Reminds me of a recent job interview. I mentioned Linux and the guy said "Linux wouldn't fit our needs because it doesn't have a GUI." I smiled and shut up, thanking God this man had revealed himself as a moron before I might get trapped working for him.
In large part, that depends on your definition of patrriotism.
The US was born from and originally dedicated to rebellion against undue authority. Now, on a global basis, the US government attempts (somewhat successfully) to BE the undue authority. This course of action is not in the interests of the typical American, so there's a compelling case that anything frustrating those aims of the US government is, in fact, far more profoundly and genuinely patriotic than the mindless drive for Empire.
60% of all new servers 30% of office infrastructure 20% of school computer labs
You're assuming, whether you know it or not, that the "new servers" are entirely distinct from and do not overlap with "office infrastructure" and so forth.
In reality, those three categories can and do overlap -- thus, they do not have to add up to 100%.
Example:
We want to start training the people in our company on a new application. The first month goal is to train:
20% of new employees
50% of the helpdesk staff
10% of all people eligible for promotion
That doesn't add up to 100%. It doesn't have to, because they are not entirely distinct categories.
Some of the new employees may be helpdesk staff and some may not be. Some of the new employees may be eligible for promotion (suckups?) and some may not. Some of the people eligible for promotion may be helpdesk staff, although most won't be, etc.
Dude, you said "we...our".... you've had your man lopped off?
Doubtful. I'm straight, but I have enough gay friends to know the "eunuch" thing is probably used by the poster as a gay Muslim reference.
Some scholars have been re-evaluating old historical texts and determining that the frequent references to "eunuchs" in Arab culture back then may have been simply gays rather than mutilated people in many cases. I don't consider myself enough of an historian or language expert to offer an imformed opinion on the topic myself, but I've seen the thesis presented. Google "Queer Jihad".
Then again, the poster may actually be ball-less and insane.
I hate to be the one to have to break it to you...
But if a bad guy has physical access to your box to boot it from a live CD, it doesn't matter if you have Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, FreeDOS or KonTiki on the darned hard disk.
If you're talking about *real* competitors like FreeBSD and the better commercial Unixes, then sure... I either agree or won't disagree very strongly, depending on the particulars.
If you mean Microsoft, though...
Let me get this straight...
The people who are responsible for wars, enforce laws against victimless "crimes", suffocate the economy with regulations, tax just about everything that moves and just in general make nuisances and parasites of themselves...
are now using a more robust, secure and all around technologically superior operating system more and more frequently?
Why is this a good thing?
Shouldn't we be trying to make *them* use Windows?
I think we need to coin a new term.
Technoligcal Darwinism.
If I understand you correctly, that's my point, though. This 419 scam stuff isn't a "technical" thing.
You don't have to be some kind of whiz kid to not fall for this stuff. That's why the complaints of "Geek Elitism" simply don't hold water. People use the technology as an excuse.
Once upon a time, cars were new technology, and you did NOT have to be a new-fangled mechanic, automotive engineer or professional driver to figure out that driving off a cliff might be a Bad Thing(tm).
Lack of knowledge is one thing, but isn't lack of common sense quite another?
Fraud is wrong. Laws against it should be enforced. But even so, this whole matter raises some questions...
By increasing the speed, reach and convenience of communication, are we creating a world where those who refuse to learn are more readily identified as fools, and then allowed to screw themselves up?
Might that, on some level, be a Good Thing(tm)?
I work in tech support. I am continually amazed by the lack of critical thinking skills people exhibit.
This is not a "technical" thing. People act like retards because they have no sense of responsibility for their own selves.
At what point do we say "The world has tried to protect you from yourself long enough. It's on YOU now!"
The default setting in IE will be to block popups.
This pretty much means that the popup window will be officially dead in a year's time.
Maybe. Or...
The default setting in IE will be to block popups.
Within a year's time, all those big name sites that require cookies for no good reason will also require the user to turn off popup blocking -- and people will do it, wondering why the software maker couldn't get it right the first time.
Actually, it's entirely valid science. Solar storms are, in fact, asymmetrical in how they spew forth from the sun. I did not say that magnetism and gravity did not play a role in withstanding them.
Whether you know it or not, you are assuming that every solar storm is equally damaging, which is not the case.
but how come it could rip water of mars and not earth
Simple. The storms are asymmetrical. Mars and Earth are seldom lined up such that something coming from the Sun has to pass thru / right past Earth. If the storms were spherical, then everything in a Solar orbit would get hit and a planet with a nearer orbit like that of Earth would get hit first. It's not like that, though. Instead, think of solar storms as being like the Sun hocking a giant loogie. If you're just unlucky enough to be in the path...
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Reminds me of a recent job interview. I mentioned Linux and the guy said "Linux wouldn't fit our needs because it doesn't have a GUI." I smiled and shut up, thanking God this man had revealed himself as a moron before I might get trapped working for him.
The poster asks:
Does that make Open Source unpatriotic?
In large part, that depends on your definition of patrriotism.
The US was born from and originally dedicated to rebellion against undue authority. Now, on a global basis, the US government attempts (somewhat successfully) to BE the undue authority. This course of action is not in the interests of the typical American, so there's a compelling case that anything frustrating those aims of the US government is, in fact, far more profoundly and genuinely patriotic than the mindless drive for Empire.
60% of all new servers
30% of office infrastructure
20% of school computer labs
You're assuming, whether you know it or not, that the "new servers" are entirely distinct from and do not overlap with "office infrastructure" and so forth.
In reality, those three categories can and do overlap -- thus, they do not have to add up to 100%.
Example:
We want to start training the people in our company on a new application. The first month goal is to train:
20% of new employees
50% of the helpdesk staff
10% of all people eligible for promotion
That doesn't add up to 100%. It doesn't have to, because they are not entirely distinct categories.
Some of the new employees may be helpdesk staff and some may not be. Some of the new employees may be eligible for promotion (suckups?) and some may not. Some of the people eligible for promotion may be helpdesk staff, although most won't be, etc.
They upgraded to NT4???
Hmm, you obviously haven't heard of encrypted partitions have you?
Wow! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of people who think MS has a monopoly on encrypted file systems!
Damn...
All that, and nobody got on my ass about how to spell Contiki.
Dude, you said "we...our".... you've had your man lopped off?
Doubtful. I'm straight, but I have enough gay friends to know the "eunuch" thing is probably used by the poster as a gay Muslim reference.
Some scholars have been re-evaluating old historical texts and determining that the frequent references to "eunuchs" in Arab culture back then may have been simply gays rather than mutilated people in many cases. I don't consider myself enough of an historian or language expert to offer an imformed opinion on the topic myself, but I've seen the thesis presented. Google "Queer Jihad".
Then again, the poster may actually be ball-less and insane.
That's cool.
You forgot: "I'm George W. Bush and I approved this message." :)
In terms of security most Linux applications are patched constantly
So some believe leaving applications unpatched results in better security.
Fascinating...
I hate to be the one to have to break it to you... But if a bad guy has physical access to your box to boot it from a live CD, it doesn't matter if you have Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, FreeDOS or KonTiki on the darned hard disk.
If you're talking about *real* competitors like FreeBSD and the better commercial Unixes, then sure... I either agree or won't disagree very strongly, depending on the particulars. If you mean Microsoft, though...
Let me get this straight... The people who are responsible for wars, enforce laws against victimless "crimes", suffocate the economy with regulations, tax just about everything that moves and just in general make nuisances and parasites of themselves... are now using a more robust, secure and all around technologically superior operating system more and more frequently? Why is this a good thing? Shouldn't we be trying to make *them* use Windows?
So indecency is okay, as long as it's not any fun? That's what's really going on here, isn't it? The forces of Darkness waging War on Joy...
I think we need to coin a new term.
Technoligcal Darwinism.
If I understand you correctly, that's my point, though. This 419 scam stuff isn't a "technical" thing.
You don't have to be some kind of whiz kid to not fall for this stuff. That's why the complaints of "Geek Elitism" simply don't hold water. People use the technology as an excuse.
Once upon a time, cars were new technology, and you did NOT have to be a new-fangled mechanic, automotive engineer or professional driver to figure out that driving off a cliff might be a Bad Thing(tm).
Lack of knowledge is one thing, but isn't lack of common sense quite another?
Uhhh, yeahhhh. We all know how credible that source is.
Mod parent up. The guy has got a point.
Fraud is wrong. Laws against it should be enforced. But even so, this whole matter raises some questions...
By increasing the speed, reach and convenience of communication, are we creating a world where those who refuse to learn are more readily identified as fools, and then allowed to screw themselves up?
Might that, on some level, be a Good Thing(tm)?
I work in tech support. I am continually amazed by the lack of critical thinking skills people exhibit.
This is not a "technical" thing. People act like retards because they have no sense of responsibility for their own selves.
At what point do we say "The world has tried to protect you from yourself long enough. It's on YOU now!"
The default setting in IE will be to block popups.
This pretty much means that the popup window will be officially dead in a year's time.
Maybe. Or...
The default setting in IE will be to block popups.
Within a year's time, all those big name sites that require cookies for no good reason will also require the user to turn off popup blocking -- and people will do it, wondering why the software maker couldn't get it right the first time.
People are just stupid.
shut the fuck up newb. when did you get your slashdot account? yesterday? you're a fucking douchebag. you don't know what you're talking about.
:)
Well there's a well reasoned post if I ever saw one.
Actually, it's entirely valid science. Solar storms are, in fact, asymmetrical in how they spew forth from the sun. I did not say that magnetism and gravity did not play a role in withstanding them. Whether you know it or not, you are assuming that every solar storm is equally damaging, which is not the case.
but how come it could rip water of mars and not earth
Simple. The storms are asymmetrical. Mars and Earth are seldom lined up such that something coming from the Sun has to pass thru / right past Earth. If the storms were spherical, then everything in a Solar orbit would get hit and a planet with a nearer orbit like that of Earth would get hit first. It's not like that, though. Instead, think of solar storms as being like the Sun hocking a giant loogie. If you're just unlucky enough to be in the path...
"flock bug"
effectively securing Windows XP systems
That's the great thing about Slashdot -- timely reviews of only the very best science-fiction literature.
It's not just for IE. I tried the posted example page just now in Firefox 0.8 and the HTML object was displayed just fine.