented (pre-existing works other than the Author's own) items to create. How does the agency determine that "X Product" from X Foo Company is the genuine inventor of the product without using something that was hidden under the dusty shelves at the patent office.
Is it me seeing this in a different perspective entirely or is this more or less the same arguments coming out of Peren's write up.
Another issue we might discuss is how to defend a Free Software developer when he or she is sued for patent infringement. It might be fair to ask our partners, who have much deeper pockets than ours, to help vest a fund for our defense with an organization like FSF or EFF. Or perhaps we should deal with each lawsuit as it comes up? With the
DeCSS lawsuits, we found that EFF can defend less than one case per year. We'll need more than that.
What should be done is the loser of the case should have to foot both the lawsuit fees, and legal fees to bring the trial to light. Court cases sure are expensive, and its unfair to both thos plaintiff and defendant to dish out monies for it. Remember a defendant is guilty until proven innocent, and in most cases it would be Davy being sued by Goliath, so since the burden of proof would lay on Goliath's shoulders, they should be the ones to foot the bill for the legal case until the matter is resolved. Afterwards should Davy lose, well then the legal fees would be paid along with whatever else.
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After following Schema from its introduction a while back I just briefly looked at it and said "Another HTML Markup Language" and tossed it to the back of my mind. I had worked at a company who built a product exclusively using XML which had been hacked up to make it useful enough for the company, and found most of it lacking for the Unix side of things where programming was concerned, not interactive webpages, strictly lacking as complete portable solution.
Often I wonder when I hear these news stories about new protocols appearing, just how long will they last, and how much of an impact would they have in reality, ePerl, PHP, etc., and often I hear of one "standard" coming out only to be overshadowed by another one in the making. So not to troll but how many people are actually looking forward to this becoming a standard? Aren't the current available languages enough?
I guess it depends on what someone wants to do, but in all honesty I feel the market for things are becoming so saturated with so many different variations claiming to be the best thing, yet from what I see many people often use the standard norms available just fine.
So how exactly is this beneficial to achieve what you already can using the standards? Sometimes the language can be so confusing when your in the midst of nailing "the next best protocol" which was overshadowed just a second ago, and now you have to tweak what you already know to jump on this latest 'technology` all because its been endorsed, or recommended. Maybe its me not being innovative enough to really look at Schema for its face value, but all I see is another language. Not a big deal.
Please don't flame this, don't think I'm being arrogant, or trollish, just posting an honest thought to see some insightgul replies. Sure I joke here and there, but I would like some enlightenment.
Microsoft today unveiled details about the latest product line of software geared to dominate the enterprise market. Aptly named "Closed Source Code 2000", Microsoft is marketing the product to compete with GPL, and BSD based Open Source
products that have capitalized a substantial market share.
"By continuing to create pre-compiled, closed source executables, we see a great demand for revenue, and a large portion of the open source market making the switch to CSC2000. Its just hip to have the words "Source" in your products. So amidst all the confusion and bickering surrounding the licensing amongst the Open Source community, we are kind of sneaking by delivering high quality
products in the same fashion as we always have, but we've made it more hip by incorporating the words "Source Code" in our products, we will
guarantee 100% market share by 2021." stated LeRoy Jones V.P. of Marketing.
As usual we are the first to report the news in its entirety so here are the terms of Microsoft's CSC2000 licensing.
Copyright (c) 2001 The International Government of Microsoft All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in executables, without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of executables must be obtained at an outrageous price, must retain this license, and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions of executables must also be kept away from sites like 3r33t eReEt, 1337, and 31337, as they may be pirates of software which take away from our trillion dollar business.
3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment:
This product is the best product you could ever buy. You are getting sleepy, BUY MORE MICROSOFT.
4. Neither the name of Microsoft, Bill Gates, or any other Microsoft employee may be used in the
same sentence as Open Source, Linux, BSD, or Anti Trust lawsuits, else they'll feel lethal wraith.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MICROSOFT AND THE KINGDOM OF BILL GATES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE BUGS, SECURITY LEAKS, COSTS, SERVICE PACKS, THOSE SERVICE PACKS' SERVICE PACKS, AND THE PATCHES TO THOSE SERVICE PACKS. THE IMPLIED NOTION OF OBTAINING A STABLE PRODUCT ARE FRUITLESS AND SHOULD YOU COMPLAIN, YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE WILL RESULT IN YOU CALLING OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT LINE AT THE RATE OF 599.99 PER MINUTE WHERE YOU WILL BE PLACED ON HOLD ONLY TO LISTEN TO YANNI, KENNY G, AND BARBARA STREISAND. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. ALL YOUR SOURCE CODE ARE BELONG TO OUR PATENTS.
Its great to see the power of Non Disclosure Agreements.
He decided to let me in on the secrets of Sony using Linux full-time on their "Internet Appliance PS2" machine, called the GSQ. They have a cluster of them in their research group with 16 in series, doing *REAL TIME* "matrix-style" video editing.
One of the biggest problems I see with articles such as this is, they're all hearsay if you ask me and not really worth merit until proven. Someone can say anything for any reason to slander another person or company at will, so while this may seem intruiging until hardcoded news comes out such as Richard Stallman seeking legal actions against Sony, its all bs to me.
All sounds good, except that they only provide a pre-compiled Windows executable of this emulator (no Unix version, no source, and a whopping 3-meg download of this standalone executable), and do not provide any sources to it at all. They also blatently say on their site that this is based fully on the POSE sources for 30a4 (which is a clearly documented GPL'd version).
Additionally, on their site, in order to download this version of the emulator, you have to sign into their developer program. Not so bad. But at the download page, you have no choice but to click on an EULA to get to the emulator download. This EULA clearly states that the emulator and all sources are 100% property of Sony Electronics, Inc. and that distribution without their consent is in direct violation of this license.
If it doesn't have any source to verify the fact that the executable may be based on licensed code, or rather any testing or dissection to prove this, then anyone can claim all they want. For all anyone knows or cares, someone frmo the open source community can say MS' ProductX is based on source code X and create a ruckus.
As for the EULA, I can't speak on this since it doesn't relate to anything I know or care about, again I will just point out that anything this guy has heard is strictly hearsay. At least providing a name would have added some credibility, and no I'm not calling this guy a liar, but what this all boils down to in my mind is he said she said junior high school based unsubstantiated bullshit.
Creating a CD is almost 400% lower than making a cassette yet CD's are more expensive for some unknown reason.
Piracy is and will always be around, and personally I think it adds fuel to RIAA's arguments. Burning an MP3 is not similar to piracy since you obviously have to purchase the CD in the first place. Trading an MP3 is no different than recording something off a cassette and giving it to your friend, and all studies done have shown the majority of MP3 downloaders end up purchasing the music if they like it.
RIAA Sucks started to look hopeful in their presentations of how irrate RIAA really is althouh it isn't updated much. So you may want to check there.
Understandably also one should realize that the RIAA is a business as is any other, and anyone with the right frame of mind would do all they can to protect their finances. Sure they run around bullying people, but many people have become hip to their game, and its only a matter of time before many artists look at the facts behind MP3 swapping. It does not hurt their revenue, in fact it helps it. But when you have the marketing and money to stand behind, you can get away with murder. And thats what the RIAA is doing with their lawsuits.
Its a dirty game but someone always has to play it. RIAA is nothing without the artists, and its some of those same artists who set RIAA off in the first place. Until those same artists see the realities behind people swapping music, who account for a large amount of their salaries, the RIAA will always look morally right on paper to those who don't see the underlying factors.
I wonder will AOL step in to mediate between the RIAA and an AIM clone. I question this for logical reasoning. With a name like AIMSter, its easy for many to associate AOL with being the owner of AIMSter (this would not apply to geeks.)
If AOL's name became dragged through the dirt on this one since their services are being used for what RIAA would call "illegal" actions, then AOL's reputation my take a slight dive.
Earthlink is also becoming a harsher critic of AOL over privacy concerns, so I also wonder if they could use AIMSter's privacy policies to boost their ratings. I highly doubt it, but would be an odd thing to see.
As for the swaping services, same standards always run through my mind. What would be the difference if someone recorded a song off of a radio station and burnt it. Then where would RIAA's argument fall? Would they attempt to sue the radio stations for allowing people to "maliciously" record music?
I wish the poster would have read the article before making that accusation. Aside from that I wouldn't take Markoff serious anyways after he created an illusory case along with Shimomura on Kevin Mitnick for their half assed book. But thats besides the point.
Although the movement has not yet had a significant effect on sales of Microsoft's Office and Windows products in the personal computer market, the company wants to enter the corporate
software market, where open source has gained ground.
Isn't it stran9e how in one complete sentence they can say Open Source has no effect on MS, yet in that same sentence state it has gained ground? If I'm not mistaken MS stands to lose more than any other system since Solaris and SunOS can use open source code.
Again articles like these do nothing more than strengthen open source standing in the market since it gets them exposure without having to spend on marketing, so kudos to MS for continously bashing open source.
Yet at the same time the arguments get pretty boring and redundant at times wouldn't you say;)
Most computer users who've used the 'net for a certain amount of time are hip to what is, and what isn't spam. however keep in mind that thousands of users log on to the internet for the first time on a daily basis.
With so many people turning in, all a spammer needs to do is capture a fragment of that amount, and coerce them into spending, assisting them, etc., with their "Great Ideas" and they could have a nice sizeable chunk of money. So this is my thoughts on spam on why its still persistent.
Many people on the internet turn to it for an escape of reality, maybe life it to tough, maybe to depressing, etc., and many of them fall into these scams, because many are vulnerable. Many are also good hearted people who don't give things a second thought, and dish out thinking they can help the world. Some spammers know how to capitalize on this, and those people can make them a fortune.
Its no big deal sending erratic information hoping someone will fall for it, there are plenty of stupid people in this world, however answering spam is even stupider than sending it. What did the person expect by replying to a spammer? An insightful look into why they sent it? A possible product? Get real common sense should've told him/her they'd only get back more spam.
Lets get real for a second here. Anyone running printer services over the Internet on a server is an utter moron for one. Secondly shame on Microsoft for allowing by default just about everything under the sun to run, as opposed to other OS's which you'd have to configure a service to run.
Thats the most common problem with server security, is the lack of knowledge of some of the administrators setting them up. They don't truly know what is running either via way of moronically not being intuitive enough to know what ports are open for what services and why, or just not having a clue altogether.
Ryan Permeh, resident shellcode ninja of eEye Digital Security, has created an example exploit to be used as a "proof-of-concept".
Funny how many would whore out including the staff of eEye. Instead or placing a nicely written morally sound write up, they overhype the issue to promote their product.
Lets not forget, what goes around comes around as eEye has seen in the past. I've purchased programs via my company from eEye, and they're not all that, nor are their advisories. Someone should teach those guys humility.
As for Microsoft, its just another one of their flaws, so I don't see what the big deal is.
I just wonder how Warner Brother fit in through this whole ordeal. Did MS also have to dish out money to them for some licensing stuff as well?
As for the move, personally I think its a good move, since MS has a hell of a lot more money to work with. Hopefully they'll provide a kick ass gaming environment, and hopefully Bill Gates and co., won't try to reach the geek masses my marketing MS crapware along with the games.
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Microsoft has created method to keep intranets in order so while your post may have been somewhat positive you're slightly misinformed. They do have an enterprise way of setting things up with their workgroup web set up
"Software is owned by people. We shall not stifle creativity, talent, and the wants of users for the sake of profit
If this were the case the whole world of computing would be entirely free. No Cisco, you cannot charge for your IOS, etc., etc., etc.
This is not a free world, and although I'm not a Microsoft devotee of any sorts, they are smart enough to pull it off. People bought into the Windows lifestyle because it was simple for them, not everyone can jump in a term and code their needs or wants, so they turn to Open Source to find the neccessities to make their lives simple.
However, lets take a look at the BSD's, and Linux', and other alternative OS', they don't appeal to the average Joe/Josie because they may be too difficult as opposed to just point-and-click, drag-and-drop. Sure it may be easy for someone to learn after some tinkering, but if your a Fortune 500 company your not going to drop your productivity because you have to train secretaries to gcc -o program program.c
Why because its simply not worth it. Sure you can change your network servers, etc., etc., but on the Office level its not feasible. Star Office tries but lacks for the standard "secretary" and not only that but what happens when you need to exchange legacy documents with other companies, clients, etc. then what? Even if you did switch your whole company around doesn't mean others will.
So yes Open Source may be better by very distinctive/somewhat biased at times/benchmarked ways, its still highly disputable from both sides to get a fair take on why you should either continue to use Windows or switch to Open Source.
In the end think about this saying: "When you drink all your water and look at your cup, you say its empty, I say its full of air"
Maybe the reason for the move is, MS could be waiting for the fed (Greenspan) to announce yet another raise or cut in interest rates (which is due for for May the last was to boost the economy sort of a freebie) which could also determine whether companies would jump up and buy buy buy, or wait wait wait. Analysts predict a stronger growth in the third quarter since most people are vactioning and sell off stocks in the summer, etc, etc. (no bs I dig the stock market)
Or perhaps some security flaws (which are high in MS) prompted developers to assess those in order to make it more attractive as opposed to the launch of Windows2000 where speculation was the product had over 60k bugs. By releasing YACP (yet another crappy product) MS could lose huge revenues all over the place, which is crucial especially when alternative OS' have been making their marks. Also remember their so called "Anti Piracy" feature was cracked recently.
Which reminds me... I remember when I was working on Theories in DoS, I made this program called Bubonic which was messing up Windows2000 and NT machines. I repeatedly tried to benchmark what was going on when I made the program and submitted it to Bugtraq since it messed up Windows' rpc crap entirely. Well after the advosry MS released a patch for rpc stuff saying they discovered an undiscovered flaw that affected rpc yadda yadda.
Hardcore Crypto
Now we'll have an influx of PKI vendors for packemakers. Better yet: pacemaker-incidents@securityfocus.com
how do I enroll at www.root.edu in order to graduate and get an account there? As a self professed geek I think I would stand to make more money, and look pimped out when I'm interviewed at at Fortune 500 co leading to a billion (rips Austin Powers) ... million dollar salary.
SpeedyGrl
People at EFC have been seeking help for countries with restrictions on what they can and can't see so this would be a plus to them. (view their email on this)
;P
What will be nice to see is how governments and corporations will respond to this, concerning piracy, patent violations, the typical bullshit we've seen for the past few weeks.
Funny I posted this on my site days ago
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Marines' Flying Foot Soldiers
Stop and think about this for a second if you will though. Sure these seem like great things, but take a look at the move to get the missle defense system in gear, then think about the purpose of these "toys" what exactly will they serve for?
Sure I see the need for a military but its not like we're at war, yet the government continues to build weapons.
So for those who don't know the scoop, all the planes that will be replaced by newer ones such as these go up for sale to countries that we have "erratic" ties to like Afghanistan. (I suggest may of you get familiar with the Center for Defense Information which'll back my claims)
Ok that means in lay man terms...
Hey Osama, we just purchased some new jets so take these off our hands for $X Million dollars, and we can have a war.
All these new toys for warfare when people are starving, and our economy slowing tanking. Thanks alot Dumbya.
Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciséis de Septiembre, and
"Matthews: "What's that in English?"
Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Dieciséis de Septiembre = Sept. 16)-Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000
[Why is watermarking a hard problem] [mirrored]
Authority Figure: How long till watermarking protection is final?
DVD Crypto Engineer: Sir we're still working on it we're not sure
Authority Figure: Great I'll put out the word to Associated Press that we're ready to go.
Can you find the Mole?
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Tales of the Dying UCITA Bill
Tales of the Dying Redmond Corporation
Tales of the Dying Silly Patent Lawsuits
Tales of the Dying Anti 2600 Lawsuits
This guy wasn't as innovative as you think he was.
FBI mole almost captured
UCITA has been opposed by:
26 Attorneys General Software developers
Every consumer advocacy organization that has looked at it
Large software customers
Librarians
Other independent information content developers (writers, photographers)
Entertainment industry
Magazine and newspaper publishers
Many law professors.
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Additionally, it has been sharply criticized by the United States' Federal Trade Commission, http://www.ftc.gov/be/v990010.htm.
So many companies against UCITA, yet RedHat would look credible in the eyes of the same pundits attempting to pass the bill. Laymen terms: RedHat thinks they'll join the "paper-based" elite profile of a company like MS, so they turn around and shaft the OpenSource community by sleeping with the enemy. How thoughtful.
More UCITA opposition info
I wrote a "securing bind" script once since I was too lazy to update 20+ DNS servers when that recent BIND advisory came out in late January/February for those who are as lazy as I am. Some params need to be tweaked slightly to your sys but its functional, and again when you don't want to go from machine to machine to machine you could write a quick expect script do bang it all out for you.
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I like zines overall although for the most part its all been said and done elsewhere, as for the instances of showing someone how to do something, it sure comes in handy for those unfamiliar with the territory, and also keeps our minds refreshed. But in all fairness they're definitely a good thing to have for those questions always asked, "How do I $INSERT_QUESTION_HERE", and make it less threatening for newer users to become more familiar with running their OS.
venona# uname -a
FreeBSD venona 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Tue May 1 14:23:58 EDT 2001 root@venona.antioffline.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/
Often when I look for a song nowadays its because it is no longer in stock (rare techno songs I listen to) so I search for it to hear for a few times. Other times I look for a song I may have heard and like, wanted to purchase but didn't know the title or the artist, again in future plans to buy the CD.
All the governments and companies are doing at this point is waisting money and arguing over spilled milk which never fell from their cup.
Why not create an AntiNapster based site where those artists concerned with theft of songs could enter their names into that database, and have those songs filtered. After all studies have shown that people who download mp3's end up buying the songs anyways. I'm sure once some of those artists start realizing how much their competition is making off the move, they'll get those dildos out of their asses and make that switch.
Ever notice how when things are "taboo" more people will sometimes seek it out with greater passion than they normally would if it were readily obtainable? Industry sparking all these "anti-mp3" issues dig their own coffin, and I wonder if they're too stupid to realize this, or are trying to prove a point to bolster their own egos, or company reputations.
Solution: Find a real life Tyler Durden and sic him on RIAA, and others like them.
Blogger is hazardous to your E-Health
Ironic to see that one country controls the fundamentals of an invention that wasn't created in that country. Why should the United States have exclusive rights to determine what should and what should not be patented. Example would be the Swede who invented the mouse and never got his patent, nor credit for the invention. Why should he be cheated by a system which cannot govern themselves in a morally ethical fashion, that extends to everyone, free from biases such as the parties bank roll.
Maybe a consortium of international scientists, and engineers should be chosen via methods of voting to serve on an international commitee to promote fair uses of patents in non biased fashions, as opposed to having one central form of governance which does a crappy job allowing monopolizations.
Take notice "securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" now in theory I take this in context to mean that no software in the world should be patented since it took the works of other patented (pre-existing works other than the Author's own) items to create. How does the agency determine that "X Product" from X Foo Company is the genuine inventor of the product without using something that was hidden under the dusty shelves at the patent office.
Is it me seeing this in a different perspective entirely or is this more or less the same arguments coming out of Peren's write up.
What should be done is the loser of the case should have to foot both the lawsuit fees, and legal fees to bring the trial to light. Court cases sure are expensive, and its unfair to both thos plaintiff and defendant to dish out monies for it. Remember a defendant is guilty until proven innocent, and in most cases it would be Davy being sued by Goliath, so since the burden of proof would lay on Goliath's shoulders, they should be the ones to foot the bill for the legal case until the matter is resolved. Afterwards should Davy lose, well then the legal fees would be paid along with whatever else.
Just my two cents on it all.
After following Schema from its introduction a while back I just briefly looked at it and said "Another HTML Markup Language" and tossed it to the back of my mind. I had worked at a company who built a product exclusively using XML which had been hacked up to make it useful enough for the company, and found most of it lacking for the Unix side of things where programming was concerned, not interactive webpages, strictly lacking as complete portable solution.
Often I wonder when I hear these news stories about new protocols appearing, just how long will they last, and how much of an impact would they have in reality, ePerl, PHP, etc., and often I hear of one "standard" coming out only to be overshadowed by another one in the making. So not to troll but how many people are actually looking forward to this becoming a standard? Aren't the current available languages enough?
I guess it depends on what someone wants to do, but in all honesty I feel the market for things are becoming so saturated with so many different variations claiming to be the best thing, yet from what I see many people often use the standard norms available just fine.
So how exactly is this beneficial to achieve what you already can using the standards? Sometimes the language can be so confusing when your in the midst of nailing "the next best protocol" which was overshadowed just a second ago, and now you have to tweak what you already know to jump on this latest 'technology` all because its been endorsed, or recommended. Maybe its me not being innovative enough to really look at Schema for its face value, but all I see is another language. Not a big deal.
Please don't flame this, don't think I'm being arrogant, or trollish, just posting an honest thought to see some insightgul replies. Sure I joke here and there, but I would like some enlightenment.
I'd take that over the hemp powered car. Not only would I save money, but I could turn over any hemp to friends since I don't smoke
Is Blogger secure?
Microsoft today unveiled details about the latest product line of software geared to dominate the enterprise market. Aptly named "Closed Source Code 2000", Microsoft is marketing the product to compete with GPL, and BSD based Open Source
products that have capitalized a substantial market share.
"By continuing to create pre-compiled, closed source executables, we see a great demand for revenue, and a large portion of the open source market making the switch to CSC2000. Its just hip to have the words "Source" in your products. So amidst all the confusion and bickering surrounding the licensing amongst the Open Source community, we are kind of sneaking by delivering high quality
products in the same fashion as we always have, but we've made it more hip by incorporating the words "Source Code" in our products, we will
guarantee 100% market share by 2021." stated LeRoy Jones V.P. of Marketing.
As usual we are the first to report the news in its entirety so here are the terms of Microsoft's CSC2000 licensing.
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Nobody expects the GBonic Inquisition.
One of the biggest problems I see with articles such as this is, they're all hearsay if you ask me and not really worth merit until proven. Someone can say anything for any reason to slander another person or company at will, so while this may seem intruiging until hardcoded news comes out such as Richard Stallman seeking legal actions against Sony, its all bs to me.
If it doesn't have any source to verify the fact that the executable may be based on licensed code, or rather any testing or dissection to prove this, then anyone can claim all they want. For all anyone knows or cares, someone frmo the open source community can say MS' ProductX is based on source code X and create a ruckus.
As for the EULA, I can't speak on this since it doesn't relate to anything I know or care about, again I will just point out that anything this guy has heard is strictly hearsay. At least providing a name would have added some credibility, and no I'm not calling this guy a liar, but what this all boils down to in my mind is he said she said junior high school based unsubstantiated bullshit.
laying the smack down
Creating a CD is almost 400% lower than making a cassette yet CD's are more expensive for some unknown reason.
Piracy is and will always be around, and personally I think it adds fuel to RIAA's arguments. Burning an MP3 is not similar to piracy since you obviously have to purchase the CD in the first place. Trading an MP3 is no different than recording something off a cassette and giving it to your friend, and all studies done have shown the majority of MP3 downloaders end up purchasing the music if they like it.
RIAA Sucks started to look hopeful in their presentations of how irrate RIAA really is althouh it isn't updated much. So you may want to check there.
Understandably also one should realize that the RIAA is a business as is any other, and anyone with the right frame of mind would do all they can to protect their finances. Sure they run around bullying people, but many people have become hip to their game, and its only a matter of time before many artists look at the facts behind MP3 swapping. It does not hurt their revenue, in fact it helps it. But when you have the marketing and money to stand behind, you can get away with murder. And thats what the RIAA is doing with their lawsuits.
Its a dirty game but someone always has to play it. RIAA is nothing without the artists, and its some of those same artists who set RIAA off in the first place. Until those same artists see the realities behind people swapping music, who account for a large amount of their salaries, the RIAA will always look morally right on paper to those who don't see the underlying factors.
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I wonder will AOL step in to mediate between the RIAA and an AIM clone. I question this for logical reasoning. With a name like AIMSter, its easy for many to associate AOL with being the owner of AIMSter (this would not apply to geeks.)
If AOL's name became dragged through the dirt on this one since their services are being used for what RIAA would call "illegal" actions, then AOL's reputation my take a slight dive.
Earthlink is also becoming a harsher critic of AOL over privacy concerns, so I also wonder if they could use AIMSter's privacy policies to boost their ratings. I highly doubt it, but would be an odd thing to see.
As for the swaping services, same standards always run through my mind. What would be the difference if someone recorded a song off of a radio station and burnt it. Then where would RIAA's argument fall? Would they attempt to sue the radio stations for allowing people to "maliciously" record music?
Its so stupid its almost comical.
George Bush... boy is he dumb
Isn't it stran9e how in one complete sentence they can say Open Source has no effect on MS, yet in that same sentence state it has gained ground? If I'm not mistaken MS stands to lose more than any other system since Solaris and SunOS can use open source code.
Again articles like these do nothing more than strengthen open source standing in the market since it gets them exposure without having to spend on marketing, so kudos to MS for continously bashing open source.
Yet at the same time the arguments get pretty boring and redundant at times wouldn't you say
removing the dot in dot comm
Most computer users who've used the 'net for a certain amount of time are hip to what is, and what isn't spam. however keep in mind that thousands of users log on to the internet for the first time on a daily basis.
With so many people turning in, all a spammer needs to do is capture a fragment of that amount, and coerce them into spending, assisting them, etc., with their "Great Ideas" and they could have a nice sizeable chunk of money. So this is my thoughts on spam on why its still persistent.
Many people on the internet turn to it for an escape of reality, maybe life it to tough, maybe to depressing, etc., and many of them fall into these scams, because many are vulnerable. Many are also good hearted people who don't give things a second thought, and dish out thinking they can help the world. Some spammers know how to capitalize on this, and those people can make them a fortune.
Its no big deal sending erratic information hoping someone will fall for it, there are plenty of stupid people in this world, however answering spam is even stupider than sending it. What did the person expect by replying to a spammer? An insightful look into why they sent it? A possible product? Get real common sense should've told him/her they'd only get back more spam.
So who's the fool?
Hardcore crypto
Thats the most common problem with server security, is the lack of knowledge of some of the administrators setting them up. They don't truly know what is running either via way of moronically not being intuitive enough to know what ports are open for what services and why, or just not having a clue altogether.
Funny how many would whore out including the staff of eEye. Instead or placing a nicely written morally sound write up, they overhype the issue to promote their product.
Lets not forget, what goes around comes around as eEye has seen in the past. I've purchased programs via my company from eEye, and they're not all that, nor are their advisories. Someone should teach those guys humility.
As for Microsoft, its just another one of their flaws, so I don't see what the big deal is.
removing the dot in dot com
I just wonder how Warner Brother fit in through this whole ordeal. Did MS also have to dish out money to them for some licensing stuff as well?
As for the move, personally I think its a good move, since MS has a hell of a lot more money to work with. Hopefully they'll provide a kick ass gaming environment, and hopefully Bill Gates and co., won't try to reach the geek masses my marketing MS crapware along with the games.
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