Didn't Jesus say that all sins were equally displeasing to the eyes of God?
Jokes aside, what have we been seeing from the open sources media voices in recent times? Calls not to stoop to the level of those who would do wrong to the community - regardless of what the likes of MS have done, that's no excuse for stupid acts like those of MSFreePC.
If RedHat had to pay for every Windows machine shipped, hell would be getting kind of cold;) But seriously. No one can be forced to fund a competitor's product - it's not financially different from if Joe Public used the payout money to buy LindowsOS (Can we call it that anymore after the other suit?) from a vendor rather than through MSFreePC. But honestly, who said things were going to be fair? Bear in mind that the money is coming from an anti-trust settlement here. Although Lindows did act irresponsibly, MS can hardly start complaining about bad business practice.
Frankly it was an underhanded act which is on a parallel with some microsoft have made in the past. Had they used the site to inform users of the process they could go through, then all would be fine and dandy. However, actively leveraging a misdemeanour by another company to gain a competitive advantage in a way such as that just wasn't on.
No, I didn't fail English at school, I haven't taken it yet, and am predicted an A actually. But whether or not I failed English at school and am still there or not is irrelevant. You are phrasing this like if Gnome is included in UserLinux, KDE won't exist anymore. KDE isn't the OS - just the face of it. There are still a multitude of other distros out there. The whole discussion point here is about which one is going to be used in a certain pre-packaged solution. It is perfectly acceptable for one or the other to get the job on this distro since they are finding one for a specific purpose. It's all apples and oranges. I don't suppose it would be anti-competitive if a rally team chose a Mclaren over a Benz would it?
So it's anti-competitive to prefer one option for doing the job that you want done? Was I anti-competitive for un-selecting the KDE checkbox when I did my minimalist install? As I see it, this is a prime example of competition that they can thrive on - they both have to prove their case and one gets included - if thats not competition then I don't see what is.
Don't you keep up with poll choices you insensitive clod?
I honestly don't see how this is offtopic...
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If my memory serves me correctly, the Fritz chip is the basis of the Trusted Computing Platform (Palladium) which would give uber control of your computer to the powers that be (But you already knew that, didn't you;)) Combining such "sentient data" with the Fritz chip could effectively result in your computer reporting you or your ATM turning you in. It is a serious threat to those of us which sport foil hats, not off topic ranting.
I was surprised when I didn't see this scrolling down the page when I first got up. Maybe it would have got more attention if Darl Mcbride buried himself in a cellar and was captured under a ransom of $699? Funnily enough,/. readers are human and it is perfectly relevant to us that a major human rights criminal has been captured. (For clarification: I mean saddam not Macbride)
Saddam has not been captured. He did not bury himself in a cellar. The infidels are committing suicide at the gates of the great fortress in which he resides >.
It will near certainly not work as advertised and, regardless, it still defeats the object. The whole point of encryption is so that others can't access your sensitive data without your permission. Having a corporate entity hold the only key is going to help that ideal how?
shifts the burden of securing email messages and attachments from the desktop to the network in a way that is automatic and entirely transparent to users'
If you think that letting the powers that be implement our security by shifting the responsibility for encryption to them is going to make us take off our tin foil hats then you have another thing coming o.0 Methinx that if anything this will make me consider constructing a newer, stronger hat.
That is the definitely the right way to go about it. It shouldn't be _that_ absolute a threat but it seems more affective than the (potential)"threat" of legal action. Ok, maybe taking away a net connection for an indefinite period is harsh - but hey, they did it to Mitnick - filesharers are equally computer criminals.
...then they'll search through their internal processes and remove anyone who's likely to release it and push back the release date until all those who pose a threat have been fired. Real smart ^^
Indeed, 90% do. And when the time comes, if they never used them in MSOffice then there's nothing to unlearn when they have to use them in SOffice. Also, SOffice is generally a greater and safer productivity tool if you're a programming type. Sure, theres VBA for Office, but how many StarBasic "High Risk" security warnings do we get on bugtraq every day?
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Maybe they did say the above. But if they hadn't bothered to paraphrase it then they'd probably have a libel case on their hands now too ;-)
Didn't Jesus say that all sins were equally displeasing to the eyes of God?
Jokes aside, what have we been seeing from the open sources media voices in recent times? Calls not to stoop to the level of those who would do wrong to the community - regardless of what the likes of MS have done, that's no excuse for stupid acts like those of MSFreePC.
Microsoft forced into publicly humiliating competitors? Haven't you seen their latest marketting campaign?
If RedHat had to pay for every Windows machine shipped, hell would be getting kind of cold ;) But seriously. No one can be forced to fund a competitor's product - it's not financially different from if Joe Public used the payout money to buy LindowsOS (Can we call it that anymore after the other suit?) from a vendor rather than through MSFreePC. But honestly, who said things were going to be fair? Bear in mind that the money is coming from an anti-trust settlement here. Although Lindows did act irresponsibly, MS can hardly start complaining about bad business practice.
Frankly it was an underhanded act which is on a parallel with some microsoft have made in the past. Had they used the site to inform users of the process they could go through, then all would be fine and dandy. However, actively leveraging a misdemeanour by another company to gain a competitive advantage in a way such as that just wasn't on.
No, I didn't fail English at school, I haven't taken it yet, and am predicted an A actually. But whether or not I failed English at school and am still there or not is irrelevant. You are phrasing this like if Gnome is included in UserLinux, KDE won't exist anymore. KDE isn't the OS - just the face of it. There are still a multitude of other distros out there. The whole discussion point here is about which one is going to be used in a certain pre-packaged solution. It is perfectly acceptable for one or the other to get the job on this distro since they are finding one for a specific purpose. It's all apples and oranges. I don't suppose it would be anti-competitive if a rally team chose a Mclaren over a Benz would it?
So it's anti-competitive to prefer one option for doing the job that you want done? Was I anti-competitive for un-selecting the KDE checkbox when I did my minimalist install? As I see it, this is a prime example of competition that they can thrive on - they both have to prove their case and one gets included - if thats not competition then I don't see what is.
Don't you keep up with poll choices you insensitive clod?
If my memory serves me correctly, the Fritz chip is the basis of the Trusted Computing Platform (Palladium) which would give uber control of your computer to the powers that be (But you already knew that, didn't you ;)) Combining such "sentient data" with the Fritz chip could effectively result in your computer reporting you or your ATM turning you in. It is a serious threat to those of us which sport foil hats, not off topic ranting.
As incompetent as the US may be, I doubt that RFIDing him would be their first priority if they found him ;)
I was surprised when I didn't see this scrolling down the page when I first got up. Maybe it would have got more attention if Darl Mcbride buried himself in a cellar and was captured under a ransom of $699? Funnily enough, /. readers are human and it is perfectly relevant to us that a major human rights criminal has been captured. (For clarification: I mean saddam not Macbride)
Did he give the people who he committed atrocities against a fair trial? Go figure.
Saddam has not been captured. He did not bury himself in a cellar. The infidels are committing suicide at the gates of the great fortress in which he resides >.
You never seen Monty Python's "Live Organ Transplants" then? ^_^
Or even better, the clothing could actually check whether or not such advertising was necessary ;-)
So if I want to clean these fabrics am I able to just reset the screen memory? o.0
Does Linux have an Auto-update mechanism similar to windows that indicates when new patches are available for download?
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No, it just has intelligent users and a trace level of OS level bugs
...can we have that on a shirt? Go on!
Said companies are going to be the first to go up in arms when a corrupt entity "loses" or "leaks" the keys. And yes, I am extra paranoid ;)
It will near certainly not work as advertised and, regardless, it still defeats the object. The whole point of encryption is so that others can't access your sensitive data without your permission. Having a corporate entity hold the only key is going to help that ideal how?
shifts the burden of securing email messages and attachments from the desktop to the network in a way that is automatic and entirely transparent to users'
If you think that letting the powers that be implement our security by shifting the responsibility for encryption to them is going to make us take off our tin foil hats then you have another thing coming o.0 Methinx that if anything this will make me consider constructing a newer, stronger hat.
That is the definitely the right way to go about it. It shouldn't be _that_ absolute a threat but it seems more affective than the (potential)"threat" of legal action. Ok, maybe taking away a net connection for an indefinite period is harsh - but hey, they did it to Mitnick - filesharers are equally computer criminals.
...then they'll search through their internal processes and remove anyone who's likely to release it and push back the release date until all those who pose a threat have been fired. Real smart ^^
"If it ain't broke don't fix it"
You've never met a programmer then? ^^
Indeed, 90% do. And when the time comes, if they never used them in MSOffice then there's nothing to unlearn when they have to use them in SOffice. Also, SOffice is generally a greater and safer productivity tool if you're a programming type. Sure, theres VBA for Office, but how many StarBasic "High Risk" security warnings do we get on bugtraq every day?