Funny you should mention e-mail. Just last week I spent a good 45 minutes downloading a million copies of the SoBig.F worm so I could read three legitimate messages. Seems you need broadband to read e-mail now.
I'm interested to know what this technical issue was, because the PHP license 3.0 is listed on the FSF site as a free software license already (and the page hasn't been modified since August 16). Free software licenses are automatically open source as well, aren't they? I suppose the FSF could have just approved the new version faster, but then I'd expect to see some sort of note indicating that the old version was not free software. No such note exists.
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No, of course not. They're going private, which means they won't be evil anymore. When companies do evil things, it's almost always because they're trying to satisfy the stupid stockholders.
What the fuck do you mean they don't promote competition? Of course they fucking promote competition. When you have a standard, anyone who fucking wants to can implement that standard. When you have shitty nonstandard, proprietary connection technologies, each company has a monopoly over its own version. That doesn't sound very motherfucking competitive to me; it means that any new players in the field will have to make their own incompatible technology, enlarging the goddamn barrier to entry. So make no mistake about it, standards do promote competition.
It, of course, does NOT "beg the question", and if you think it does, please stop talking (or typing) now. Thanks.
Fuck you. "Beg the question" and "raise the question" mean the same thing now. Expressions change in meaning from time to time; get over it. I have never in my life seen or heard "beg the question" used for its original meaning, the one wankers like you are always whining about. The one I seem to have forgotten and don't care to look up because IT DOESN'T BLOODY MEAN THAT ANYMORE, SHITHEAD.
I know, I'll probably get modded Flamebait or Offtopic for this, but it had to be said.
Why don't you get a job as a waiter? You'll make less money than you do now, but you won't starve to death. Don't think that you have to keep doing what you're doing or die, because that's simply not true.
Another option mentioned in another reply, one that you would likely find more attractive, is that of writing software to be used internally by businesses, not released to the public. Most programmers do this, and you can still make lots and lots of money without wasting your programming skill. Also...
I know Stallman says that we could make money supporting free software and filling in the holes, but I've always been skeptical of the demand.
That demand will increase considerably when the whole world switches to open and free software.
Syllable is a very promising project to create a Free Software desktop OS. It's somewhat underfeatured right now, but when it gets a 1.0 release, it will be really cool.
Since the article's filename is "flash1.html," I doubt it's staying in that location forever, so here is the text. Posting logged-in because of the insidious article text trolls that have been plaguing Slashdot recently.
COMPUTER WORM THWARTS POWER SYSTEM REPAIR IN CANADA Tue Aug 19 2003 20:33:34 ET
TORONTO (CP) - A computer worm designed to eliminate an earlier virus brought computer networks to a standstill Tuesday, hindering efforts in Ontario to recover from last week's power outage and forcing Air Canada to check passengers in manually across the country. Vancouver International Airport reported huge delays and long line ups in the international departures terminal as the virus slowed Air Canada's check-in computer system.
Air Canada spokeswoman Laura Cooke said the virus affected the airline's call centre in Toronto and check-in systems across the country.
``It is causing delays in processing customers at airports,'' she said.
The worm also slowed Ontario's efforts to repair the hydro system from last week's blackout.
``The system is under attack from the virus, and we've had more problems with this particular virus this afternoon than any other previous virus in Ontario,'' said Terry Young, a spokesman for the Ontario's Independent Electricity Market Operator.
Inside the terminal in Vancouver, passengers, some of whom have been stranded since the blackout-related problems of last Thursday, were frustrated.
``It's a nightmare,'' said one unidentified woman. ``The service is so bad; the management was so bad. The system is just a mess, just a mess. I had my luggage delivered to Toronto, I was told on Saturday, so I don't have anything.''
The worm targets computers running Windows 2000 and Windows XP and infected with the blaster worm. Once it deletes the blaster worm, the computer attempts to download a patch of the Microsoft update site, installs the patch and reboots the computer.
It searches for active computers by sending a signal across the Internet, which results in significant increases in traffic.
Internet security firm Symantec identified over 600,000 computers on Tuesday afternoon that were affected by one of the two worms.
Telus, the country's second-biggest phone company, saw operations for 411 operators slowed as the worm infected a number of internal systems at the company, while Corus Entertainment's Web site was down until the company was able to clean up its system.
The worm snarled the network at the CBC, slowing the broadcaster's Web site.
The Blaster worm also affected some computers of Ontario's emergency response system dealing with the aftermath of last week's huge blackout across a swath of the province and eight U.S. states.
Dr. James Young, the Ontario commissioner of public safety, said the problem was ``making our job more difficult.''
Symantec assessed the worm a ``Level 4'' threat, the second-highest, due to reports of severe disruptions on internal networks.
``Despite its original intent, the W32.Welchia.Worm is an insidious worm that is preventing IT administrators from cleaning up after the W32.Blaster.Worm,'' Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec Security Response, said.
``The worm is swamping network systems with traffic and causing denial of service to critical servers with organizations.''
It was not known where either of the worms originated. However, blaster, also known as lovsan because of a note it left on vulnerable computers _ ``I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!'' _ also carried a hidden message to taunt Microsoft's chairman: ``billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!''
Blaster exploited a flaw in most current versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system for personal computers, laptops and server computers. Although Microsoft posted a software patch to fix the flaw on July 16, many users failed to download the patch, leaving them vulnerable to the worm, which fir
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Funny you should mention e-mail. Just last week I spent a good 45 minutes downloading a million copies of the SoBig.F worm so I could read three legitimate messages. Seems you need broadband to read e-mail now.
Why did they lower it? To discourage/slow down illegal file sharing, or something else?
I'm interested to know what this technical issue was, because the PHP license 3.0 is listed on the FSF site as a free software license already (and the page hasn't been modified since August 16). Free software licenses are automatically open source as well, aren't they? I suppose the FSF could have just approved the new version faster, but then I'd expect to see some sort of note indicating that the old version was not free software. No such note exists.
Yes, I too. I also store documents and notes to myself this way.
That's nice, but gnutella is not actually GNU software.
Or unemployed!
Very insightful and interesting theory.
Mod this down immediately!
No, of course not. They're going private, which means they won't be evil anymore. When companies do evil things, it's almost always because they're trying to satisfy the stupid stockholders.
There's a mirror here. Enjoy!
I know, I'll probably get modded Flamebait or Offtopic for this, but it had to be said.
The subject line says "I'm a big fat TROLL!" and you still bite? Amazing! It's people like you who make trolling Slashdot worthwhile!
Another option mentioned in another reply, one that you would likely find more attractive, is that of writing software to be used internally by businesses, not released to the public. Most programmers do this, and you can still make lots and lots of money without wasting your programming skill. Also...That demand will increase considerably when the whole world switches to open and free software.
Syllable is a very promising project to create a Free Software desktop OS. It's somewhat underfeatured right now, but when it gets a 1.0 release, it will be really cool.
So that's why Windows 9x was so insecure: they had icon artists writing the code!
As the developer of some very ugly applications, I can tell you that making C++ programmers draw icons doesn't work too well either.
Wrong! It was released as part of Caldera's Ancient Unix distribution.
Since the article's filename is "flash1.html," I doubt it's staying in that location forever, so here is the text. Posting logged-in because of the insidious article text trolls that have been plaguing Slashdot recently.
COMPUTER WORM THWARTS POWER SYSTEM REPAIR IN CANADA
Tue Aug 19 2003 20:33:34 ET
TORONTO (CP) - A computer worm designed to eliminate an earlier virus brought computer networks to a standstill Tuesday, hindering efforts in Ontario to recover from last week's power outage and forcing Air Canada to check passengers in manually across the country. Vancouver International Airport reported huge delays and long line ups in the international departures terminal as the virus slowed Air Canada's check-in computer system.
Air Canada spokeswoman Laura Cooke said the virus affected the airline's call centre in Toronto and check-in systems across the country.
``It is causing delays in processing customers at airports,'' she said.
The worm also slowed Ontario's efforts to repair the hydro system from last week's blackout.
``The system is under attack from the virus, and we've had more problems with this particular virus this afternoon than any other previous virus in Ontario,'' said Terry Young, a spokesman for the Ontario's Independent Electricity Market Operator.
Inside the terminal in Vancouver, passengers, some of whom have been stranded since the blackout-related problems of last Thursday, were frustrated.
``It's a nightmare,'' said one unidentified woman. ``The service is so bad; the management was so bad. The system is just a mess, just a mess. I had my luggage delivered to Toronto, I was told on Saturday, so I don't have anything.''
The worm targets computers running Windows 2000 and Windows XP and infected with the blaster worm. Once it deletes the blaster worm, the computer attempts to download a patch of the Microsoft update site, installs the patch and reboots the computer.
It searches for active computers by sending a signal across the Internet, which results in significant increases in traffic.
Internet security firm Symantec identified over 600,000 computers on Tuesday afternoon that were affected by one of the two worms.
Telus, the country's second-biggest phone company, saw operations for 411 operators slowed as the worm infected a number of internal systems at the company, while Corus Entertainment's Web site was down until the company was able to clean up its system.
The worm snarled the network at the CBC, slowing the broadcaster's Web site.
The Blaster worm also affected some computers of Ontario's emergency response system dealing with the aftermath of last week's huge blackout across a swath of the province and eight U.S. states.
Dr. James Young, the Ontario commissioner of public safety, said the problem was ``making our job more difficult.''
Symantec assessed the worm a ``Level 4'' threat, the second-highest, due to reports of severe disruptions on internal networks.
``Despite its original intent, the W32.Welchia.Worm is an insidious worm that is preventing IT administrators from cleaning up after the W32.Blaster.Worm,'' Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec Security Response, said.
``The worm is swamping network systems with traffic and causing denial of service to critical servers with organizations.''
It was not known where either of the worms originated. However, blaster, also known as lovsan because of a note it left on vulnerable computers _ ``I just want to say LOVE YOU SAN!'' _ also carried a hidden message to taunt Microsoft's chairman: ``billy gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!''
Blaster exploited a flaw in most current versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system for personal computers, laptops and server computers. Although Microsoft posted a software patch to fix the flaw on July 16, many users failed to download the patch, leaving them vulnerable to the worm, which fir