Don't cut Windows short like that, it's much more user friendly. Worms don't require direct manual intervention like so many OSS exploits, just fire that puppy up on the net and wait a while, like watch a petrie culture. Those in a rush can visit a few gambling sites or install P2P to ferment the brew.
Never underestimate the time-saving convenience of automated desktop destruction. OSS still lags far behind, mired in a sea of RTFM and manual configs.
Of course the full quote in its proper context is:
While it is possible that there are specific attacks against the protocol (see next question), to date I know of no such attack which could fatally undermine the security of the CIPE system. If this is a meaningful classification, I would count it as "industry strength".
You think they're going to lock down the sound & video API's in the OS so that nobody can make their own media players?
Do they have a choice? Of course they will. That's one big analogue hole there. In fact, once businesses begin relying on MS DRm they'll be legally obligated to close any holes within their means.
BTW, as long as Winzip is freely available for evaluation download you'll never be locked out of your data. What's the MS equivalent?
Please take the time to visit the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website and check out the financial statement. The Foundation makes a yearly profit, mostly from investments but also from unspecified donations. Bill didn't sign a personal check or go without pizza for a month, you can bet your ass every aspect of the Foundations operations has been closely considered to provide maximum benefit to Mr. Gates and Microsoft.
Don't get me wrong, I don't find this morally repugnant. If money goes to malaria research and Bill benefits at the same time, congrats on the win:win. But please don't make it sound like a purely humanitarian act and that people should stand in awe of his generosity. There's no real sacrifice here.
Though I agree on the melodrama, you're wrong about DRM's scope. DRM must be applied to all files to be effective. What's the point of protecting, for example, purchased music downloads if anyone can rip the CD and upload it? Nor does DRM make sense without legislative enforcement. Expect more laws to follow. At potential risk is society's flow of information for the sake of entertainment commodities.
The patch is optional only for today. Long term an optional, limited DRM system makes no sense.
.....doesn't this allow for the simple erasing of undesirable history, culture, memes, whatever?
I would say it makes it harder, or perhaps more accurately, hopeless. Once information hits the Internet there's no way to ultimately determine where it went, in what forms and who has a copy. Libraries and newspapers are much easier to control. Governments had it nailed at least as far back as Stalin. I recall a pre-Soviet collapse article by an academic touring Russia who students laughed at and ridiculed whenever he discussed Stalin's atrocities, such as the genocide surrounding the forced farm collectivization of the 1930's. Books are no guarantee of an enduring history.
Undoubtedly part political. German politicians are responsible to their electorate. Universal usage of a foreign-dependant information infrastrucure is, in the long view, counter to that responsibility. Microsoft's tightening up of licensing and enforcement and their history of breaking backwards compatibility in document formats means no non-US power really has a choice. Apple isn't a viable option for the same reason. Linux has only recently become a suitable option in large controlled environments such as government, which is why we're seeing conversions now.
It is possible the recent tensions in the Middle East brought home to European powers just how potentially vulnerable they are. As Linux becomes more widely adopted and draws more support and development dollars, expect to see a stampede away from Windows-based product. It doesn't matter how good or cheap MS products become, they'll always be closed and foreign and no responsible government can leave such a critical weakness in place when suitable alternatives exist.
They are? Point out where. Show us the bilions in damage caused by this lsh exploit. Where is the I Love You -level havoc caused by a single OSS exploit? Truly the worst kind of MS troll moderated up by the MS kiddies who love to hate OSS.
This was already explained in an earlier post, but for moderators who won't RTFForum, lsh was started when the original SSH licensing became too restrictive with each new version. The OpenBSD people also started work on an alternative, OpenSSH, based on cleaning up an early and less restrictive version os SSH. Lsh predates OpenSSH but the latter became more popular.
The original article made it clear they were seperate development paths with was no shared code. Your example was one of compiling a single code base into two products.
...the idea that two applications...
That's my point, your example is of one application compiled two different ways, not two distinct applications as in the parent post. I still don't see the relevancy to the issue at hand. What am I missing?
If I take your Fortran application, use g77 to convert it to C++, change your name....
Yes you would, but it's an irrelevant example because you stole the original code. Changing nothing except the compiler is still an obvious violation, as is translating a best selling novel into a foreign language and laying claim to its authorship.
I don't know if what you say about Office 2003 is true, but I do know it's not too important. The majority of users don't dwelve beyond the most basic feature set. My guess is that Office will remain much better than the free alternatives and stay the favourite among professional power users. The remaining majority will be happy with free and 'enough'. People will almost always take free Chevies over $100,000 Mercedes. I know a few small businesses that already switched.
Unless Microsoft comes up with something extraordinary and indispensable, Office's rising cost will eventually render it a niche product.
No, I remember the Kennedys. I also remember that Reagan ran on a 'get the government off our backs' platform. The term may have been around forever, but it was during the Clinton administration the ball really got rolling, granting exceptional and ridiculous powers to law enforcment. It was covered widely during the nineties and argued here as well (I have another ID in the 80 thou's.)
That's how things are supposed to work in this country.
No, it's not. Your economic system is capitalism, not your political system. The airwaves are owned by the public and leased to private interests who commit their use for the public good. It's a lease, not a sale. Having all limited-bandwidth media owned by one corporation makes as much sense as single ownership of all federal lands and waterways.
...rewrite FCC regulations to make sure that they are still necessary and relevant...
are expected to remain relevant,
....the courts have decided that the FCC did not backup their decision with objective research and data...
are accountable and can't make shit up out of thin air,
....Whenever a large corporation does not like the result of a FCC decision, they sue...
and are charged with doing what's right in the face of resistance from special interests. And for this unreasonable burden it should be written off when they don't live up to expectation? No, they should be replaced with people who will.
Trivially? The president isn't elected king for a four year term. One man versus a large body of elected representatives. You make it sound as if Congress is an incovenient irrelevancy in the wheel of the republic.
The update is in the Portage tree so if you 'emerge sync' beforehand these steps might not be neccessary. The servers are probably taking a hammering right now though, so for really critical systems it's an option. Shouldn't sshd be restarted too (from the shell prompt:/etc/init.d/sshd restart)?
Within minutes of seeing this story on the front page my home server was patched, pretty amazing when you consider the support system is a coalition of anonymous volunteers.
Yikes, remove the Slashdot-coloured glasses! The world doesn't operate on this forum's model. The notion that university researchers fudge results to protect student file trading, or that the MPAA believes this, doesn't make sense outside the twisted perspective this place can foster.
The opposite is far more likely, AT&T is a major provider of connectivity threatened by potential legal responsibily for facilitating file trading. They have significant self-interest in making these statements (true or no), moreso than any university, and the MPAA no doubt realizes it.
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Never underestimate the time-saving convenience of automated desktop destruction. OSS still lags far behind, mired in a sea of RTFM and manual configs.
While it is possible that there are specific attacks against the protocol (see next question), to date I know of no such attack which could fatally undermine the security of the CIPE system. If this is a meaningful classification, I would count it as "industry strength".
Nice disengenuous editing.
Do they have a choice? Of course they will. That's one big analogue hole there. In fact, once businesses begin relying on MS DRm they'll be legally obligated to close any holes within their means.
BTW, as long as Winzip is freely available for evaluation download you'll never be locked out of your data. What's the MS equivalent?
True, just not the same people. We are not all One.
Don't get me wrong, I don't find this morally repugnant. If money goes to malaria research and Bill benefits at the same time, congrats on the win:win. But please don't make it sound like a purely humanitarian act and that people should stand in awe of his generosity. There's no real sacrifice here.
The patch is optional only for today. Long term an optional, limited DRM system makes no sense.
I would say it makes it harder, or perhaps more accurately, hopeless. Once information hits the Internet there's no way to ultimately determine where it went, in what forms and who has a copy. Libraries and newspapers are much easier to control. Governments had it nailed at least as far back as Stalin. I recall a pre-Soviet collapse article by an academic touring Russia who students laughed at and ridiculed whenever he discussed Stalin's atrocities, such as the genocide surrounding the forced farm collectivization of the 1930's. Books are no guarantee of an enduring history.
It is possible the recent tensions in the Middle East brought home to European powers just how potentially vulnerable they are. As Linux becomes more widely adopted and draws more support and development dollars, expect to see a stampede away from Windows-based product. It doesn't matter how good or cheap MS products become, they'll always be closed and foreign and no responsible government can leave such a critical weakness in place when suitable alternatives exist.
Sounds to me like you're gloating over not gloating.
Did you accidentally post to the wrong thread? Most of the highly moderated posts bash OSS. Billy have you guys working weekends now?
They are? Point out where. Show us the bilions in damage caused by this lsh exploit. Where is the I Love You -level havoc caused by a single OSS exploit? Truly the worst kind of MS troll moderated up by the MS kiddies who love to hate OSS.
This was already explained in an earlier post, but for moderators who won't RTFForum, lsh was started when the original SSH licensing became too restrictive with each new version. The OpenBSD people also started work on an alternative, OpenSSH, based on cleaning up an early and less restrictive version os SSH. Lsh predates OpenSSH but the latter became more popular.
Is this done at the hardware level? Otherwise, it'd be a neat trick for a downed OS to send an error message.
That's my point, your example is of one application compiled two different ways, not two distinct applications as in the parent post. I still don't see the relevancy to the issue at hand. What am I missing?
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Yes you would, but it's an irrelevant example because you stole the original code. Changing nothing except the compiler is still an obvious violation, as is translating a best selling novel into a foreign language and laying claim to its authorship.
Unless Microsoft comes up with something extraordinary and indispensable, Office's rising cost will eventually render it a niche product.
No, I remember the Kennedys. I also remember that Reagan ran on a 'get the government off our backs' platform. The term may have been around forever, but it was during the Clinton administration the ball really got rolling, granting exceptional and ridiculous powers to law enforcment. It was covered widely during the nineties and argued here as well (I have another ID in the 80 thou's.)
No, it's not. Your economic system is capitalism, not your political system. The airwaves are owned by the public and leased to private interests who commit their use for the public good. It's a lease, not a sale. Having all limited-bandwidth media owned by one corporation makes as much sense as single ownership of all federal lands and waterways.
are expected to remain relevant,
are accountable and can't make shit up out of thin air,
and are charged with doing what's right in the face of resistance from special interests. And for this unreasonable burden it should be written off when they don't live up to expectation? No, they should be replaced with people who will.
Trivially? The president isn't elected king for a four year term. One man versus a large body of elected representatives. You make it sound as if Congress is an incovenient irrelevancy in the wheel of the republic.
Then let's call it tithing.
Within minutes of seeing this story on the front page my home server was patched, pretty amazing when you consider the support system is a coalition of anonymous volunteers.
Don't be so sure, what theatre shows movies that look like this?
The opposite is far more likely, AT&T is a major provider of connectivity threatened by potential legal responsibily for facilitating file trading. They have significant self-interest in making these statements (true or no), moreso than any university, and the MPAA no doubt realizes it.