How about the real black hats (that is, not script out there who actually take the time to disassemble an OS, see the potential vulnerabilities, relentlessly try them, use the results on you, h4x0r your company's front page, and then tell their buddies.
You assume that these people do not exist anymore. You are too used to script kiddies being the only attackers.
psycho- is how it's spelled. psi upsilon chi (omicron|omega) is the root, from Ancient Greek
and it's Foundation
and birth, not born
otherwise, good English.
now, as to "psychohistory": it seems that someone beat you to the punch. The problem with predicting human behavior is that humans and human society are very complex systems. Read up on your complexity theory and chaos theory.
Though to make myself feel better, I'm going to state a few vague facts: 1. Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior goes back to the early days of DOS. 2. Using the leverege resulting from above actions, Microsoft bought their talent. You know the NT kernel? That's the work of VMS's creator, bought from DEC. He wrote NT all the way up to 3.51. Microsoft subsequently cut him out. NT hasn't been the same since. (This statement has been pieced together from several sources, including a former DEC employee.)
Make no mistake, if Microsoft were to disappear tomorrow it would throw the entire world into chaos. These things need to happen gradually through normal market forces.
I would say that to be one of the reasons not to permit monopolies. Normal market forces had nothing to do with Microsoft's rise to absolute power.
1. They're both pretty despicable, once you get to his magnitude. If not those two, then why else does he do it?
The problem is that he has strayed too far into the realm of pragmatism. Most of the world is pragmatic, so he gets sympathy from them. It is our job to show him what happens when you forsake all ideals, for a change.
2. (With apologies to any "strict" Keynesians out there) Milton Friedman: 'I have called it a "fundamentally subversive doctrine" in a free society, and have said that in such a society, "there is one and only one social responsibility of business-to use it (sic) resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud."' (boldface and emphasis mine)
Sounds good to me. By this, also sounds like Microsoft needs to get what should come to it.
the idea of putting a (hopefully) impenetrable barrier (a Maginot Firewall?) around critical resources rather than constructing a compartmentalized defense-in-depth.
My instincts tell me that this is brain-dead. Any practical barrier is, by necessity, penetrable. A compartmental solution minimizes potential damage.
Of course, all of this is just metaphoric thinking.
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The early days of GEnie and AOL had games that were done in a micropayment fashion, only it was mostly by the hour, very similar to the gaming cafes you can find today. It works well for the occasional gamer, but it will nickel and dime you to death for games you really love.
Entirely true. Back in the day, when I was an AOL luser, I used to play Air Warrior, a MMO WWII flight sim. The lag was terrible, the graphics were shitty, but the game was very addictive. The best part was that it was free, even while the other games became "premium" (i.e., pay-to-play).
I came back from a vacation to find that they were forcing us to upgrade to Air Warrior III and to pay by the hour. I said, "Fuck that."
So excuuuuuse me, but some of us are just that cheap.
Nothing could keep me from biting my nails. Spicy doesn't work (I like spicy); bitter doesn't work (trust me, it doesn't); just plain nasty doesn't even work (I just spit the nails out, instead of sometimes eating them...).
Of course, I still pick my nose from time to time, too... when you have as much mucus as I do, it becomes an aquired taste.
If I can't find nail clippers, I have been known to bite my toe nails. I eat the skin from around my nails, as well.
Probably the only thing that would keep me from doing these things would be shock treatment.
When I said "capitalism," I was not referring to the dictionary definition, I was referring to the vulgar meaning (i.e., having to do with making money).
I think that would be a really interesting question to ask Bill. "You have effectively, in the past, called us 'zealots'; are you not a zealot of [something] yourself?" Next person who attends one of these sessions, ask Bill for me.
Depending on what type of values you hold, you may have just been duped.
He has always been a businessman, and he'll always be one. Businessmen (IMO; I have very little respect for them) do really unscrupulous things (like trust-building), in the name of the bottom line.
Making money can be a noble pursuit. But most of the time, it's either for greed or for an ego boost. Is there any real reason for him to have as much wealth as he does?
And before I hear 20 people cry "philanthropy," or cite historical examples, let's remember that, for instance, Rockefeller believed that God had given him a mission to make as much money as he could, then give it away; but in the meantime he fucked over whole towns with a stroke of the pen, and he got kickbacks and rebates from the railroad industry, effectively forcing buyouts onto other oil companies.
I guess my message here is that, before we ask ourselves "Are we GPL zealots?" (as you are now thinking), he should ask himself "Am I a capitalism zealot?"
In retrospect, though, this is all just difference of opinion; we think it's better to distribute power, while he thinks it's best to consolidate power. Of course, that's a whole mini-rant in of itself...
Wrong definition of "shock," there. Try "A potentially fatal physiological reaction to a variety of conditions, including illness, injury, hemorrhage, and dehydration, usually characterized by marked loss of blood pressure, diminished blood circulation, and inadequate blood flow to the tissues."
if this means that in the distant future, I won't occupy the whole nursing staff for 15 minutes, while they try to give me a shot?
Yes, I still have this childish behavior, because I don't like needles, and I don't like going into shock, which is what happens every time; yet, I don't want to be a nuisance.
My arm is hurting right now, just thinking about this whole topic...
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How about the real black hats (that is, not script out there who actually take the time to disassemble an OS, see the potential vulnerabilities, relentlessly try them, use the results on you, h4x0r your company's front page, and then tell their buddies.
You assume that these people do not exist anymore. You are too used to script kiddies being the only attackers.
Did ESR just bitch, and things actually happened?
I'm impressed; unless he has an "in," of course...
psycho- is how it's spelled. psi upsilon chi (omicron|omega) is the root, from Ancient Greek
and it's Foundation
and birth, not born
otherwise, good English.
now, as to "psychohistory": it seems that someone beat you to the punch. The problem with predicting human behavior is that humans and human society are very complex systems. Read up on your complexity theory and chaos theory.
Really? Is he still working on their kernel, then? Because IMO they have preemption/aio problems in XP.
Decent enough point. Nothing worth arguing.
Though to make myself feel better, I'm going to state a few vague facts:
1. Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior goes back to the early days of DOS.
2. Using the leverege resulting from above actions, Microsoft bought their talent. You know the NT kernel? That's the work of VMS's creator, bought from DEC. He wrote NT all the way up to 3.51. Microsoft subsequently cut him out. NT hasn't been the same since. (This statement has been pieced together from several sources, including a former DEC employee.)
OK, I feel better now.
Make no mistake, if Microsoft were to disappear tomorrow it would throw the entire world into chaos. These things need to happen gradually through normal market forces.
I would say that to be one of the reasons not to permit monopolies. Normal market forces had nothing to do with Microsoft's rise to absolute power.
1. They're both pretty despicable, once you get to his magnitude. If not those two, then why else does he do it?
The problem is that he has strayed too far into the realm of pragmatism. Most of the world is pragmatic, so he gets sympathy from them. It is our job to show him what happens when you forsake all ideals, for a change.
2. (With apologies to any "strict" Keynesians out there) Milton Friedman: 'I have called it a "fundamentally subversive doctrine" in a free society, and have said that in such a society, "there is one and only one social responsibility of business-to use it (sic) resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud."' (boldface and emphasis mine)
Sounds good to me. By this, also sounds like Microsoft needs to get what should come to it.
Officer: You have no chance to survive make your time!
MS: Umm... no?
"IT Department of Japanese Government Raided by BSA"
the idea of putting a (hopefully) impenetrable barrier (a Maginot Firewall?) around critical resources rather than constructing a compartmentalized defense-in-depth.
My instincts tell me that this is brain-dead. Any practical barrier is, by necessity, penetrable. A compartmental solution minimizes potential damage.
Of course, all of this is just metaphoric thinking.
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.com, so Verisign?
It's a
The courts?
The organization of releases is a subjective matter, at the discretion of the maintainer.
Without specific context, the number of revisions is meaningless.
The early days of GEnie and AOL had games that were done in a micropayment fashion, only it was mostly by the hour, very similar to the gaming cafes you can find today. It works well for the occasional gamer, but it will nickel and dime you to death for games you really love.
Entirely true. Back in the day, when I was an AOL luser, I used to play Air Warrior, a MMO WWII flight sim. The lag was terrible, the graphics were shitty, but the game was very addictive. The best part was that it was free, even while the other games became "premium" (i.e., pay-to-play).
I came back from a vacation to find that they were forcing us to upgrade to Air Warrior III and to pay by the hour. I said, "Fuck that."
So excuuuuuse me, but some of us are just that cheap.
Nothing could keep me from biting my nails. Spicy doesn't work (I like spicy); bitter doesn't work (trust me, it doesn't); just plain nasty doesn't even work (I just spit the nails out, instead of sometimes eating them...).
Of course, I still pick my nose from time to time, too... when you have as much mucus as I do, it becomes an aquired taste.
If I can't find nail clippers, I have been known to bite my toe nails. I eat the skin from around my nails, as well.
Probably the only thing that would keep me from doing these things would be shock treatment.
Ain't habits wonderful?
2/4 C5:4 C5:4 C5:4 C4:8. C4:16 C4:8 E4:4 F4:8
Don't whiz on the e - lec - tric fence!
It's a 50's-sounding jingle like that.
pitch:length(.)
It's the best musical notation I can do. Hope the formatting holds up (damn lynx!).
When I said "capitalism," I was not referring to the dictionary definition, I was referring to the vulgar meaning (i.e., having to do with making money).
I think that would be a really interesting question to ask Bill. "You have effectively, in the past, called us 'zealots'; are you not a zealot of [something] yourself?" Next person who attends one of these sessions, ask Bill for me.
Depending on what type of values you hold, you may have just been duped.
He has always been a businessman, and he'll always be one. Businessmen (IMO; I have very little respect for them) do really unscrupulous things (like trust-building), in the name of the bottom line.
Making money can be a noble pursuit. But most of the time, it's either for greed or for an ego boost. Is there any real reason for him to have as much wealth as he does?
And before I hear 20 people cry "philanthropy," or cite historical examples, let's remember that, for instance, Rockefeller believed that God had given him a mission to make as much money as he could, then give it away; but in the meantime he fucked over whole towns with a stroke of the pen, and he got kickbacks and rebates from the railroad industry, effectively forcing buyouts onto other oil companies.
I guess my message here is that, before we ask ourselves "Are we GPL zealots?" (as you are now thinking), he should ask himself "Am I a capitalism zealot?"
In retrospect, though, this is all just difference of opinion; we think it's better to distribute power, while he thinks it's best to consolidate power. Of course, that's a whole mini-rant in of itself...
Yeah. It's from Ren and Stimpy. See my child post for link to full lyrics.
http://members.fortunecity.com/chippy3/songs/log.h tml
It's Log!
It's Log!
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood!
It's Log!
It's Log!
It's better than bad, it's good!
Wrong definition of "shock," there. Try "A potentially fatal physiological reaction to a variety of conditions, including illness, injury, hemorrhage, and dehydration, usually characterized by marked loss of blood pressure, diminished blood circulation, and inadequate blood flow to the tissues."
if this means that in the distant future, I won't occupy the whole nursing staff for 15 minutes, while they try to give me a shot?
Yes, I still have this childish behavior, because I don't like needles, and I don't like going into shock, which is what happens every time; yet, I don't want to be a nuisance.
My arm is hurting right now, just thinking about this whole topic...
mainframe
mainframe != server
mainframe == big iron dinosaur, OS-less, usually non-interactive, number cruncher.
For once, the answer to "But does it run Linux?" is "NO!"
At least not the vanilla kernel...