One of the reasons computer cases aren't made of fine wood is because it's expensive. It's even more expensive because you'd be paying for it again in 3 years when you buy a new computer.
Buying an expensive Oak furniture is fine because it's going to be around for probably > 20 years.
Yes, wikipedia could be decentralised. But between different web servers in data centres not to people's desktop computers. I would find it really annoying that the particular data I wanted was on your computer and your computer wasn't on or was infested with malware because you don't know how to properly administer you computer.
The main reason for having central file servers are: 1. Backups - By storing all the data in a central location it's much easier to make sure that all data is properly backed up 2. Security - By storing all the data in a central location it's much easier to restrict access to only authorised users. 3. Availability - It's easier/cheaper to implement system to maintain high availability(RAID, UPS, fall over systems) of data on a centralised system.
40GB is so cheap that it's not worth the effort to utilise.
You mean, small networks of information controlled by the company that runs the social networking site. Do you realise that anything you post to myspace,facebook etc. means that you have licenced them to distribute it in any way they wish. They own your information. If they think your blog entries might make a nice book they can print it, maybe they like a photo you made they can sell it to a newspaper.
So make the honour system work. They have to make good music and people have to care about the bands enough to buy the music. You have to sell the band not the music.
Closed DRM schemes like FairPlay are not more secure than interoperable ones. Generally because both aren't secure. They both attempt to accomplish something that is impossible.
Security requires communication between two or more trusted parties, if any of the parties are not secure then the communication isn't secure. With all DRM schemes there is only one trusted party, the content producer. The other party being the consumer who can't be trusted. Without 'Trusted Computing'(trusted by the content producer not the consumer) DRM is impossible.
once you start taking stuff out you are potentially opening up code paths that have minimal coverage/testing
Really depends on how the code is structured.
I never saw the point of allowing scripting within word processing documents
It's about making MS Office a development platform, which to me sounds really expensive. At $700 AUD per user before you even start development, it's not very competitively priced.
That is true. The php ebuild has a scary number of use flags. I guess that's a problem that needs solving. A nice module loader, like in the linux kernel would be nice but having it automatically load required modules wouldn't solve the problem. So users would need to know what modules they needed loaded.
I'm still amazed at the size and complexity of office related programs.
You obviously aren't paying attention. There have been many security flaws reported for OpenOffice.
The problem is not Microsoft specific. It's a problem with overly complex software. Word processors are overly complex which means that there is a lot of code that can contain errors. Most users don't use the full functionality of the software and therefore don't require it to be so complex.
One of the great advantages of gentoo(and other source based package management) is that you can leave out functionality in a program that you're not going to use. This means less code that can be exploited.
"Fair use", as long as you are using their software/portable devices. If you can burn them to cd then the DRM serves to use as you can get around the DRM by ripping the cd back to mp3. I can't imagine they would want to allow that.
The "theory" part of it is how MUCH it contributes to global warming in the presence of countless other positive and negative inputs and feedback loops in our complex ecosystem.
You are correct and that is why I said that it was only a theory as to the cause of global warming. But as it is the only theory that currently fits the data, it is the currently most accepted reason for global warming.
Global Warming is not a theory. Global Warming is a measured fact, the average temperture on the planet has raisen over the past 100 years.
The Green House Effect is only a theory, in the same way that evolution is only a theory. But currently it's the best theory we have to explain Global Warming.
I know many musicians. They make their rightful income by playing live music. I find it obsured that someone could spend a few days in a studio and then make money without further work for their life time.
As you may have noticed I replied to the comment about the name being confused with components of the KDE project. It's fairly simple to get around the possible confusion between the Linux KVM and the hardware KVM as they have nothing to do with each other and won't be referenced in the same context.
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One of the reasons computer cases aren't made of fine wood is because it's expensive. It's even more expensive because you'd be paying for it again in 3 years when you buy a new computer.
Buying an expensive Oak furniture is fine because it's going to be around for probably > 20 years.
dirty hippies aka. Employees of Sun Microsystems and Novell.
Open Office might be Free software but that doesn't mean dirty hippies are involved.
I stand corrected.
thanks.
I like how some how the generation after GenX became GenY. GenX was so because it was the 10th generation so GenY makes no sense.
When should this hash check be done?
on every page request?
I can imagine that slowing requests down a bit.
Good security is assuming that all you software is a security risk and acting accordingly.
Portage is your solution.
That is all.
Yes, wikipedia could be decentralised. But between different web servers in data centres not to people's desktop computers.
I would find it really annoying that the particular data I wanted was on your computer and your computer wasn't on or was infested with malware because you don't know how to properly administer you computer.
The main reason for having central file servers are:
1. Backups - By storing all the data in a central location it's much easier to make sure that all data is properly backed up
2. Security - By storing all the data in a central location it's much easier to restrict access to only authorised users.
3. Availability - It's easier/cheaper to implement system to maintain high availability(RAID, UPS, fall over systems) of data on a centralised system.
40GB is so cheap that it's not worth the effort to utilise.
You mean, small networks of information controlled by the company that runs the social networking site.
Do you realise that anything you post to myspace,facebook etc. means that you have licenced them to distribute it in any way they wish.
They own your information. If they think your blog entries might make a nice book they can print it, maybe they like a photo you made they can sell it to a newspaper.
The people don't control this information.
So make the honour system work. They have to make good music and people have to care about the bands enough to buy the music.
You have to sell the band not the music.
Closed DRM schemes like FairPlay are not more secure than interoperable ones. Generally because both aren't secure.
They both attempt to accomplish something that is impossible.
Security requires communication between two or more trusted parties, if any of the parties are not secure then the communication isn't secure. With all DRM schemes there is only one trusted party, the content producer. The other party being the consumer who can't be trusted.
Without 'Trusted Computing'(trusted by the content producer not the consumer) DRM is impossible.
once you start taking stuff out you are potentially opening up code paths that have minimal coverage/testing
Really depends on how the code is structured.
I never saw the point of allowing scripting within word processing documents
It's about making MS Office a development platform, which to me sounds really expensive. At $700 AUD per user before you even start development, it's not very competitively priced.
That is true. The php ebuild has a scary number of use flags.
I guess that's a problem that needs solving.
A nice module loader, like in the linux kernel would be nice but having it automatically load required modules wouldn't solve the problem. So users would need to know what modules they needed loaded.
I'm still amazed at the size and complexity of office related programs.
You obviously aren't paying attention.
There have been many security flaws reported for OpenOffice.
The problem is not Microsoft specific. It's a problem with overly complex software. Word processors are overly complex which means that there is a lot of code that can contain errors. Most users don't use the full functionality of the software and therefore don't require it to be so complex.
One of the great advantages of gentoo(and other source based package management) is that you can leave out functionality in a program that you're not going to use. This means less code that can be exploited.
Nothing, 'Just works'. If things 'Just Work'ed then there would be no need for the human being to be involved.
I thought Windows Vista was the most stable and secure version of Windows ever! Surely there will be no need for disaster recovery!?
It is. It's better than all other versions of Windows. But that doesn't make is stable or secure.
lol,
it appears no browser is supported.
I tried it with Firefox 2
's don't need spell checking. What browsers need is a way to lauch an external text edit for editing form fields.
"Fair use", as long as you are using their software/portable devices. If you can burn them to cd then the DRM serves to use as you can get around the DRM by ripping the cd back to mp3. I can't imagine they would want to allow that.
Making your whole business reliant on a single vendor is just stupid.
Especially a vendor that you don't even have a contract with.
People act like Google is a public service, Google is a business and as a business there is no reason why they have to index your site.
The "theory" part of it is how MUCH it contributes to global warming in the presence of countless other positive and negative inputs and feedback loops in our complex ecosystem.
You are correct and that is why I said that it was only a theory as to the cause of global warming. But as it is the only theory that currently fits the data, it is the currently most accepted reason for global warming.
Global Warming is not a theory. Global Warming is a measured fact, the average temperture on the planet has raisen over the past 100 years. The Green House Effect is only a theory, in the same way that evolution is only a theory. But currently it's the best theory we have to explain Global Warming.
I know many musicians.
They make their rightful income by playing live music.
I find it obsured that someone could spend a few days in a studio and then make money without further work for their life time.
As you may have noticed I replied to the comment about the name being confused with components of the KDE project.
It's fairly simple to get around the possible confusion between the Linux KVM and the hardware KVM as they have nothing to do with each other and won't be referenced in the same context.