You're right about the read only files, but had he thought about it, it would've only taken one or two lines of code to unset that attribute. He could have used the same command he used to set the mp3s to hidden. What scares me the most is that this virus disrupted things so much, despite the fact that it isn't even good code (good being a relative term with VBS) I get the feeling that this virus wasn't intended to be distributed, and it seems like something written to prove a concept and the malicious code was added later... Either that, or this guy is very disorganized and not very bright.
Did you even read the previous posts? A few of them are excited by the possibilities, but many of them are critical of the patent itself. Just because linus works there doesn't mean we'll all blindly accept everything they do as a Good Thing (tm).
IE is a browser? I thought it was a frontend for mosaic... (nice licensing; x% of free is always $0.00) That being said, it does seem like it renders pages faster than netscape.
We have a leader? Hmm... that's funny, I thought Linus was just in charge of the kernel (don't get me wrong, I admire what he's done). Do you actually believe that Linux relies on just one person to keep it going? You still don't get it, do you? Go ahead, keep on trolling. The sheer desperation of your FUD is encouraging.:)
Look closer, that word goes away as technology advances, and it becomes 'science' instead of 'science fiction'. A lot of the things we take for granted now were 'science fiction' at one point in time. Shoot lasers at a metal and plastic disk to make music? Nah. Robots the size of ants? Nah. Growing hands/ears on lab rats? Nah. It's all science fiction until it happens. Haven't you been paying attention?
But if they did that, then instead of encrypting anything, all we'd have to do is put too many (however many that is) trigger words in the message, and the real content will end up being filtered out too. In the case of the 'Ultra-Advanced Natural Language Parser,' they'd have to burn a lot of CPU cycles to run it on every such message (especially since many of us don't necessarily use 'natural language' in electronic communications.
Or fork over a little money to the folks that would make a free program that would do the same thing. Better than grabbing you by telling you everything works, then forcing you to fork over big bucks to a company you can't get away from to fix what's broken. hmm...
Perhaps choosing the word Union in the original article was misleading... I read it to be more like a political union, not a trade union. There was never any mention about trying to get better hours/pay/etc.
Whenever some polititian tries to pass some stupid law like the CDA, sure they get a lot of flames from all the outraged geeks, but the idea of all those outraged geeks not showing up to work after it's passed would probably make them think about their actions a bit more.
It sounds to me like the 'chip on his/her shoulder' probably came later.
"In the early 90's, after finally giving in and getting a PeeC, I tried out DR-Dos and was quite impressed (except for the emm386 crashing) and pleased that an alternative existed, w/ an excellent set of Novell client utilities."
Being 'pleased that an alternative existed' doesn't sound like 'determination to not use a Microsoft product' to me. Contrary to what (you?) folks at MS seem to believe, people like to have alternatives so that they can make their decisions based on the merit of a product, not because there's nothing else out there. Is that so hard to understand?
Here is a Wired story about a study actually sponsored by the cell-phone industry. They suggest that they may cause genetic damage, probably either from RF or non-ionizing radiation. How strict are the FCC regulations on RF emissions from electronics? (And I must admit that I'm not sure exactly what non-ionizing radiation is...)
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You're right about the read only files, but had he thought about it, it would've only taken one or two lines of code to unset that attribute. He could have used the same command he used to set the mp3s to hidden. What scares me the most is that this virus disrupted things so much, despite the fact that it isn't even good code (good being a relative term with VBS) I get the feeling that this virus wasn't intended to be distributed, and it seems like something written to prove a concept and the malicious code was added later... Either that, or this guy is very disorganized and not very bright.
Could you put some diodes on the source wires to make sure the signal only goes one way, or would that reduce the sound quality?
Did you even read the previous posts? A few of them are excited by the possibilities, but many of them are critical of the patent itself. Just because linus works there doesn't mean we'll all blindly accept everything they do as a Good Thing (tm).
IE is a browser? I thought it was a frontend for mosaic... (nice licensing; x% of free is always $0.00) That being said, it does seem like it renders pages faster than netscape.
This is stupid, but I thought it was Fscked Up Disinformation at first... Made sense in the context.
We have a leader? Hmm... that's funny, I thought Linus was just in charge of the kernel (don't get me wrong, I admire what he's done). Do you actually believe that Linux relies on just one person to keep it going? You still don't get it, do you? Go ahead, keep on trolling. The sheer desperation of your FUD is encouraging. :)
If there's absolutely no way to delete files, then all a virus would have to do is create files until it filled your memory...
Look closer, that word goes away as technology advances, and it becomes 'science' instead of 'science fiction'. A lot of the things we take for granted now were 'science fiction' at one point in time.
Shoot lasers at a metal and plastic disk to make music? Nah. Robots the size of ants? Nah. Growing hands/ears on lab rats? Nah. It's all science fiction until it happens. Haven't you been paying attention?
Uhh, they'll probably laugh at you when you pull out cash too, unless they need some toilet paper...
Except for, of course the president, unless the Electoral College happens to agree with us...
But if they did that, then instead of encrypting anything, all we'd have to do is put too many (however many that is) trigger words in the message, and the real content will end up being filtered out too.
In the case of the 'Ultra-Advanced Natural Language Parser,' they'd have to burn a lot of CPU cycles to run it on every such message (especially since many of us don't necessarily use 'natural language' in electronic communications.
Maybe we should start encouraging the use of a command line switch that would tell us what kind of license the software is under?
#gcc -license
Gcc is under the GNU Public License (GPL).
THE GNU PUBLIC LICENSE
[license terms...]
It may not help make the licensing terms clear, but at least we wouldn't have to search for the license.
Or fork over a little money to the folks that would make a free program that would do the same thing. Better than grabbing you by telling you everything works, then forcing you to fork over big bucks to a company you can't get away from to fix what's broken. hmm...
Stupid trolls.
Perhaps choosing the word Union in the original article was misleading... I read it to be more like a political union, not a trade union. There was never any mention about trying to get better hours/pay/etc.
Whenever some polititian tries to pass some stupid law like the CDA, sure they get a lot of flames from all the outraged geeks, but the idea of all those outraged geeks not showing up to work after it's passed would probably make them think about their actions a bit more.
It sounds to me like the 'chip on his/her shoulder' probably came later.
"In the early 90's, after finally giving in and getting a PeeC, I tried out DR-Dos and was quite impressed (except for the emm386 crashing) and pleased that an alternative existed, w/ an excellent set of Novell client utilities."
Being 'pleased that an alternative existed' doesn't sound like 'determination to not use a Microsoft product' to me. Contrary to what (you?) folks at MS seem to believe, people like to have alternatives so that they can make their decisions based on the merit of a product, not because there's nothing else out there. Is that so hard to understand?
Why am I NOT surprised that this is an AC post? Hmmm....
Here is a Wired story about a study actually sponsored by the cell-phone industry. They suggest that they may cause genetic damage, probably either from RF or non-ionizing radiation. How strict are the FCC regulations on RF emissions from electronics? (And I must admit that I'm not sure exactly what non-ionizing radiation is...)