will we see another lazy-admin problem with this (and any) vulnerability in Open Source applications? what good is an immediate bugfix if the admin isn't applying the patch?
pardon my ignorance, does Linux have a similar auto-update feature like in Windows (but with fewer bugs:) ?
i think as a manager, one should make no less effort to research, or even interview a couple of head hunters before using them to find the right employees.
everything's the same, you need to right tool for the job, from the very beginning.
is it more difficult to enforce a Opt-In system rather than the Opt-Out (ie DNC-list)?
i think all communication mediums (email, phone, mobile, post, IM etc) should be just that, so that if i want to hear from you, you'll get my details, otherwise please do not disturb, or the offenders can be fined.
at the moment, the 'victims' need to take the efforts to Opt themselves out, which isn't right.
if you spend money on this Nokia N-Gage, you SHOULD be playing games on it, and your standby hours will certainly suffer.
the main reason for people to have cellphone is they can use it whenever they need to, what happens if you're enjoying your game half way through, an urgent call came in, and 10 seconds later the battery's dead?
so it's difficult to understand why would anyone design such (gaming) feature on a mobile communication device, which will seriously render the phone itself useless.
how is it impossible to block domain names rather than IP addresses with the currennt technology of the Internet?
is this an intentional disruption by bad co-operation? when things are badly implemented, court order got suspended and no more need to handle blocking requests?
or are those ISPs have the same mind as Code-Red writer, who tried to DDOS whitehouse.gov's IP instead of the domain name itself.
is Segway ever intended for climbing a hill 6,288-foot high? from what i remember it's for day-to-day city/urban commuting. imagine you hire a servant (for house-keeping) and require him to carry you to work by foot.
i apologize for my ignorance, but why is it still in beta if it's meant to fix bugs? wouldn't it be more appropriate to have a bugfixed stable version for innocent users to use immediately and smoothly, and a beta for enthusiastic ones with new features?
is it possible that older females (18+) can afford more games/machines than those poor boys? imagine how hard a 6-year-old boy has to beg to get a game?
additionally, i would imagine younger children won't be too excited about reporting their game-playing activities since most of them are more or less restricted by their parents.
i think it is a wise move for MS to target young people, maybe uni is a bit too old, they should really try penetrating primary schools etc.
although flawed and insecure by nature, MS is very user friendly, and young children will be drawn to it and eventually hooked. this should naturally lead to more (comfy and familiar) usages in their adulthood.
at the moment, is linux friendly enough for young, innocent learning children?
from the article, corporate users, or actually most people, are more likely drawn by the GUI [than the security], thus most linux distros are now trying to copy Windows' GUI, hoping users will eventually switch over.
for example, users might find the 'preview' feature in Outlook very userfriendly and easy, although it might 'preview' some virus for you.
so, my question is - can linux be so similar to Windows without forsaking the important security?
besides a "publicity stun" as suggested, why doesn't NASA just progressively and systematically take images of the whole Mars surface?
i'm not sure if it's a job too big/long to complete (seeing only 3% is done), but won't it be useful if we have a 3D geo-map of Mars so the next landing can be more successful?
from my experience, computer technology is mostly driven by computer games.
anyone can still type up a letter using an old computer. science/research are adapting to what's currently available, rather than creating the needs, but i might be wrong.
on the other hand, not many game developers are still writing games for the current computers, instead, manufacturers are trying to come out with something so that their consumers can finally play GTA3 smoothly.
so a question to answer your question - what do you expect to see in computer games in the future.
once someone figured out how to combine this Purring Kitty Ringtone with its insect repelling counterpart, imagine what can truly be enjoyed anywhere in the dark?
As the DVD plays in a home computer, the program skips violent or sexual scenes.
so what about those who can't afford a computer/software? is this another plot for digital divide? people with computer are 'cleaner', those without are 'filthier'?
are they going to let parents sit in front of the machine for 2 or 3 times the movie length just to go over some scenes and debate which part their children shouldn't be watching?
from the article it looks like the program will skip filth automatically, but what's automated and who sets the rules? parents or the programmer? do you have a drop down menu for 0/1/2 tits etc?
with the levies, CD might once again become more expensive than HDD, per MB basis.
will most people switch back to watch downloaded movies, backing things up etc, on HDD again like in the old days? and maybe we'll have a $20 per GB levy on HDD then.....
most public schools are living on fundings from government or other sponsors. so if they're switching over to free products, is it possible that they'll get a cut in funding?
eg instead of giving this school $20 million on IT, the government can now assign the money to, say, public transport.
and what would spring to mind when you tell the school board that the software costs nothing but you need extra staff and training etc to set everything up?
sometimes a better product doesn't equal to a better solution. and for some people, they would rather deal with money issue than dealing with time or human resource issues.
this reminds me one of my marketing lectures, which drew an analogy of getting to a beach head first during a battle will always ensure victory.
has MS already done a similar roadshow, if not i'm sure it'll be keen to send some cheerleader squads giving out products which actually cost money to buy.
will this decision eventually affect 2nd hand parts as well? ie you cannot savage old Apple parts and use it on another machine, or build a new (non-apple branded) machine out of old parts?
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is it more acceptable for hardware manufacturer to fence off competitors? eg Apple restricting parts to be used on Apply-Only machines, while everyone's crying foul when MS is trying to install its own browser on its own product (and still allows competing browsers to be installed).
imagine what would happen if Ford only allows its "rolling" tyres to be fitted on its cars...
Did they mention what the life cycle is for these kind big-hit gadgets in Japan, and what their target market is? it's easy to accidentally compare Apple to Sushi. Japanese youngster can adopt and dumb new things pretty quickly, Americans might be different.
Ohh, for instance, sales of PS2 or XBOX in Japan vs the world.
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will we see another lazy-admin problem with this (and any) vulnerability in Open Source applications? what good is an immediate bugfix if the admin isn't applying the patch?
:) ?
pardon my ignorance, does Linux have a similar auto-update feature like in Windows (but with fewer bugs
i think as a manager, one should make no less effort to research, or even interview a couple of head hunters before using them to find the right employees.
everything's the same, you need to right tool for the job, from the very beginning.
is it more difficult to enforce a Opt-In system rather than the Opt-Out (ie DNC-list)?
i think all communication mediums (email, phone, mobile, post, IM etc) should be just that, so that if i want to hear from you, you'll get my details, otherwise please do not disturb, or the offenders can be fined.
at the moment, the 'victims' need to take the efforts to Opt themselves out, which isn't right.
if you spend money on this Nokia N-Gage, you SHOULD be playing games on it, and your standby hours will certainly suffer.
the main reason for people to have cellphone is they can use it whenever they need to, what happens if you're enjoying your game half way through, an urgent call came in, and 10 seconds later the battery's dead?
so it's difficult to understand why would anyone design such (gaming) feature on a mobile communication device, which will seriously render the phone itself useless.
how is it impossible to block domain names rather than IP addresses with the currennt technology of the Internet?
is this an intentional disruption by bad co-operation? when things are badly implemented, court order got suspended and no more need to handle blocking requests?
or are those ISPs have the same mind as Code-Red writer, who tried to DDOS whitehouse.gov's IP instead of the domain name itself.
is Segway ever intended for climbing a hill 6,288-foot high? from what i remember it's for day-to-day city/urban commuting. imagine you hire a servant (for house-keeping) and require him to carry you to work by foot.
seeing that most people in the open source community is free of virus attacks, is there such thing as an open source anti-virus software?
if so, will it defeat the purpose as virus writers can just look into the codes behind and get around it?
i apologize for my ignorance, but why is it still in beta if it's meant to fix bugs? wouldn't it be more appropriate to have a bugfixed stable version for innocent users to use immediately and smoothly, and a beta for enthusiastic ones with new features?
is it possible that older females (18+) can afford more games/machines than those poor boys? imagine how hard a 6-year-old boy has to beg to get a game?
additionally, i would imagine younger children won't be too excited about reporting their game-playing activities since most of them are more or less restricted by their parents.
i think it is a wise move for MS to target young people, maybe uni is a bit too old, they should really try penetrating primary schools etc.
although flawed and insecure by nature, MS is very user friendly, and young children will be drawn to it and eventually hooked. this should naturally lead to more (comfy and familiar) usages in their adulthood.
at the moment, is linux friendly enough for young, innocent learning children?
from the article, corporate users, or actually most people, are more likely drawn by the GUI [than the security], thus most linux distros are now trying to copy Windows' GUI, hoping users will eventually switch over.
for example, users might find the 'preview' feature in Outlook very userfriendly and easy, although it might 'preview' some virus for you.
so, my question is - can linux be so similar to Windows without forsaking the important security?
besides a "publicity stun" as suggested, why doesn't NASA just progressively and systematically take images of the whole Mars surface?
i'm not sure if it's a job too big/long to complete (seeing only 3% is done), but won't it be useful if we have a 3D geo-map of Mars so the next landing can be more successful?
from my experience, computer technology is mostly driven by computer games.
anyone can still type up a letter using an old computer. science/research are adapting to what's currently available, rather than creating the needs, but i might be wrong.
on the other hand, not many game developers are still writing games for the current computers, instead, manufacturers are trying to come out with something so that their consumers can finally play GTA3 smoothly.
so a question to answer your question - what do you expect to see in computer games in the future.
once someone figured out how to combine this Purring Kitty Ringtone with its insect repelling counterpart, imagine what can truly be enjoyed anywhere in the dark?
As the DVD plays in a home computer, the program skips violent or sexual scenes.
so what about those who can't afford a computer/software? is this another plot for digital divide? people with computer are 'cleaner', those without are 'filthier'?
are they going to let parents sit in front of the machine for 2 or 3 times the movie length just to go over some scenes and debate which part their children shouldn't be watching?
from the article it looks like the program will skip filth automatically, but what's automated and who sets the rules? parents or the programmer? do you have a drop down menu for 0/1/2 tits etc?
with this naturally-decafed coffee, corporates won't need too many workers anymore, where do they go?
maybe working for companies that might be producing turbo-charged coffee, ie caffeinating decaffeinated coffee?
GE GONE MAD!
with the levies, CD might once again become more expensive than HDD, per MB basis.
will most people switch back to watch downloaded movies, backing things up etc, on HDD again like in the old days? and maybe we'll have a $20 per GB levy on HDD then.....
most public schools are living on fundings from government or other sponsors. so if they're switching over to free products, is it possible that they'll get a cut in funding?
eg instead of giving this school $20 million on IT, the government can now assign the money to, say, public transport.
and what would spring to mind when you tell the school board that the software costs nothing but you need extra staff and training etc to set everything up?
sometimes a better product doesn't equal to a better solution. and for some people, they would rather deal with money issue than dealing with time or human resource issues.
this reminds me one of my marketing lectures, which drew an analogy of getting to a beach head first during a battle will always ensure victory.
has MS already done a similar roadshow, if not i'm sure it'll be keen to send some cheerleader squads giving out products which actually cost money to buy.
will this decision eventually affect 2nd hand parts as well? ie you cannot savage old Apple parts and use it on another machine, or build a new (non-apple branded) machine out of old parts?
is it more acceptable for hardware manufacturer to fence off competitors? eg Apple restricting parts to be used on Apply-Only machines, while everyone's crying foul when MS is trying to install its own browser on its own product (and still allows competing browsers to be installed).
imagine what would happen if Ford only allows its "rolling" tyres to be fitted on its cars...
what if someone you don't like goes to buy a music CD legally and sends you the file, which will be illegal on your computer?
Its already a huge hit in Japan
Did they mention what the life cycle is for these kind big-hit gadgets in Japan, and what their target market is? it's easy to accidentally compare Apple to Sushi. Japanese youngster can adopt and dumb new things pretty quickly, Americans might be different.
Ohh, for instance, sales of PS2 or XBOX in Japan vs the world.
in THE Doomsday, those who don't believe will be wiped out.
so if we have this fast-spreading virus, wouldn't it just wipe out those who don't patch and maintain their servers properly?
and what's left are those nicely patched servers which serve the internet better and everyone's happy ever after.