Mr Stephen Evans, on his article "Linux cyber-battle turns nasty" on February 5 has made accusations that the MyDoom worm is the work of " internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all"
Mr. Evans provides no evidence other than the fact that the target of the Worm, SCO company, has accused the Linux community of stealing it's code. An ex employee could be just as responsible. If Mr. Evans has facts or information he should have mentioned them.
I find this approach unfair and insulting to the Linux enthusiast community, a member of which i consider myself to be.
I believe that Mr. Evans should be reminded that because of the "internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all" he is able to present his ideas on the Internet (BBC site reports to be running Apache, a "zealots" product). He would not have been able to use email since the majority is run on Sendmail , another "zealots" product. He would have to remember the IP address (a large number of the form 123.123.123.123)in order to use the internet instead of just www.bbc.co.uk because the BIND DNS server is also made by "zealots".
The fact that these "zealots" spend much oftheir important time producing code that we find useful and distribute it for free (free as in speech, not as in beer), either eludes Mr. Evans or he is purposefully not mentioning it. In either case it is a misrepresentation of the community surrounding Linux and open source.
Even if Mr. Evans was true , and the worm was in fact written by a Linux zealot, it is still inexcusable to present the whole community of volunteer programmers as a group of crazy fanatics with distorted views of the world. Especially when in reality the "zealots" have helped the world with providing quality software for free and with the source code. If Mr. Evans had done any research he would have discovered this information within seconds.
Mr. Evans also mentions that the "internet zealots" believe that source code should be free to all. This is also a distortion of the truth. Open Source enthusiasts believe that the code they have themselves written should be free to all. Not proprietary code. This is hardly unreasonable. It just prevents someone from appropriating the code, improve it and not contribute back to the community. It seems that Mr. Evans has once again either been found misinformed , or presents his own version of reality that suits the article better.
The BBC's reputation as a reliable source of information was obviously not found inside a potato chip package. It was won over time with hard work, responsibily towards the viewer and dedication for finding the truth.
The article by Mr. Evans seems to disregard those principles by mentioning rumors , half truths and presenting a view of the Open Source community that is unique to Mr. Evans's perspective of reality.
I need to ask. Is this the new face of the BBC? Is it what we should expect from now on? Or is this an honest mistake?
It is interesting to find pagers in the list.
Here in Greece, pagers were never popular. In fact, i have never even seen one and i don't know if the service is still offered.
Cell phones on the other hand have been extremely popular.
So, it's dead here...
They used to be extremely popular here in Greece as well but the disadvantages are many.
The strongest one is that while on the beach , there are many pretty women,some of which are topless. And some things are uncontrollable, if you know what i mean. Whith speedos the problem becomes very big (pun intended)
I would like to know how such a thing would work.
I mean there are things that end up the same, such as bubble sorting or other 'standard' tasks.
How many different versions of bubble sort can there be in a class?
I am not a CS major and haven't taken a programming class in my life but it seems that some things just HAVE to be very similar.
Film is already dead in the printing industry and it is dying in the comercial industry of film. (damn, that sounded like a BSD troll)
You are correct in thinking that traditional film photography has advantages but i can assure you that:
a) proffesionals can easily ignore them for all the other advantages of digital
b) Digital is getting better all the time. Saying that film is not dying is short-sighted. Believing that 'technology X is not dying because Y is not ready yet' is just wrong. It may not be DEAD but it IS dying. And in the case of film, it's future is doomed pretty soon.
So even if traditional film cameras may have their advantages, it would be a mistake to make an investment believing that there is a future there.
I am Greek orthdox. Which comes from Being a Greek AND an Orthdox:)
We do get Baptized (i somehow thought that was common in catholics.. it's not!?) but we do not get circumsized.
In other news it was revealed later today that the so called 'leak' in the space station was attributed to bad communications equipment when the astronaut said: 'going to take a leak'
Could you please give a good example of what you mean "buggy"? I am not saying that Mandrake is perfect but i used it for many years and from 9.0 and up they work flawlessly. (ok, 8.1 and 8.2 had issues)
Wow! This article is big! Timothy must have his fingers cooling off in ice right now.
I always thought that slashdot editors just clicked "accept" in their interal CMS story queue.
Are we entering an era where posters won't even read the main article? I sure didn't:)
Yes it is an obvious troll. I think that the fact that his nickname includes "gnaa" should be a strong indication. (Every Slashdot reader has come across GNAA, among other troll posts i am afraid)
Mommy's Little Mouthpiece
Teddy Ruxpin goes wireless. Plug Wabi's transmitter into a phone jack, call a designated toll-free number, and record a message. At selected intervals, the transmitter collects the data and sends it to the ursine bot's receiver over a 900-MHz signal. The bear giggles when it gets a message, and your kid simply presses its badge to play the audio. "Hi, Billy! Mommy and Daddy don't love you anymore. I'm in charge now, and things are going to change around this house, dammit!"
Great. Now we can give them Chucky Doll for present.
If only i had something like that when my little sister annoyed me.
PowerPoint or any proesentations of this form was never intended to substitute normal means of presenting data.
A complicated and information rich report will always have to be read to be understood.
PowerPoint is useful for summarizng data, Assisting a speaker and other helpful functions.
So saying that PowerPoint makes you dumb makes no sense. It's a tool. If you use it in the wrong way then you already are dumb.
Kids can stick screwdrivers into electrical plugs. But do screwdrivers make kids dumb?
So, if it will allow a few "tests" to go through, i am afraid that if it were to become popular then a spammer could use many many different servers to send his spam. A few mails each.
Slashdot Mirror
I am sure, Microsoft wouldn't like that
Imagine a dispute between MS and Verisign. Kind of Dr. Evil Versus Minime.
Mr Stephen Evans, on his article "Linux cyber-battle turns nasty" on February 5 has made accusations that the MyDoom worm is the work of " internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all"
Mr. Evans provides no evidence other than the fact that the target of the Worm, SCO company, has accused the Linux community of stealing it's code. An ex employee could be just as responsible. If Mr. Evans has facts or information he should have mentioned them.
I find this approach unfair and insulting to the Linux enthusiast community, a member of which i consider myself to be.
I believe that Mr. Evans should be reminded that because of the "internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all" he is able to present his ideas on the Internet (BBC site reports to be running Apache, a "zealots" product). He would not have been able to use email since the majority is run on Sendmail , another "zealots" product. He would have to remember the IP address (a large number of the form 123.123.123.123)in order to use the internet instead of just www.bbc.co.uk because the BIND DNS server is also made by "zealots".
The fact that these "zealots" spend much oftheir important time producing code that we find useful and distribute it for free (free as in speech, not as in beer), either eludes Mr. Evans or he is purposefully not mentioning it. In either case it is a misrepresentation of the community surrounding Linux and open source.
Even if Mr. Evans was true , and the worm was in fact written by a Linux zealot, it is still inexcusable to present the whole community of volunteer programmers as a group of crazy fanatics with distorted views of the world. Especially when in reality the "zealots" have helped the world with providing quality software for free and with the source code. If Mr. Evans had done any research he would have discovered this information within seconds.
Mr. Evans also mentions that the "internet zealots" believe that source code should be free to all. This is also a distortion of the truth. Open Source enthusiasts believe that the code they have themselves written should be free to all. Not proprietary code. This is hardly unreasonable. It just prevents someone from appropriating the code, improve it and not contribute back to the community. It seems that Mr. Evans has once again either been found misinformed , or presents his own version of reality that suits the article better.
The BBC's reputation as a reliable source of information was obviously not found inside a potato chip package. It was won over time with hard work, responsibily towards the viewer and dedication for finding the truth.
The article by Mr. Evans seems to disregard those principles by mentioning rumors , half truths and presenting a view of the Open Source community that is unique to Mr. Evans's perspective of reality.
I need to ask. Is this the new face of the BBC? Is it what we should expect from now on? Or is this an honest mistake?
Here in Greece, pagers were never popular. In fact, i have never even seen one and i don't know if the service is still offered.
Cell phones on the other hand have been extremely popular.
So, it's dead here...
The strongest one is that while on the beach , there are many pretty women
I would like to know how such a thing would work.
I mean there are things that end up the same, such as bubble sorting or other 'standard' tasks.
How many different versions of bubble sort can there be in a class?
I am not a CS major and haven't taken a programming class in my life but it seems that some things just HAVE to be very similar.
No, it just means they didn't turn it into Las Vegas when they got there.
It seems to me that everything that is wrong in Slashdot (moderation abuses, trolls ,etc) is multiplied in the BSD section.
You are correct in thinking that traditional film photography has advantages but i can assure you that:
a) proffesionals can easily ignore them for all the other advantages of digital
b) Digital is getting better all the time. Saying that film is not dying is short-sighted. Believing that 'technology X is not dying because Y is not ready yet' is just wrong. It may not be DEAD but it IS dying. And in the case of film, it's future is doomed pretty soon.
So even if traditional film cameras may have their advantages, it would be a mistake to make an investment believing that there is a future there.
I am Greek orthdox. Which comes from Being a Greek AND an Orthdox :)
We do get Baptized (i somehow thought that was common in catholics.. it's not!?) but we do not get circumsized.
I guess i should better go confess to them for being a karma whore.
I wonder if slashdoting the website of monks is actually a sin...
In other news it was revealed later today that the so called 'leak' in the space station was attributed to bad communications equipment when the astronaut said: 'going to take a leak'
{
printf("Jorkapp is a programmer");
main();
}
Jorkapp is a programmer who does not know that this will eventually core dump because it will fill the stack.
True. But unless their homes were lit by LEDs it still wouln't make the news in Slashdot. :)
Could you please give a good example of what you mean "buggy"? I am not saying that Mandrake is perfect but i used it for many years and from 9.0 and up they work flawlessly. (ok, 8.1 and 8.2 had issues)
Wow! This article is big! Timothy must have his fingers cooling off in ice right now. :)
I always thought that slashdot editors just clicked "accept" in their interal CMS story queue.
Are we entering an era where posters won't even read the main article? I sure didn't
I see you've done your homework :)
Yes it is an obvious troll. I think that the fact that his nickname includes "gnaa" should be a strong indication. (Every Slashdot reader has come across GNAA, among other troll posts i am afraid)
He is probably abusing the same system he accuses of "shit traffic" to raise his google rating.
Am i the only one who thinks that it would be more appropriate for /. to write it "Make more Mistaeks" ? :)
People have bought land in the moon and you are wondering if others would fall for that?
Mommy's Little Mouthpiece Teddy Ruxpin goes wireless. Plug Wabi's transmitter into a phone jack, call a designated toll-free number, and record a message. At selected intervals, the transmitter collects the data and sends it to the ursine bot's receiver over a 900-MHz signal. The bear giggles when it gets a message, and your kid simply presses its badge to play the audio. "Hi, Billy! Mommy and Daddy don't love you anymore. I'm in charge now, and things are going to change around this house, dammit!"
Great. Now we can give them Chucky Doll for present.
If only i had something like that when my little sister annoyed me.
A complicated and information rich report will always have to be read to be understood.
PowerPoint is useful for summarizng data, Assisting a speaker and other helpful functions.
So saying that PowerPoint makes you dumb makes no sense. It's a tool. If you use it in the wrong way then you already are dumb.
Kids can stick screwdrivers into electrical plugs. But do screwdrivers make kids dumb?
If there was 100% packet loss then your firewall may have barbequed the pigeons. Check your back yard.
Thank you.
Distriuted spamming of some kind :)