- What is a human being? What makes us "Human"? I don't mean biogically, i mean philosophically speaking. - When do we become "human"? Once an ovule is fertilised? - When there is some cerebral activities? - Once the heart starts to beat? - Are few hundreds of cells already a human? - Can you already consider it as a victim even if there is no developped organs? - When a body even without a mind can react to stress?
We all want to live longer, healthy and in a securised environment. Until recently religious values (10 commandments, etc. Most are thousands years old) were the best way to rule a society and to ensure that a community may survive (solidarity, love, respect of lifes, protection of our children, security). When you think about it, it is crystal clear, it was simply pure common sense. A society without them could not survive. Our ancestors have created empirically this set of rules.
We arrive at a point where these religious values restrict our life expectancy and welfare. There is a clash between our survival&solidarity instincts (I want to life longer, I want the best medecine for my children, I want a remedy for those victim of a genetic sickness)and these ancient rules. They aren't "common sense" anymore. I don't mean we should delete all of them, but somes require an update.
I am not an aerodynamics expert too. But when you look at some of the pictures they have posted concerning the structure (wood mainly). Wing fixing points look pretty weak IMHO. It shouldn't be a surprise that under such a high stress/vibrations they will break.
Anyway thanks to those who have experimented it, it was really fun to watch:-).
I still remember that Ebay had difficulties to explain how Skype could integrate their core business. There was no point for them to invest so massively in such a service.
That's just as well, Halo 3 won't run on linu... oh.:-) funny but that's the whole point. Operating systems are tools just anything else. You choose the most appropriate ones for the job. In this case the most efficient/simple/avialable one is Windows.
But if you want me to set up a file server, a web server or anything, the most efficient is Linux. I just had to launch SAMBA on a OpenSuSE 10.2 server. It works with a simple checkbox and few textboxes (YaST). Linux is "finally" that simple:-). I was really impressed (except for the password file stuff...You still have to configure it by hand)
For most people and organizations, I recommend Linux. I don't recommend Windows.
I do the exact opposite. I use both Linux and Windows XP. Windows XP is preinstalled, most hardware they may buy have the correct driver. They won't spend hours/days of frustration to make a new printer working with CUPs, trying to figuring out what is their WIFI chipset and why It will never work with their current distro, why they can't correctly configure their 20'' LCD 1600X1050 correctly and all.
I certainly don't blame any Linux developpers. That's an observation (blame the hardware providers)
If you advice it, you have the moral obligation to support to the poor fellow lost in the Linux Jungle (and I don't have the time to do it).
Yes, Few years ago, the EU didn't approve a merger between two big French industrial industries. Schneider and Legrand. Schneider lost billions in this affair (If I remember well, they had to resell shares of something). But the EU court voted in favor of Schneider and the EU had to compensate a part of this loss.
There are others like France Telecom forced to resell a subsidiary in Belgium. Merger in Austria forbidden, and plenty of others cases that don't interest US citizens. You only see the top of the Iceberg.
I really do think that it is good that the EU keeps an eye on the free market. Monopolies are a natural tendency of companies. They are not good for a vibrant free market, full of competitions, innovations and fair prices. And this example shows you that the decision may be overruled too.
It looked to me that the main problem was the database legacy. He pointed out difficulties with SQL queries and Rails.
His legacy code wasn't Object oriented. Ruby is. Such a big conceptual change, Usually means that you have to redesign a database. I don't if he did it (i guess not).
If Ruby needs dozens of queries to build common objects, you are in serious trouble with such a traffic.
It pointed out his 7 reasons. I've got only one so far: The relative small number of hosting companies providing it per default. Not all projects require a dedicated web server, most only needs a virtual host.
The Ruby availibility is way below other factors such as a phone number or personal email of one of their sysadmin, confidence, reliability, bandwidth or the fact that the hosting company must be located in my country (for any legal issue), etc.
I guess I will sound like a monster but anyway: What is the point to send human beings in their current form into deep space? Our body is strictly unadapted for such a journey. It is fragile, it requires highly complex maintenance and it needs a strict environment. Common stuffs in space like gamma ray, radiation and all are lethal.
I guess the most reasonnable things for the future generations will be to design a body totally adapted to space and ready to survive such a long period.
And it looks to me that you are missing his point too. Currently Gnome is mainly used by Geeks (ie advanced users). They like to keep control of their installation, that is what Linux is all about until today.
But the Gnome "market department" wants to go mainstream (excellent long term target). And thus they need to "make things simple".There is a clash between their current clients and the target they've got in mind. They can't satisfy both with an unique interface IMHO. Read Geeks posting on slashdot. A lot have stated that they have migrated from Gnome to KDE. It became even "trendy" since the Linus comment.
I guess they should deal with two profiles: simple and advanced. You hide/simplify features in the UI for simple users and keep them for the advanced profiles.
He wrote that he is an average joe with strictly no technical skills...It probably means that he has used only pre-installed OSes.
How many people around you know what a CODEC is? How would they react if the operating system warns them that the program about to be installed may dammage their installation? What would they say if they can't sync their Ipod with their PC? Why would they say if the volume controller crashes each time the screen saver appears?
We all know the reality...The weak support Linux enjoys amongst manufacturers but consumers simply don't care, don't understand, don't want to know. It has to work period.
The Ubuntu founder recognizes that his product isn't ready for the mass-market yet (see the article).
I'm using OpenSUSE on my desktop for 10 months now. I don't have enough words to thank of all of us who have contributed to free software. Such a beautiful development environment (Eclispe, MonoDevelop, to name few) but...If you ask me If it is ready for my nephew and his Ipod, my sister in law and her pictures, or my brother fond of DVDs, I'd probably say no. I don't want to spend hours/days/weeks doing technical support for the whole family for such dumb things like syncing a Ipod, transferring pictures or print them.
Look at the table. There a dozens of different GPL & LGPL. Even codes between some of these licenses are "legally incompatible". And all this texts came from the same source. What's the point?
Are we suppose to make free software or to invent a new market for lawyers?
If they're referring to the moon, that's been ours for a while (finders keepers), and it's not exactly a secret. unless you're referring to man-made satellites only?
Concerning the SQL injection...I've implemented a simple protection but I still wonder if it is efficient or not:-) (just experimenting)
The concept is extremely simple : A simple IF statement running for every single $_GET[] variable or $_POST[] variables. If a regex on SELECT, ALTER, DROP, INSERT, etc is true, then the script dies.
I put this check in a module that I include first in any "runnable" PHP pages. I can use such a concept because there is no "text" post through forms by users on this web site.
Does such a concept protect against SQL injection or not?
Yeah, those pictures on that extreme-left site really impress me. The site shows pictures of people from Vlaams Belang and pictures of nazis. For some reason, I don't see any pictures combining the two.
Look There is a picture of the founding father of the VB (ex-president for life) doing the nazi salute, Skinheads used as security guards for a VB meetings. Then there are tons of links between VMO (which is openly fascist and used a well known neo-nazi symbol as a logo) and the VB.If you can't understand the link between these elements: you are hopeless or a hypocrite. Anyway that's all for me. My beloved slashdot is certainly not the place i'd like to talk about the fascist parties in Western Europe. This is too nasty, weird and depressive. Last time they were in power Europe nearly annihilated itself.
Do you honestly believe that more than 30% percent of the population would vote for a neo-nazi party??
Yes. Who said that they actually know what the VB is all about? And more importantly who said they care about it? As far I'm concerned they can vote for VB, I don't give it a s* anymore.
For foreigners, this gentleman is talking about Vlaams Belang. A xenophobic far right party with historical links with WWII collaboration and with neo-nazi gangs.
For example one of his founding father (it used to be called Vlaams block but their change their name) was Karel Dillen. He considered himself as a "passive collaborator" during the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Dillen
Anything that may appear in a user Interface should be kept in dedicated files. Use a standard format such as CSV, XML...It may be reviewed by non-technical people with built-in spell checker software such as excel. This is a trick mainly use for multilanguages project, but it really helps.
And to make it more complex: The central bank of Belgium has been warned by SWIFT before sending data to the CIA. They gave their approval.
Legal stuffs wasn't at the top of everyone priority in september 2001. All you wanted to do (private companies included) is to help tracking down these bastards.
It almost sounds like a Linux "A feature not a bug"(tm):-).
IE: Of course there is no bug! You just have to open/etc/thisdamnconfigfile.conf with vi. change the "DearGodPleaseMakeSureIWillBreakNothing" flag to 0 Close the file. Kill the daemon and restart it.
In the real world: Oh my God how does this text editor work? Insert not Delete! How do I save eh?:q!? What's the? Stop Editing!
kill thedaemon daemon restart
Error line 26458: : unrecognized command ":q!:forcequit:DearMisterViIreallyWantToLeaveYou:letmeoutyoupervert!:helpVItrappedme man vi reboot Emacs"
libertarian shouldn't be classified as "right-wing" no "left-wing" anywhere in Europe. Except by people who have no clue about what they are talking about (I guess the vast majority:-)))
Libertarianism is about freedom, no state and strong respect for private properties. It fails the classical European right-wing test (ie: Strong leader, strong conservative moral values, strong state, xenophoby) It fails the classical European left-wing test (no private properties, strong state, solidarity).
The only "acceptable" pejorative classification I've read so far in the European press is "ultra-capitalist". Because it pushes the free market to a near "utopian" status.
I like it, really and I'm European living in a nanny state (Belgium) like yours. But like all idealism, it should get a strong dose of pragmastism before being applied.
For example the classical liberalism states that you achieve freedom through education/knowledge. Schools should try to give us all the same chances at the beginning (but of course it fails. But that's another story). Traditionnally it is considered as one of the biggest missions of a state (like defence and justice)
AFAIK, Libertarians state that the market, this invisible hand, will find its way everywhere, education included. It will make the most "efficient" school system by itself. I strongly doubt it will be the case.
He is neither silly or a troll. He is simply a programmer. and Like most of us licenses are either open source or closed source (ie: Free or pay). We don't give a damn about GPLV2, V3, BSD license, MIT or whatever. All we want is to share some codes. And in some cases we want it to remain free, just to help fellow programmers that may face a similar problems or needed features.
It looks like a legion of lawyers have suddently invaded our computers. And even if our codes are supposed to be free...It looks like some pundits have find a way to make it "forbidden".
The real problem with GPL3 is that there is political agenda behind it. In the real world, pragmatism and idealism often clash. this isn't a "laissez-faire" approach anymore.
All these cheap linux based firewall boxes, TV recorder and all with have a hard time to be compatible with GPL3. And finally it could hurt Linux and others if they follow it too "passionately"...Never forget that there are some competitions and a BSD licensed product could do the trick easily or even a closed source product with an extremely moderate royalty cost.
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I would put the problem this way:
- What is a human being? What makes us "Human"? I don't mean biogically, i mean philosophically speaking.
- When do we become "human"? Once an ovule is fertilised?
- When there is some cerebral activities?
- Once the heart starts to beat?
- Are few hundreds of cells already a human?
- Can you already consider it as a victim even if there is no developped organs?
- When a body even without a mind can react to stress?
We all want to live longer, healthy and in a securised environment. Until recently religious values (10 commandments, etc. Most are thousands years old) were the best way to rule a society and to ensure that a community may survive (solidarity, love, respect of lifes, protection of our children, security). When you think about it, it is crystal clear, it was simply pure common sense.
A society without them could not survive. Our ancestors have created empirically this set of rules.
We arrive at a point where these religious values restrict our life expectancy and welfare. There is a clash between our survival&solidarity instincts (I want to life longer, I want the best medecine for my children, I want a remedy for those victim of a genetic sickness)and these ancient rules. They aren't "common sense" anymore. I don't mean we should delete all of them, but somes require an update.
I am not an aerodynamics expert too. But when you look at some of the pictures they have posted concerning the structure (wood mainly). Wing fixing points look pretty weak IMHO. It shouldn't be a surprise that under such a high stress/vibrations they will break.
:-).
Anyway thanks to those who have experimented it, it was really fun to watch
You should be hired as foreign markets consultant. You have the subtlety and skills to make big money.
I still remember that Ebay had difficulties to explain how Skype could integrate their core business.
There was no point for them to invest so massively in such a service.
That's just as well, Halo 3 won't run on linu... oh. :-) funny but that's the whole point. Operating systems are tools just anything else. You choose the most appropriate ones for the job. In this case the most efficient/simple/avialable one is Windows.
:-). I was really impressed (except for the password file stuff...You still have to configure it by hand)
But if you want me to set up a file server, a web server or anything, the most efficient is Linux. I just had to launch SAMBA on a OpenSuSE 10.2 server. It works with a simple checkbox and few textboxes (YaST). Linux is "finally" that simple
For most people and organizations, I recommend Linux. I don't recommend Windows.
I do the exact opposite. I use both Linux and Windows XP. Windows XP is preinstalled, most hardware they may buy have the correct driver. They won't spend hours/days of frustration to make a new printer working with CUPs, trying to figuring out what is their WIFI chipset and why It will never work with their current distro, why they can't correctly configure their 20'' LCD 1600X1050 correctly and all.
I certainly don't blame any Linux developpers. That's an observation (blame the hardware providers)
If you advice it, you have the moral obligation to support to the poor fellow lost in the Linux Jungle (and I don't have the time to do it).
Yes, Few years ago, the EU didn't approve a merger between two big French industrial industries.
Schneider and Legrand. Schneider lost billions in this affair (If I remember well, they had to resell shares of something). But the EU court voted in favor of Schneider and the EU had to compensate a part of this loss.
http://www.arcweb.com/txtlstvw.aspx?LstID=2a4b621b-e581-471b-9f78-98c4f01409c6
There are others like France Telecom forced to resell a subsidiary in Belgium. Merger in Austria forbidden, and plenty of others cases that don't interest US citizens. You only see the top of the Iceberg.
I really do think that it is good that the EU keeps an eye on the free market. Monopolies are a natural tendency of companies. They are not good for a vibrant free market, full of competitions, innovations and fair prices. And this example shows you that the decision may be overruled too.
It looked to me that the main problem was the database legacy. He pointed out difficulties with SQL queries and Rails.
His legacy code wasn't Object oriented. Ruby is. Such a big conceptual change, Usually means that you have to redesign a database. I don't if he did it (i guess not).
If Ruby needs dozens of queries to build common objects, you are in serious trouble with such a traffic.
It pointed out his 7 reasons. I've got only one so far:
The relative small number of hosting companies providing it per default. Not all projects require a dedicated web server, most only needs a virtual host.
The Ruby availibility is way below other factors such as a phone number or personal email of one of their sysadmin, confidence, reliability, bandwidth or the fact that the hosting company must be located in my country (for any legal issue), etc.
If you hire engineers who are used to working with budgets on a NASA size, you'll get a solution that costs NASA price tags, or close to them.
To cut costs, I would certainly look at NASA subcontractors instead.
I guess I will sound like a monster but anyway:
What is the point to send human beings in their current form into deep space?
Our body is strictly unadapted for such a journey. It is fragile, it requires highly complex maintenance and it needs a strict environment. Common stuffs in space like gamma ray, radiation and all are lethal.
I guess the most reasonnable things for the future generations will be to design a body totally adapted to space and ready to survive such a long period.
And it looks to me that you are missing his point too. Currently Gnome is mainly used by Geeks (ie advanced users). They like to keep control of their installation, that is what Linux is all about until today.
But the Gnome "market department" wants to go mainstream (excellent long term target). And thus they need to "make things simple".There is a clash between their current clients and the target they've got in mind. They can't satisfy both with an unique interface IMHO. Read Geeks posting on slashdot. A lot have stated that they have migrated from Gnome to KDE. It became even "trendy" since the Linus comment.
I guess they should deal with two profiles: simple and advanced. You hide/simplify features in the UI for simple users and keep them for the advanced profiles.
He wrote that he is an average joe with strictly no technical skills...It probably means that he has used only pre-installed OSes.
How many people around you know what a CODEC is? How would they react if the operating system warns them that the program about to be installed may dammage their installation? What would they say if they can't sync their Ipod with their PC? Why would they say if the volume controller crashes each time the screen saver appears?
We all know the reality...The weak support Linux enjoys amongst manufacturers but consumers simply don't care, don't understand, don't want to know. It has to work period.
The Ubuntu founder recognizes that his product isn't ready for the mass-market yet (see the article).
I'm using OpenSUSE on my desktop for 10 months now. I don't have enough words to thank of all of us who have contributed to free software. Such a beautiful development environment (Eclispe, MonoDevelop, to name few) but...If you ask me If it is ready for my nephew and his Ipod, my sister in law and her pictures, or my brother fond of DVDs, I'd probably say no. I don't want to spend hours/days/weeks doing technical support for the whole family for such dumb things like syncing a Ipod, transferring pictures or print them.
Have you see the question:
How are the various GNU licenses compatible with each other?
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility
Look at the table.
There a dozens of different GPL & LGPL.
Even codes between some of these licenses are "legally incompatible". And all this texts came from the same source. What's the point?
Are we suppose to make free software or to invent a new market for lawyers?
If they're referring to the moon, that's been ours for a while (finders keepers), and it's not exactly a secret. unless you're referring to man-made satellites only?
And the sun is French, we saw it first.
Concerning the SQL injection...I've implemented a simple protection but I still wonder if it is efficient or not :-) (just experimenting)
The concept is extremely simple :
A simple IF statement running for every single $_GET[] variable or $_POST[] variables.
If a regex on SELECT, ALTER, DROP, INSERT, etc is true, then the script dies.
I put this check in a module that I include first in any "runnable" PHP pages.
I can use such a concept because there is no "text" post through forms by users on this web site.
Does such a concept protect against SQL injection or not?
Real men don't use web server. Real men reply to HTTP GET requests manually. For security reasons.
Yeah, those pictures on that extreme-left site really impress me.
The site shows pictures of people from Vlaams Belang and pictures of nazis. For some reason, I don't see any pictures combining the two.
Look There is a picture of the founding father of the VB (ex-president for life) doing the nazi salute, Skinheads used as security guards for a VB meetings. Then there are tons of links between VMO (which is openly fascist and used a well known neo-nazi symbol as a logo) and the VB.If you can't understand the link between these elements: you are hopeless or a hypocrite. Anyway that's all for me. My beloved slashdot is certainly not the place i'd like to talk about the fascist parties in Western Europe. This is too nasty, weird and depressive. Last time they were in power Europe nearly annihilated itself.
VMO and De Winter
http://www.blokbuster.be/foto.html
Do you honestly believe that more than 30% percent of the population would vote for a neo-nazi party??
Yes. Who said that they actually know what the VB is all about? And more importantly who said they care about it? As far I'm concerned they can vote for VB, I don't give it a s* anymore.
For foreigners, this gentleman is talking about Vlaams Belang. A xenophobic far right party with historical links with WWII collaboration and with neo-nazi gangs.
For example one of his founding father (it used to be called Vlaams block but their change their name) was Karel Dillen. He considered himself as a "passive collaborator" during the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Dillen
Anything that may appear in a user Interface should be kept in dedicated files. Use a standard format such as CSV, XML...It may be reviewed by non-technical people with built-in spell checker software such as excel. This is a trick mainly use for multilanguages project, but it really helps.
And to make it more complex: The central bank of Belgium has been warned by SWIFT before sending data to the CIA. They gave their approval.
Legal stuffs wasn't at the top of everyone priority in september 2001. All you wanted to do (private companies included) is to help tracking down these bastards.
It almost sounds like a Linux "A feature not a bug"(tm) :-).
/etc/thisdamnconfigfile.conf with vi.
:q!? What's the? Stop Editing!
:forcequit :DearMisterViIreallyWantToLeaveYou :letmeoutyoupervert! :helpVItrappedme man vi reboot Emacs"
IE:
Of course there is no bug! You just have to open
change the "DearGodPleaseMakeSureIWillBreakNothing" flag to 0
Close the file. Kill the daemon and restart it.
In the real world:
Oh my God how does this text editor work? Insert not Delete! How do I save eh?
kill thedaemon
daemon restart
Error line 26458: : unrecognized command ":q!
libertarian shouldn't be classified as "right-wing" no "left-wing" anywhere in Europe. Except by people who have no clue about what they are talking about (I guess the vast majority :-)))
Libertarianism is about freedom, no state and strong respect for private properties.
It fails the classical European right-wing test (ie: Strong leader, strong conservative moral values, strong state, xenophoby)
It fails the classical European left-wing test (no private properties, strong state, solidarity).
The only "acceptable" pejorative classification I've read so far in the European press is "ultra-capitalist". Because it pushes the free market to a near "utopian" status.
I like it, really and I'm European living in a nanny state (Belgium) like yours. But like all idealism, it should get a strong dose of pragmastism before being applied.
For example the classical liberalism states that you achieve freedom through education/knowledge. Schools should try to give us all the same chances at the beginning (but of course it fails. But that's another story). Traditionnally it is considered as one of the biggest missions of a state (like defence and justice)
AFAIK, Libertarians state that the market, this invisible hand, will find its way everywhere, education included. It will make the most "efficient" school system by itself. I strongly doubt it will be the case.
He is neither silly or a troll. He is simply a programmer. and Like most of us licenses are either open source or closed source (ie: Free or pay). We don't give a damn about GPLV2, V3, BSD license, MIT or whatever. All we want is to share some codes. And in some cases we want it to remain free, just to help fellow programmers that may face a similar problems or needed features.
It looks like a legion of lawyers have suddently invaded our computers. And even if our codes are supposed to be free...It looks like some pundits have find a way to make it "forbidden".
The real problem with GPL3 is that there is political agenda behind it. In the real world, pragmatism and idealism often clash. this isn't a "laissez-faire" approach anymore.
All these cheap linux based firewall boxes, TV recorder and all with have a hard time to be compatible with GPL3. And finally it could hurt Linux and others if they follow it too "passionately"...Never forget that there are some competitions and a BSD licensed product could do the trick easily or even a closed source product with an extremely moderate royalty cost.