Actually it should be a FEDERAL OFFENSE to have your computer taken over, or your house broken into for that matter. People whom have either happen to them should get A MINIMUM of 20 years. Come on you know it's going to happen, U.S. law is like that. Your property is government property, so if someone breaks in then you are aiding terrorism. And yes the people breaking in are terrorist since they are terrorizing you. So I say let those probably unsecure bastards rot in jail, along with the non-violent drug offenders. They deserve it since EVERYTHING IS TERRORISM regardless. And yes your computer is government property, and although the people are flipping a bajillion microscopic switches on a piece of silicon, it's STILL TERRORISM since those bajillion switches may, or may not, attempt to set another group of switches to it's own EVIL way!!!
I can't remember the last piece of software they actually made....so I doubt there are very many code monkeys left at SCO. I always picture it as 20 suits and 20 lawyers running around discussing who to sue next. I could be wrong, they could have millions of coders working for their thousands of customers to keep hundreds of them happy....it would make sense by McBride logic
Just because it's something you enjoy doing doesn't mean it's not work. There's a famous quote by someone or another that says: "find a job you love and you'll never work a day in
your life". Yeah, it's corny, but true, and if working on something you believe in gives you happiness and makes money go for it. It's not like open source has no revenue, look at Red Hat etc. They're making money off of open source. A good example(And it is somewhat on topic), is Tripwire. They built it funded through whoever in Computer Security, and then one of the Grad students who worked on it started a company off of it. They offer support etc. for the product and a free version for the open source community which also helps them get it improved. I'm sure there are numerous other examples of money making open source projects, but that's all I could think of since I'm at Purdue. Here's a nice article about Tripwire just got 8.3 Million dollars of funding. So I don't know what your definition of work is, but to me it's doing a service that people will pay you for.
BTW: Communism is where the government evenly distributes wealth, not when alot of people work together on a project. Might be helpful if you have to go through a high-school history course again;)
The analogy really doesn't fit, since we're talking about Software Development. Developers should know basic operating system principles and have some knowledge of how to use Unix(Unless the college they went to was brain-dead). *nix systems aren't anything dramatically different either(Like laser controlled what-not), the details just aren't hidden as much. Granted GUI on *nix systems is frustrating since GTK on one system won't always work on another. But you can either do Java GUI, or just make a Perl, etc. front-end. Not a big deal...not nearly half the trouble as many of the MS advocates are making it out to be. And for individual users who use the software that was developed there doesn't have to be a learning curb at all. KDE is almost exactly like Windows, just point and click.
If it was really as easy as the article states, then NY Times should be held accountable. Seriously, should they not be punished for making sensitive data so insecure. It's not all the kiddiots faults. If there was some sort of punishment for companies using losing security policies, maybe the CEOs would invest a little more money in security measures, and SSN, Credit Card numbers, etc..would be a little safer. Before I ever buy anything online, I always nmap out their server and check for blatant security flaws. If I find one I don't give my card number...since it's idiotic they can't disable useless open ports, configure proxy services, patch systems, and whole plethora of other crap that seems like basic measures to insure I don't get screwed when some 14 year old gets bored. Granted breaking into computers is wrong, but not fixing your problems is just as bad.
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Yes but it wouldn't be very good either if we just started deleting posts. Wouldn't you be pissed if one of your replies was deleted, simply because the moderator didn't like it? We have moderation, and everyone can moderate so if the article is a flame/troll it goes into the happy little -1 status in a couple of minutes and rarely seen again. I do agree they don't belong and I would like them gone too, but it would defeat the purpose of an open forum if you couldn't post what you want.
Does anyone else get tired of having articles about him posted to Slashdot. Is he even anyone? Tried to google, and it sounds like he's just a self-absorbed journalist. Is their a damned I, "Cringely" checkbutton I can select so I never have to hear his damned name again. He's an ass who thinks he has all the answers, why does/. send more traffic to his narcistic articles?
> Anyone want to bring me out of the early '90's?
Why? Pine is a great tool, people are a little to lazy nowadays to memorize shorcut keys, and actually type. Not necessarily a bad thing, it is kind of pointless to learn 1000s of key codes, and regular non-geek users couldn't manage. But still Pine in a skilled set of hands is faster than Sylpheed, and Vi(m) is faster than(So as not to piss of emacs people) the editor on Microsoft Visual Studio. So keep on using your old terminal based programs, you'll get done alot faster.
Anywho, I'd better post something on topic so my karma doesn't go to -6.
I found that organizing data is best done through deleting it. Truthfully, if your not sure you want something, delete it, it does help...by the time you get rid of all the stuff you barely care about, your inbox will be about halved. As for me I sort my mail by time, and then grep as necessary. Works well, and I don't waste time putting it into folders and I know the stuff I haven't read yet is right on top.
Because ESR is a bigot...
The entire letter is nothing but childish taunts. Torvalds just says what's on his mind and moves on. ESR goes on...and on...and on...and on... I can't think of any major contribution he's made...ummm, ncurses..............I think that's it. I really don't think anybody likes him much anymore...too self centered and puts himself on a pedestal with Torvalds and Stallman(His personal profile)...anyone who disagrees, go ahead and flame me, I'd like to see if he still has many supporters.
The spammer's site is quite humerous. Has his picture plastered everywhere and talks about how he is one of the leading market strategest...click on each individual section for him in several different poses;)
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Actually it should be a FEDERAL OFFENSE to have your computer taken over, or your house broken into for that matter. People whom have either happen to them should get A MINIMUM of 20 years. Come on you know it's going to happen, U.S. law is like that. Your property is government property, so if someone breaks in then you are aiding terrorism. And yes the people breaking in are terrorist since they are terrorizing you. So I say let those probably unsecure bastards rot in jail, along with the non-violent drug offenders. They deserve it since EVERYTHING IS TERRORISM regardless. And yes your computer is government property, and although the people are flipping a bajillion microscopic switches on a piece of silicon, it's STILL TERRORISM since those bajillion switches may, or may not, attempt to set another group of switches to it's own EVIL way!!!
I can't remember the last piece of software they actually made....so I doubt there are very many code monkeys left at SCO. I always picture it as 20 suits and 20 lawyers running around discussing who to sue next. I could be wrong, they could have millions of coders working for their thousands of customers to keep hundreds of them happy....it would make sense by McBride logic
I'm glad someone got it :)
BTW: Communism is where the government evenly distributes wealth, not when alot of people work together on a project. Might be helpful if you have to go through a high-school history course again ;)
Simple counter comparison
C#
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for(int i = 0; i < 100; i ++)
{
cout << i;
}
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Java
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for(int i = -1; i < 100; i -= 100)
{
system.out.println(i);
}
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See C# is much better
The analogy really doesn't fit, since we're talking about Software Development. Developers should know basic operating system principles and have some knowledge of how to use Unix(Unless the college they went to was brain-dead). *nix systems aren't anything dramatically different either(Like laser controlled what-not), the details just aren't hidden as much. Granted GUI on *nix systems is frustrating since GTK on one system won't always work on another. But you can either do Java GUI, or just make a Perl, etc. front-end. Not a big deal...not nearly half the trouble as many of the MS advocates are making it out to be. And for individual users who use the software that was developed there doesn't have to be a learning curb at all. KDE is almost exactly like Windows, just point and click.
If it was really as easy as the article states, then NY Times should be held accountable. Seriously, should they not be punished for making sensitive data so insecure. It's not all the kiddiots faults. If there was some sort of punishment for companies using losing security policies, maybe the CEOs would invest a little more money in security measures, and SSN, Credit Card numbers, etc..would be a little safer. Before I ever buy anything online, I always nmap out their server and check for blatant security flaws. If I find one I don't give my card number. ..since it's idiotic they can't disable useless open ports, configure proxy services, patch systems, and whole plethora of other crap that seems like basic measures to insure I don't get screwed when some 14 year old gets bored. Granted breaking into computers is wrong, but not fixing your problems is just as bad.
Yes but it wouldn't be very good either if we just started deleting posts. Wouldn't you be pissed if one of your replies was deleted, simply because the moderator didn't like it? We have moderation, and everyone can moderate so if the article is a flame/troll it goes into the happy little -1 status in a couple of minutes and rarely seen again. I do agree they don't belong and I would like them gone too, but it would defeat the purpose of an open forum if you couldn't post what you want.
Does anyone else get tired of having articles about him posted to Slashdot. Is he even anyone? Tried to google, and it sounds like he's just a self-absorbed journalist. Is their a damned I, "Cringely" checkbutton I can select so I never have to hear his damned name again. He's an ass who thinks he has all the answers, why does /. send more traffic to his narcistic articles?
rm -fr *
No more muss, no more fuss. Everything is stored in the simplest format ever!> Anyone want to bring me out of the early '90's? Why? Pine is a great tool, people are a little to lazy nowadays to memorize shorcut keys, and actually type. Not necessarily a bad thing, it is kind of pointless to learn 1000s of key codes, and regular non-geek users couldn't manage. But still Pine in a skilled set of hands is faster than Sylpheed, and Vi(m) is faster than(So as not to piss of emacs people) the editor on Microsoft Visual Studio. So keep on using your old terminal based programs, you'll get done alot faster. Anywho, I'd better post something on topic so my karma doesn't go to -6. I found that organizing data is best done through deleting it. Truthfully, if your not sure you want something, delete it, it does help...by the time you get rid of all the stuff you barely care about, your inbox will be about halved. As for me I sort my mail by time, and then grep as necessary. Works well, and I don't waste time putting it into folders and I know the stuff I haven't read yet is right on top.
Seems alot like the MIT online courses earlier in the week. It's interesting but 4 hours on engineering isn't terribly helpful
It should provide a nice list of ISPs, if AOL doesn't block you from it ;)
Because ESR is a bigot... The entire letter is nothing but childish taunts. Torvalds just says what's on his mind and moves on. ESR goes on...and on...and on...and on... I can't think of any major contribution he's made...ummm, ncurses..............I think that's it. I really don't think anybody likes him much anymore...too self centered and puts himself on a pedestal with Torvalds and Stallman(His personal profile)...anyone who disagrees, go ahead and flame me, I'd like to see if he still has many supporters.
The spammer's site is quite humerous. Has his picture plastered everywhere and talks about how he is one of the leading market strategest...click on each individual section for him in several different poses ;)