Secure from third party access vs secure from justice. The original poster knows the difference but chooses to use Orwellian BS to try to conflate and confuse the issue.
Mars, much further away than the Moon, much greater gravity well, no magnetic shield that could protect a terraformed atmosphere (its core is dead).
So why are we hearing about its potential colonisation so much?
Because the dream is a product. It can stay indefinitely in "development" while earning its promoters real world goodie tokens. They get publicity pandering to myths we all grew up with as kids while being able to postpone the dream delivery a couple of decades so as not to be called on it.
Maybe humans will one day create sustainable habitats within the solar system and beyond. I certainly hope so. But not before we deal with a severe resource, energy, pollution and over-population problem here on what is by far the most interesting "rock" in the universe that we know of.
Only a few years ago, the only consumer versions of Linux was in routers and tvs. With the proliferation of mobile Linux media devices, expect a Linux driver before a windows one.
If you support the band, you have no reason to believe anyone else will support the band, but you are unable to spend the money you spent supporting the band on other things. So the rational decision is to refuse to support the band, and hope that someone else does.
In that case, why bother voting?
And we lost our ablity to fight as a civilization, like Rome, and just nuke the barbarians, period.
I really don't see a way out until we shake out of our lethergy and understand that they want us all dead or converted to Islam. Anything else is al-Taqiyya.
Sure. Hordes of murderous fanatics can only be dealt one way, obviously. There's no way that we could be blinded by our own version of al-Taqiyya, is there?
In fact, even the bad floor tile installer could lead to someone being injured (or even killed, if particularly unlucky), if they slip or trip on the tiles.
Most religions try to explain the seemingly unlikely situation we all find ourselves in, that we "exist", and try to give some sort of purpose for it. The fact that you dislike the ideas of one particular religion so intensely shows that you have beliefs of your own that you hold religously. Even the Old Testament is extremely tame compared to raw Darwinism.
The amazing thing about the Universe we find ourselves in is that the rules do appear to be written in the stars, the earth and everything around us, including our own ability to try and interpret what it means.
Add to that the fact that MS has a huge multi-billion $$ war chest and their dominant position in the operating systems and web browsers and you see that they have not only the will but also the resources to be persistent
Thats exactly why Yahoo have decided not to do a deal with Microsoft at this time. Any search engine with a significant share of the market will see whats happened to Microsoft "partners" in the past. If MS get a foothold, next step for them will be to use their desktop leverage, partners not included.
As the article suggests, patents are good or bad depending on on they are used and defined, and as its human nature to bend rules to our own advantage, the uses to which patents are used out come down to the various patent offices.
Does it seem that overly broad and obvious patents are being granted to corporations with armys of legal teams?
Seems inevitable the way things are going that it'll soon be difficult to argue that software patents are anything except "evil".
In spite of what the Slashdotters in the United Kingdom tell us; I still think the majority of their population believes in a creator. As it is backed up by statistics not an earge to defend ones nations intellectual superiority over the United States. Why is this modded +5 Informative, its not true and its not informative?
I don't trust these statistics. If God can muck around with the principle forces that created the universe, and occasionally take a hand in guiding the evolution of everything that lives, then He sure can't be counted on not to skew the survey sample.
Its seems clear that Microsoft could easily ship an O/S with a deliberate backdoor or with an update, but that would obviously have huge ramifications for them if confirmed.
Tinfoil hat time, considering WINE had the same WMF vulnerablility implementing the Windows API, wouldnt it make more sense to design an API with subtle flaws if you didnt want to get caught putting it in deliberately?
Seriously, what are the chances that an ET signal could somehow intrepret the system its running on and then compromise it in some way? Somehow I don't think I'll lose any sleep just because my PC is runni.$*%\~##'.........
GREETINGS EARTHLINGS I AM TMOXIFER ERKLID OF THE BFFRED OLERFRD CLAN TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER RESISTANCE IS FUTILE ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Please don't take offense at me if I voice my inability to believe the word of someone who breaks into military computers to look for evidence of UFOs. "I see people breaking into these comptuers all the time." Was that before or after you were pulled into the mothership and shown the proof that we never landed on the moon?
Indeed. Next we'll be expected to believe that some hippie, pot-smoking crackpot can actually hack U.S. Military networks.
Javascript unix, thats great but who's going to rewrite gcc to support native low level javascript? How long will it take to recompile gnome and kde? And which Gentoo compile flags will be supported?
Simple question: Why do I have to wait until this guy does his conference presentation to find out what the exploit is, how it is implemented?
To allow time for people to hear that theres a problem, and probably to allow a fix (apart from switching off HT) to be developed before exploits are out.
Pentaplex (a company that licenses some of Penrose's ideas for games) sued Kleenex, amongst others:
"So often we read of very large companies riding rough-shod over small businesses or individuals," said David Bradley, director of Pentaplex. "But when it comes to the population of Great Britain being invited by a multi-national to wipe their bottoms on what appears to be the work of a Knight of the Realm without his permission, then a last stand must be made."
I wonder how long before this will be blocked by firewalls/proxy servers etc?
And if it isnt blocked it'll be pretty tricky to filter as its already compressed...
You think Linux overtaking Apple on the desktop won't make a difference?
One of the biggest problems with Linux on the desktop has always been the lack of commercial software support. Apple has managed to do very well in that regard despite coming in a distant second place to MS. Linux might not immedietly get that level of support from the likes of Adobe et al but just how long can they *afford* to ignore Linux if it really does become the second most popular desktop o/s? How long before the user interface issues are dramatically improved with so many users giving feedback? At what stage will companies other than Walmart decide that theres money to be made selling desktop systems?
The only thing that can stop Linux eventually becoming a major competitor with Windows on the desktop now is lawsuits.
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Secure from third party access vs secure from justice. The original poster knows the difference but chooses to use Orwellian BS to try to conflate and confuse the issue.
Article is pay-walled unfortunately
Mars, much further away than the Moon, much greater gravity well, no magnetic shield that could protect a terraformed atmosphere (its core is dead). So why are we hearing about its potential colonisation so much? Because the dream is a product. It can stay indefinitely in "development" while earning its promoters real world goodie tokens. They get publicity pandering to myths we all grew up with as kids while being able to postpone the dream delivery a couple of decades so as not to be called on it. Maybe humans will one day create sustainable habitats within the solar system and beyond. I certainly hope so. But not before we deal with a severe resource, energy, pollution and over-population problem here on what is by far the most interesting "rock" in the universe that we know of.
Only a few years ago, the only consumer versions of Linux was in routers and tvs. With the proliferation of mobile Linux media devices, expect a Linux driver before a windows one.
No, the UK AOL broadband service was sold to Carphone Warehouse, the Waterford call center is actually being expanded.
In that case, why bother voting?
Sure. Hordes of murderous fanatics can only be dealt one way, obviously. There's no way that we could be blinded by our own version of al-Taqiyya, is there?
You're a lawyer yourself, admit it.
The amazing thing about the Universe we find ourselves in is that the rules do appear to be written in the stars, the earth and everything around us, including our own ability to try and interpret what it means.
Thats exactly why Yahoo have decided not to do a deal with Microsoft at this time. Any search engine with a significant share of the market will see whats happened to Microsoft "partners" in the past. If MS get a foothold, next step for them will be to use their desktop leverage, partners not included.
Maybe. But if everyone just gives up trying to change the system then you'll definitely be right.
Does it seem that overly broad and obvious patents are being granted to corporations with armys of legal teams?
Seems inevitable the way things are going that it'll soon be difficult to argue that software patents are anything except "evil".
I don't trust these statistics. If God can muck around with the principle forces that created the universe, and occasionally take a hand in guiding the evolution of everything that lives, then He sure can't be counted on not to skew the survey sample.
Tinfoil hat time, considering WINE had the same WMF vulnerablility implementing the Windows API, wouldnt it make more sense to design an API with subtle flaws if you didnt want to get caught putting it in deliberately?
GREETINGS EARTHLINGS I AM TMOXIFER ERKLID OF THE BFFRED OLERFRD CLAN TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER RESISTANCE IS FUTILE ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Please don't take offense at me if I voice my inability to believe the word of someone who breaks into military computers to look for evidence of UFOs. "I see people breaking into these comptuers all the time." Was that before or after you were pulled into the mothership and shown the proof that we never landed on the moon?
Indeed. Next we'll be expected to believe that some hippie, pot-smoking crackpot can actually hack U.S. Military networks.
Not nearly as precise as GPS for tracking your location but not bad either, with the added bonus of knowing who you're communicating with (and when).
Well at least the robot won't need any fancy engines to catch up with them and blow them away
Javascript unix, thats great but who's going to rewrite gcc to support native low level javascript? How long will it take to recompile gnome and kde? And which Gentoo compile flags will be supported?
Browser + Internet connection = GoogleOS
To allow time for people to hear that theres a problem, and probably to allow a fix (apart from switching off HT) to be developed before exploits are out.
"So often we read of very large companies riding rough-shod over small businesses or individuals," said David Bradley, director of Pentaplex. "But when it comes to the population of Great Britain being invited by a multi-national to wipe their bottoms on what appears to be the work of a Knight of the Realm without his permission, then a last stand must be made."
http://parascope.com/articles/slips/fs_151.htm
I wonder how long before this will be blocked by firewalls/proxy servers etc? And if it isnt blocked it'll be pretty tricky to filter as its already compressed...
I, for one, welcome our new "'it belongs to SCO' joke" curse overlords
You think Linux overtaking Apple on the desktop won't make a difference?
One of the biggest problems with Linux on the desktop has always been the lack of commercial software support. Apple has managed to do very well in that regard despite coming in a distant second place to MS. Linux might not immedietly get that level of support from the likes of Adobe et al but just how long can they *afford* to ignore Linux if it really does become the second most popular desktop o/s? How long before the user interface issues are dramatically improved with so many users giving feedback? At what stage will companies other than Walmart decide that theres money to be made selling desktop systems?
The only thing that can stop Linux eventually becoming a major competitor with Windows on the desktop now is lawsuits.