With the hampering of TiVo portable video recorders, we may soon continue to see an onslaught against any rogue or non-mainsteam products, which will of course include Linux and other non-American products.
I can guarentee that the government would love to be able to view all of the data on our computers. This would be possible if everyone ran Windows XP because it's Desktop Sharing program could allow this, but if some people run Linux it just wouldn't be possible.
I'd bet 10 clams that we start to see a real shake-down in the operating systems market as the government tries to get everyone to run the same software. Hey, it'd be for *there* benefit, although I would pick up a copy of XP if it were offered by the US govt for a special citizen discount of $20 or so.
I mean, wouldn't you? But still, how will this affect Linux as a whole?
I have to wonder if this is good news overall for the Linux community.
Many students spend well over $100,000 on a 4 yr college education and then graduate without Jobs. Do we really want college kids competing with HS grads for the same mid to upper-salary jobs in the $30-35K range?
As we see yet-another Windows virii hit the mainstream press, I think it's time to really start preeching the Linux payload -- "We can deliver an instantly secure system that's unvulnerable to today's modern computer viruses".
With that tone, I think we could sell Linux to any corporation and even small businesses.
MCRSFT has a huge monopoly on the small business and business-2-business dealings these days here in America, but I for one say its high time that we embrace and extend the Linux way to implore just how rock-solid our OS's truely are.
Anyone who questions Linux's power of security compared to Window's needs a head exam;-)
As we finish out a week in which we find out there's a new desktop consortium with huge industry leaders footing the paybill, I must question others as to whether or not these MPAA/RIAA rulings and covert operations are good for Linux as we know it.
Linux thrives on open program exchanges, so if these industry behemouths are hell intent on shutting down and and all file sharing, how would code be distributed in the future?
How will the MPAA, FBI, ect. be able to determine whether you're trading the latest Top 40 mp3 or if you're sending Linux code?
Thanks in advants to any one who can provide links to interesting information about this topic.
... as we know them. They are malicious pieces of junk code designed to ruin business transactions and consumer's PC systems.
I have no sympathy for hackers, crackers, whackers, or any other name you want to call them. Breaking the law is breaking the law, and I strongly disagree with anyone who says that learning how to write code by producing viruses is some type of "education".
That's blatantly incorrect; the only proper education is done in the classroom or at home with an O'Reilly Nutshell book using standard example programs and functions. "Learning how to code" by writing a VB Script virus just isn't truly education by any standard.
I'm glad to see these purpetrators put to justice. We can thank our law authorities for jumping into this virus situation hole, hog. It's either that, or we all suffer without the Internet for another weekend.
That's so incredibly unethical that I can barely read the article. Seeing the picture of the poor helpless animal with another creature's organ on the outside of its beautiful white coat makes my eyes water.
I'm fucking sick...absolutely sick and tired...of these misuses of technology.:-(
Top 5 reasons to become a television news anchor
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5 -- You tested at a 3rd grade level on the math section of the SATs
4 -- You'd rather be golfing than reporting on the biggest NASA disaster since the Challenger
3 -- You honestly believe that the moon is twenty-five pentillion billion miles away from Earth, and that a rickety old spaceship normally travels about 3 to 4 times the speed of light
2 -- It beats working for a living ... and the number 1 reason to become a television news anchor
1 -- It's the only job where you won't get fired for wearing makeup
5 -- You'd rather trust a large company to run your servers than some flannel dude with a 1987 ThinkPad
4 -- You'd like to spend time debating politics and religion on #debian rather than actually learning about your computer
3 -- You prefer reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues... well, let's just say you're a Mac guy at heart
2 -- It's best to shy away from any operating system that can still be installed using a couple floppies ... and the number 1 reason to avoid Slackware
1 -- You can barely write a Slashdot post without errors, yet alone a 200 line video card configuration file
4 -- You need a BFS (Big Fucking pgp Sig) for all those blogs you waste your time on
3 -- To avoid letting the FBI know that Dear Matt, I you thought the last comp sci lab was hard and will probably just wait until Punjab Moltisontorilho hands his in and then we can steal his answers From Peter
2 -- Its geek factor will offset the fact that you still run Windows 95 ... and the number 1 reason to use cryptography
1 -- Get that "terrorist feel" without all the violence
At over two years in the making, The Kingdom of Ikros provides viewers with a 40-chapter novel, graphically illustrated entirely by LEGO models and Photoshop effects.
The guy's definitely an unemployed ex-DotCom'er;-)
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I'm really into these new Flash websites, but I still think it's a shame we can't do Flash programming on our Linux boxes.
Doesn't Marcomedia realize that ~ 25% of computer users *dont* run Windows?
Since when is questioning something agianst Site Rules? I really dont know what you're trying to imply.
With the hampering of TiVo portable video recorders, we may soon continue to see an onslaught against any rogue or non-mainsteam products, which will of course include Linux and other non-American products.
I can guarentee that the government would love to be able to view all of the data on our computers. This would be possible if everyone ran Windows XP because it's Desktop Sharing program could allow this, but if some people run Linux it just wouldn't be possible.
I'd bet 10 clams that we start to see a real shake-down in the operating systems market as the government tries to get everyone to run the same software. Hey, it'd be for *there* benefit, although I would pick up a copy of XP if it were offered by the US govt for a special citizen discount of $20 or so.
I mean, wouldn't you? But still, how will this affect Linux as a whole?
I have to wonder if this is good news overall for the Linux community.
Many students spend well over $100,000 on a 4 yr college education and then graduate without Jobs. Do we really want college kids competing with HS grads for the same mid to upper-salary jobs in the $30-35K range?
As we see yet-another Windows virii hit the mainstream press, I think it's time to really start preeching the Linux payload -- "We can deliver an instantly secure system that's unvulnerable to today's modern computer viruses".
;-)
With that tone, I think we could sell Linux to any corporation and even small businesses.
MCRSFT has a huge monopoly on the small business and business-2-business dealings these days here in America, but I for one say its high time that we embrace and extend the Linux way to implore just how rock-solid our OS's truely are.
Anyone who questions Linux's power of security compared to Window's needs a head exam
As we finish out a week in which we find out there's a new desktop consortium with huge industry leaders footing the paybill, I must question others as to whether or not these MPAA/RIAA rulings and covert operations are good for Linux as we know it.
Linux thrives on open program exchanges, so if these industry behemouths are hell intent on shutting down and and all file sharing, how would code be distributed in the future?
How will the MPAA, FBI, ect. be able to determine whether you're trading the latest Top 40 mp3 or if you're sending Linux code?
Thanks in advants to any one who can provide links to interesting information about this topic.
... as we know them. They are malicious pieces of junk code designed to ruin business transactions and consumer's PC systems.
I have no sympathy for hackers, crackers, whackers, or any other name you want to call them. Breaking the law is breaking the law, and I strongly disagree with anyone who says that learning how to write code by producing viruses is some type of "education".
That's blatantly incorrect; the only proper education is done in the classroom or at home with an O'Reilly Nutshell book using standard example programs and functions. "Learning how to code" by writing a VB Script virus just isn't truly education by any standard.
I'm glad to see these purpetrators put to justice. We can thank our law authorities for jumping into this virus situation hole, hog. It's either that, or we all suffer without the Internet for another weekend.
I also think most of you may be very interested in this poor little sheep that was engineered to have a pig's heart on its neck.
:-(
That's so incredibly unethical that I can barely read the article. Seeing the picture of the poor helpless animal with another creature's organ on the outside of its beautiful white coat makes my eyes water.
I'm fucking sick...absolutely sick and tired...of these misuses of technology.
5 -- You won't read it anyway
4 -- It comes out of your company's wallet, not yours
3 -- It's the only language left that doesn't try to be "write once, run on any toaster oven"
2 -- You still can't figure out how pointers work
1 -- It's still less crappy than the writing on Slashdot
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5 -- Via the traditional finger point, coupled with the ever-popular audible counter increment
4 -- Thermal image detection scan
3 -- Utilize the same finger pointing mentioned in 5, but avoid the audible count as an enhanced privacy measure
2 -- Avoid counting and caring about counting altogether; continue browsing Slashdot
1 -- Call the dude with the NAT box and ask him!
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5 -- Footprint logos are way cooler than green dragons
4 -- Your KDE installation died
3 -- 2.0 is the same version number as your Linux kernel installation
2 -- If Stallman uses it, it's gotta be good
1 -- You'd rather embrace Evolution than Jesus
# Free tech news and blogging for life -- *nix.org
5 -- Easier than getting a real CS degree
4 -- On top of 15 minutes of fame, you may also get 15 years of jailtime at no extra cost if you act now!
3 -- Opportunity to be featured in Jon Katz's new book about "Hacking in America: The Paradigm Shift Toward Increased Justice After 9/11"
2 -- Something to do while you're busy not trying to find a job
1 -- j00 c4n 7yp3 31gh7y w0rd5 4 m1nu7e 1n h4x0r-5p34k
By Eric Krout, Founder of *nix.org
5 -- You tested at a 3rd grade level on the math section of the SATs
4 -- You'd rather be golfing than reporting on the biggest NASA disaster since the Challenger
3 -- You honestly believe that the moon is twenty-five pentillion billion miles away from Earth, and that a rickety old spaceship normally travels about 3 to 4 times the speed of light
2 -- It beats working for a living
... and the number 1 reason to become a television news anchor
1 -- It's the only job where you won't get fired for wearing makeup
Yet another original Top 5 from *nix.org!
5 -- You'd rather trust a large company to run your servers than some flannel dude with a 1987 ThinkPad
4 -- You'd like to spend time debating politics and religion on #debian rather than actually learning about your computer
3 -- You prefer reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues... well, let's just say you're a Mac guy at heart
2 -- It's best to shy away from any operating system that can still be installed using a couple floppies
... and the number 1 reason to avoid Slackware
1 -- You can barely write a Slashdot post without errors, yet alone a 200 line video card configuration file
Check *nix.org out -- free blogging 24/7/365
5 -- At least your mom will think you're 1337
4 -- You need a BFS (Big Fucking pgp Sig) for all those blogs you waste your time on
3 -- To avoid letting the FBI know that Dear Matt, I you thought the last comp sci lab was hard and will probably just wait until Punjab Moltisontorilho hands his in and then we can steal his answers From Peter
2 -- Its geek factor will offset the fact that you still run Windows 95
... and the number 1 reason to use cryptography
1 -- Get that "terrorist feel" without all the violence
Copyright Eric Krout, Editor of *nix.org
5 -- You just inherited $700 from your great-grandfather that's just waiting to be thrown out the proverbial case window
4 -- A loud smelly watercooling kit is the perfect complement to your neon light tubes
3 -- Why spend $200 for a brand new P4 when you can pay $500 for supplies and crank your P2 up 30 MHz?
2 -- That rock fountain you got for Christmas can be put to a much geekier use
1 -- To impress your classmates at Chubb Institute
Free blogging for geeks at *nix.org
5 -- Footprint logos are way cooler than green dragons
4 -- Your KDE installation died
3 -- 2.0 is the same version number as your Linux kernel installation
2 -- If Stallman uses it, it's gotta be good
1 -- You'd rather embrace Evolution than Jesus
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5 -- Make a hat pattern out of the multiple choice fields
4 -- Copy off the smelly guy with the dandruff-coated black tee shirt
3 -- Bribe the proctor of the exam with a lunch that's "free as in beer"
2 -- emacs &... Edit... Query Replace... "MCSE, Red Hat Certified"
1 -- Insist on using the new open source Test Answer Development (TAD) model championed by Bruce Perens
Don't forget *nix.org either
A useless Red Hat certification!
5 -- Number of companies in the entire world that have actually profitted off of "selling" software at no cost
4 -- Number of companies other than Microsoft that are still buying ads on Slashdot
3 -- Average ratio of troll to non-troll posts for the average Slashdotter
2 -- Number of projects on SourceForge that actually compile
1 -- Number of *BSD projects that are still alive. It's called Mac OS X.
Don't forget *nix either!
10 bucks says that "C" in the "CM" initials was really a "G" and stood for Guglielmo Marconi.
Probably Marconi.
He invented damn near everything else, only to have it stolen from him by Thomas Edison, etc.
Kind of like how Microsoft steals from Open Source these days, I guess.
This site is cool, too...
Microsoft Word XP, watch your back!
Don't forget to visit *nix.org.
Ith thamon, thilly.
At over two years in the making, The Kingdom of Ikros provides viewers with a 40-chapter novel, graphically illustrated entirely by LEGO models and Photoshop effects.
;-)
The guy's definitely an unemployed ex-DotCom'er