MS knew about an exploit and tried keeping it under wraps until it was patched. It just so happens that the exploit became widely known before they could release it with their normal update cycle so they pushed out an early update. I'm glad they don't post all the potential new exploits they become aware of until they are able to address the problems. If they were relying on outside help to maintain their security then I could see the need to make exploits known right away but as this is not the case, it doesn't make sense to tell the world about security holes like this if they are going to be able to fix it before it becomes a problem.
The basic reason for data centers is to host many companies sites and servers in a single location so that the individual smaller companies don't have to run their own servers and networking equipment. There is a lot of energy used up in maintaining and operating your own servers as opposed to the marginal increase you get by hosting your servers or sites at a large data center. There are considerable energy, money, and manpower savings gained by using Data Centers.
When we start getting robots running around the houses and stuff you better believe I'm going to punt them every time I'm in a bad mood. I think part of the appeal of a robotic companion is that you can be emotional around it without fear of any emotional response save any programmed one.
At this point, its got a newer version of Gnome. Beyond that I'd say its convenient for people with no or slow internet connections to already have the packages they plan installing on the installation medium. Since this is a test release you cant expect too much. I ran into a few issues starting X after install so I cant really comment much more on what is different/better.
You could quickly and easily already apt-get install a nice gnome setup pretty easily in Ubuntu so I think its a little silly they keep making new spinoff distros for different choices on what packages you want to install. I'd think it would be better for everyone if they kept it all as 1 distro with a few more options during the install process to choose what type of desktop you want, or if you want a serve,MythTV interface (mythbuntu) , or educational setup (edubuntu) .
The torrent image is almost done downloading, I'm anxious to try it out and see how it is in a VPS.
I love red meat.. I think we could designate a few countries as 'alternative meat sources' and use them for burgers and steaks. The idea is disgusting but its less offensive than eating insects.
Many companies have already adopted this model you are proposing. Funimation (They own rights to a lot of TV-Tokyo anime series) will often put a fully subtitled version of a show online for streaming the moment it airs in japan. They like all other companies could still improve but they are definitely on the right path to a business model that works in an internet age.
They have no need to control a gaming platform like those companies. As they are going for multi-platform (they already have all their content on windows) the advantages of a single closed platform become a moot point.
Maintaining a linux distribution requires a ton of money for very little payoff. Security updates alone require alot of work not to mention keeping your platform updated with new hardware. Gaming systems like you are talking about run on a single hardware set and a minimalistic set of applications loaded on the system. Why would valve go away from its current model of making games that work on a variety of hardware and systems.
When I first saw the google nexus 7 box, I thought holy shit this tablet must be tiny; but when i opened the box the tablet fills out the entire width/length of the box with no space whatsoever left. This immediately made me feel better as the tablet wasn't small at all, they were just fairly efficient with their packaging and it seemed like they were trying to conserve materials more than just give you a pretty package. That being said the box it came in is still very nice, you just slip the cover back on and it looks like new. I don't know if it was or not, but if it wasn't, then the packaging could have been made with recycled materials. That's really the only improvement id suggest with the packaging. The box is built sturdy and pretty enough that if your the pack-rat type, you would hold onto it and reuse it, so I don't really see why people are complaining about it like its not reusable.
XUL was lots of fun to work with. There was some pretty easy to develop with tools out there for quickly designing interfaces, but then the javascript still took forever and was a pain to work with. Things like Jquery have made pretty HTML interfaces easy to produce and its definitly going to be the way to go over XUL. RIP XUL
Isn't this common practice now? Look at the android platform, its designed to maximize exposure to google products and even now comes with chrome as the default browser. At one point in time the argument made more sense, but now its less of a big deal. They aren't trying to cripple peoples use of other browsers anymore, which was really the biggest concern.
the music industries attack on piracy is often about a new way to extort easy money more than an actual concern for the musicians they are supposed to represent
No, they don't have to rely on anything to sell windows 8. It can suck outloud (think ME, Vista) and will still get picked up by all the big vendors, it will show up on a lot of new PCs, people will get forced into it at some point one way or another (work upgrades, using a friends computer, etc..). MS doesn't have to do anything at all to get Windows 8 for PC sold and showing up on a decent number of systems. Windows Mobile is where they don't have decades of experience and reputation that they can rely on to guarantee sales.
I'm all for additional security in all areas, but if they at some point remove the ability to root android phones then they will start to loose some of their appeal. Many cell carriers lock down important functionality in the android platform and its a slap in googles face giving clients crimpled versions of their platform and thus incomplete impressions on just how cool android is.
Security should still take priority over worrying about whether or not people can root the device, but I'm hoping for the best of both worlds.
anyone with previous experience with older versions of Windows Mobile can tell you really it sucks compaired to iOS or Android. Nobody goes for a windows phone these days. Windows 8 for PC is coming out, and its interface is basically identical to the mobile phone version. Once people use Windows 8 (PC) for a couple years and are more used to the new desktop UI , the mobile phone platform will become alot more appealing to many people who want the familiarity of their PC on their phone. Nokia was a giant in the cell industry but has been slipping lately. They should focus on android offerings and wait a little after windows 8 is on more peoples desktops before trying to push a windows phone. Once windows 8 for pc is released though, people that have the new windows phones will probably start to appreciate them more. That being said, I dont like the new windows 8 for PC interface, so i wont like the windows phone interface (still), so I wont be getting rid of my android anytime soon. It did take many years before i was willing to give the new stylish windows XP a try and give up the windows 95/98 look...
They've never been against people using Wine to launch steam and with there recent hiring of various big linux people they should be able to complete a gaming engine for linux and start releasing alot of linux content along with their windows offerings. In addition to getting more commercial games to the linux platform it will be interesting to see what (if anything) they are able to then contribute back to the linux community in the form of patchs and new libraries.
Steam has always been pretty good at embracing new technologies (they were among the first game vendors to utilize bittorrent for content distribution), and the linux community has an amazing offering of libraries and programs to work with from a developers viewpoint; so I think we can expect some great things from Steam in the new future both for gamers and gaming development.
That being said, it took them way way too long to start this. They should have started this years ago instead of wasting all this time trying to decide if linux is going to make it as a desktop platform.
I think any practical implementations of alternative energy sources is a good thing even if it works out to not be cost efficient or give the power it promised. Its still steps in the right direction it seems regardless of outcome. The handful of extra jobs part is useless side bits of information that I'd rather not have had. I would imagine this would have taken provided more than 20 jobs and hearing that number is actually a letdown.
Good luck and hope it works out better than expected!
I'm always all for more games in linux and better gaming platforms for linux to ease in development of games, both of which i see Steam bringing.
I'm curious if they will keep with the general spirit of the linux community and contribute back. Im hoping that them hiring plenty of linux talent isnt taking them away from too many open projects that attracted steam to them in the first place. Steam could probably contribute some good improvements back to the linux community in the forms of kernel patchs, improvements to X, graphics libraries, and im sure a whole host of other things. They aren't obligated to do that but I'm really hoping they do contribute back in some ways.
Regardless its good to see them increasing their effort to deliver games to linux.
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MS knew about an exploit and tried keeping it under wraps until it was patched. It just so happens that the exploit became widely known before they could release it with their normal update cycle so they pushed out an early update. I'm glad they don't post all the potential new exploits they become aware of until they are able to address the problems. If they were relying on outside help to maintain their security then I could see the need to make exploits known right away but as this is not the case, it doesn't make sense to tell the world about security holes like this if they are going to be able to fix it before it becomes a problem.
The basic reason for data centers is to host many companies sites and servers in a single location so that the individual smaller companies don't have to run their own servers and networking equipment. There is a lot of energy used up in maintaining and operating your own servers as opposed to the marginal increase you get by hosting your servers or sites at a large data center. There are considerable energy, money, and manpower savings gained by using Data Centers.
ClamAV seems to be pretty good and very versatile. Its very flexible and can be used in a variety of deployments.
Where can I go to quickly buy up their IPs, I'm running out.
When we start getting robots running around the houses and stuff you better believe I'm going to punt them every time I'm in a bad mood. I think part of the appeal of a robotic companion is that you can be emotional around it without fear of any emotional response save any programmed one.
At this point, its got a newer version of Gnome. Beyond that I'd say its convenient for people with no or slow internet connections to already have the packages they plan installing on the installation medium. Since this is a test release you cant expect too much. I ran into a few issues starting X after install so I cant really comment much more on what is different/better.
You could quickly and easily already apt-get install a nice gnome setup pretty easily in Ubuntu so I think its a little silly they keep making new spinoff distros for different choices on what packages you want to install. I'd think it would be better for everyone if they kept it all as 1 distro with a few more options during the install process to choose what type of desktop you want, or if you want a serve,MythTV interface (mythbuntu) , or educational setup (edubuntu) . The torrent image is almost done downloading, I'm anxious to try it out and see how it is in a VPS.
wonder which company /. will more readily get behind.
I love red meat .. I think we could designate a few countries as 'alternative meat sources' and use them for burgers and steaks. The idea is disgusting but its less offensive than eating insects.
Many companies have already adopted this model you are proposing. Funimation (They own rights to a lot of TV-Tokyo anime series) will often put a fully subtitled version of a show online for streaming the moment it airs in japan. They like all other companies could still improve but they are definitely on the right path to a business model that works in an internet age.
They have no need to control a gaming platform like those companies. As they are going for multi-platform (they already have all their content on windows) the advantages of a single closed platform become a moot point. Maintaining a linux distribution requires a ton of money for very little payoff. Security updates alone require alot of work not to mention keeping your platform updated with new hardware. Gaming systems like you are talking about run on a single hardware set and a minimalistic set of applications loaded on the system. Why would valve go away from its current model of making games that work on a variety of hardware and systems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_Law_of_Headlines They are in the business of gaming, and trying to take on all the responsibilities associated with maintaining a distro is just stupid. Slow news day.
Really good movie... I've seen it several times.
When I first saw the google nexus 7 box, I thought holy shit this tablet must be tiny; but when i opened the box the tablet fills out the entire width/length of the box with no space whatsoever left. This immediately made me feel better as the tablet wasn't small at all, they were just fairly efficient with their packaging and it seemed like they were trying to conserve materials more than just give you a pretty package. That being said the box it came in is still very nice, you just slip the cover back on and it looks like new. I don't know if it was or not, but if it wasn't, then the packaging could have been made with recycled materials. That's really the only improvement id suggest with the packaging. The box is built sturdy and pretty enough that if your the pack-rat type, you would hold onto it and reuse it, so I don't really see why people are complaining about it like its not reusable.
XUL was lots of fun to work with. There was some pretty easy to develop with tools out there for quickly designing interfaces, but then the javascript still took forever and was a pain to work with. Things like Jquery have made pretty HTML interfaces easy to produce and its definitly going to be the way to go over XUL. RIP XUL
Isn't this common practice now? Look at the android platform, its designed to maximize exposure to google products and even now comes with chrome as the default browser. At one point in time the argument made more sense, but now its less of a big deal. They aren't trying to cripple peoples use of other browsers anymore, which was really the biggest concern.
the music industries attack on piracy is often about a new way to extort easy money more than an actual concern for the musicians they are supposed to represent
your right ... i am getting them confused with blizz as far as the p2p thing goes ..
No, they don't have to rely on anything to sell windows 8. It can suck outloud (think ME, Vista) and will still get picked up by all the big vendors, it will show up on a lot of new PCs, people will get forced into it at some point one way or another (work upgrades, using a friends computer, etc..). MS doesn't have to do anything at all to get Windows 8 for PC sold and showing up on a decent number of systems. Windows Mobile is where they don't have decades of experience and reputation that they can rely on to guarantee sales.
I'm all for additional security in all areas, but if they at some point remove the ability to root android phones then they will start to loose some of their appeal. Many cell carriers lock down important functionality in the android platform and its a slap in googles face giving clients crimpled versions of their platform and thus incomplete impressions on just how cool android is. Security should still take priority over worrying about whether or not people can root the device, but I'm hoping for the best of both worlds.
anyone with previous experience with older versions of Windows Mobile can tell you really it sucks compaired to iOS or Android. Nobody goes for a windows phone these days. Windows 8 for PC is coming out, and its interface is basically identical to the mobile phone version. Once people use Windows 8 (PC) for a couple years and are more used to the new desktop UI , the mobile phone platform will become alot more appealing to many people who want the familiarity of their PC on their phone. Nokia was a giant in the cell industry but has been slipping lately. They should focus on android offerings and wait a little after windows 8 is on more peoples desktops before trying to push a windows phone. Once windows 8 for pc is released though, people that have the new windows phones will probably start to appreciate them more. That being said, I dont like the new windows 8 for PC interface, so i wont like the windows phone interface (still), so I wont be getting rid of my android anytime soon. It did take many years before i was willing to give the new stylish windows XP a try and give up the windows 95/98 look...
They've never been against people using Wine to launch steam and with there recent hiring of various big linux people they should be able to complete a gaming engine for linux and start releasing alot of linux content along with their windows offerings. In addition to getting more commercial games to the linux platform it will be interesting to see what (if anything) they are able to then contribute back to the linux community in the form of patchs and new libraries. Steam has always been pretty good at embracing new technologies (they were among the first game vendors to utilize bittorrent for content distribution), and the linux community has an amazing offering of libraries and programs to work with from a developers viewpoint; so I think we can expect some great things from Steam in the new future both for gamers and gaming development. That being said, it took them way way too long to start this. They should have started this years ago instead of wasting all this time trying to decide if linux is going to make it as a desktop platform.
I think any practical implementations of alternative energy sources is a good thing even if it works out to not be cost efficient or give the power it promised. Its still steps in the right direction it seems regardless of outcome. The handful of extra jobs part is useless side bits of information that I'd rather not have had. I would imagine this would have taken provided more than 20 jobs and hearing that number is actually a letdown. Good luck and hope it works out better than expected!
I hope they win. Investment companies can be the scum of the earth and rarely have your actual interests in mind.
I'm always all for more games in linux and better gaming platforms for linux to ease in development of games, both of which i see Steam bringing. I'm curious if they will keep with the general spirit of the linux community and contribute back. Im hoping that them hiring plenty of linux talent isnt taking them away from too many open projects that attracted steam to them in the first place. Steam could probably contribute some good improvements back to the linux community in the forms of kernel patchs, improvements to X, graphics libraries, and im sure a whole host of other things. They aren't obligated to do that but I'm really hoping they do contribute back in some ways. Regardless its good to see them increasing their effort to deliver games to linux.