Why not post a representative sample to TheDailyWTF, and when it shows up, call him over with: "hey, come take a look at this shitty code someone posted, how could anyone write something this awfu... wait, isn't this yours??"
If I'm not mistaken, Photoshop has had "Digimarc" watermarking in it since forever (under Filters). You only get a "demo" ID in the base install (you have to pay for your own personal ID), but the demo would likely be sufficient since you're only really interested in watermarked sample vs. original work. The watermark itself is practically invisible, and meant to be resistant to the sorts of minor edits you're talking about.
What about page files/swap space, application generated temporary files etc. There are plenty of places that potentially sensitive information could leak into on just about any OS.
"With such a useful web developer feature available only in Firefox, could we soon start seeing websites asking their users to download Firefox to get the best browsing experience?"
With the continual complaints I see about people irritated by sites that use features only supported by IE, and that cause the page to render incorrectly in other browsers, why would developers using Firefox-only features be any different or better?
The problem with your argument is that companies really don't care that in X years, it may be cheaper to develop on Linux. They care how much it costs to develop now.
If, in the future, Linux does become cheaper to develop on, then no-doubt companies will start developing on it. However, since it is not known when, or even if this will happen, it would be financially unwise to begin planning, let alone implementing a move to developing for Linux for those currently developing on Windows.
If I remember correctly, about 3 years ago, my school English teacher made a morning assembly about this exact same subject to a class of 17yr olds, and brought up exactly the same points as this paper seems to be. I for one understood it perfectly, and it seems that this paper doesn't raise (m)any new points.
It doesn't seem to be particularly "interesting" or even "news".
You mention that there only reasons for being loyal to MS are that "it has a more colorful GUI" and that it's "easy to use, just clickety click and everything's magically done". The impression I get is that you think that these are inadequate reasons (I may, of course be wrong), but if that is the case, what is so bad about that? We have fast computers now, capable of displaying complex graphics in real-time, even without hardware acceleration, why this longing for the command-line?
If as you say, with just a few clicks everything's magically done, why is there any need to memorize and type out a long command line to achieve the same goal (or write a shell script to do it for that matter)? It's not as if the things they are saying aren't true, command lines are hard to use in comparison to a GUI, and I've never yet thought "oh, I wish I could have the command-line capabilities that Linux has". I very rarely even need to write batch files.
I used to be quite a fan of Linux, I tried to use it instead of Windows, but after a few months, I realized that there really was no point in having it. It irritated me having to use the command line to do things that would've taken me moments to do in Windows, and in comparison, it's GUI was incredibly slow, and looked very unrefined. (I know things have moved on, but it didn't make a very good first impression)
I even tried recently to put Linux onto an old Apple Powerbook, which was nigh-on impossible (although I did manage eventually, after weeks of searching for a solution to the problems I was having). The result: MacOS 7.5 or whatever it originally ran was faster (by a considerable margin), and worked better, and I had to keep it installed just to load Linux anyway. (Ok, so you'd not get Windows running natively on it, but even a Linux distribution designed specifically for Apple machines couldn't compete with the original OS in terms of speed and usability)
Hmm, now I've forgotton the point to this post...
Only on Slashdot would you ever see the words "interesting" and "thermal paste" used together.
Re:Stop the anti-MS BS all the damned time
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About bloody time someone posted this! I'm not sure why I even bother coming to Slashdot, all the anti-MS comments just piss me off.
As for Java being "more secure" simply because it doesn't allow you to compile code to access private members, that's bullshit. There are a load of Java decompilers out there, and it's hardly difficult to decompile, change "private"s to "public"s, and recompile, is it?
I was looking at various gadgets today, and spotted a GPS receiver PC card, and thought: "That'd be cool to have, so I always know where I am!". This was quickly followed by another though: "...but I know where my room is."
Am I the only one that can just imagine one of those stacks of drives toppling over, and screwing the whole lot? Even the thought of it makes me wince.
There are going to be some happy goths!
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Well, now all those people wearing t-shirts saying "I'm only wearing black until they invent something darker" will be very happy! Any idea as to when we'll be able to get it in t-shirt form?
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Why not post a representative sample to TheDailyWTF, and when it shows up, call him over with: "hey, come take a look at this shitty code someone posted, how could anyone write something this awfu... wait, isn't this yours??"
If I'm not mistaken, Photoshop has had "Digimarc" watermarking in it since forever (under Filters). You only get a "demo" ID in the base install (you have to pay for your own personal ID), but the demo would likely be sufficient since you're only really interested in watermarked sample vs. original work. The watermark itself is practically invisible, and meant to be resistant to the sorts of minor edits you're talking about.
The article indicates that there were no trades at all, just large numbers of orders.
What about page files/swap space, application generated temporary files etc. There are plenty of places that potentially sensitive information could leak into on just about any OS.
No change there then.
"With such a useful web developer feature available only in Firefox, could we soon start seeing websites asking their users to download Firefox to get the best browsing experience?"
With the continual complaints I see about people irritated by sites that use features only supported by IE, and that cause the page to render incorrectly in other browsers, why would developers using Firefox-only features be any different or better?
The problem with your argument is that companies really don't care that in X years, it may be cheaper to develop on Linux. They care how much it costs to develop now.
If, in the future, Linux does become cheaper to develop on, then no-doubt companies will start developing on it. However, since it is not known when, or even if this will happen, it would be financially unwise to begin planning, let alone implementing a move to developing for Linux for those currently developing on Windows.
If I remember correctly, about 3 years ago, my school English teacher made a morning assembly about this exact same subject to a class of 17yr olds, and brought up exactly the same points as this paper seems to be. I for one understood it perfectly, and it seems that this paper doesn't raise (m)any new points.
It doesn't seem to be particularly "interesting" or even "news".
You mention that there only reasons for being loyal to MS are that "it has a more colorful GUI" and that it's "easy to use, just clickety click and everything's magically done". The impression I get is that you think that these are inadequate reasons (I may, of course be wrong), but if that is the case, what is so bad about that? We have fast computers now, capable of displaying complex graphics in real-time, even without hardware acceleration, why this longing for the command-line? If as you say, with just a few clicks everything's magically done, why is there any need to memorize and type out a long command line to achieve the same goal (or write a shell script to do it for that matter)? It's not as if the things they are saying aren't true, command lines are hard to use in comparison to a GUI, and I've never yet thought "oh, I wish I could have the command-line capabilities that Linux has". I very rarely even need to write batch files. I used to be quite a fan of Linux, I tried to use it instead of Windows, but after a few months, I realized that there really was no point in having it. It irritated me having to use the command line to do things that would've taken me moments to do in Windows, and in comparison, it's GUI was incredibly slow, and looked very unrefined. (I know things have moved on, but it didn't make a very good first impression) I even tried recently to put Linux onto an old Apple Powerbook, which was nigh-on impossible (although I did manage eventually, after weeks of searching for a solution to the problems I was having). The result: MacOS 7.5 or whatever it originally ran was faster (by a considerable margin), and worked better, and I had to keep it installed just to load Linux anyway. (Ok, so you'd not get Windows running natively on it, but even a Linux distribution designed specifically for Apple machines couldn't compete with the original OS in terms of speed and usability) Hmm, now I've forgotton the point to this post...
Only on Slashdot would you ever see the words "interesting" and "thermal paste" used together.
About bloody time someone posted this! I'm not sure why I even bother coming to Slashdot, all the anti-MS comments just piss me off. As for Java being "more secure" simply because it doesn't allow you to compile code to access private members, that's bullshit. There are a load of Java decompilers out there, and it's hardly difficult to decompile, change "private"s to "public"s, and recompile, is it?
I only looked at the comments for this article to see who'd be the first asshole to post a comment like this. Well done, you win!
I was looking at various gadgets today, and spotted a GPS receiver PC card, and thought: "That'd be cool to have, so I always know where I am!". This was quickly followed by another though: "...but I know where my room is."
Maybe EA will be putting out a new title for the German market in the near future:
Discuss and Negotiate
Am I the only one that can just imagine one of those stacks of drives toppling over, and screwing the whole lot? Even the thought of it makes me wince.
Well, now all those people wearing t-shirts saying "I'm only wearing black until they invent something darker" will be very happy! Any idea as to when we'll be able to get it in t-shirt form?
Could I get one of these for my irritating teenage sister?