And obviously, Wikipedia is an infallible source, and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority would never inflate its numbers to its own benefit (if any).
A person I know works for a church, and that church had investigated this before, and received the same answer. This is not news. It also does not surprise me that there is an exemption for sports bars. Don't get me wrong, me and the booze, we get along great. But if there's a ban on public performance there's a ban on it. Besides, using the NFL's logic, the ban should be the other way around. The sports bar make money showing the football game. Churches are tax exempt, and therefore do not officially make money.
The map says that 12 million internet users were affected in Pakistan. I bet they don't have that many computers connected to the internet. Looks like an overblown, made up, twisted statistic to me. Two things to remember:
95% of all statistics are made up on the spot
Figures never lie, but liars always figure
Besides, what ever happened to re-routing the traffic based on policy, distance vector, or path vector routing? Why are they completely cut off if only one entry point to their portion of the network was cut?
You seem to have forgotten the first rule of politics, and that is "get re-elected". Obviously, Bush can't get re-elected, but he can help party members do so. Lying is just part of that perverse process. It works for Democrats, Republicans, and "Independents" alike.
Here's the process flow:
1. Get re-elected
2. If in doubt, refer to #1.
I'll grant you, it wasn't an installer from Microsoft. But the fact that it could even be possible is evidence of a plague. Additionally, Microsoft is guilty of similar things. Witness the dotnet installer.
Binary compatibility to Solaris 7 or 8 is different (IMHO). Solaris 10 still has a 32 bit version, and that makes it not that far of a stretch to maintain binary compatibility, especially for user space applications. As for Apple having an 8 year transition period, even that would be acceptable, but we're talking about a 20+ year transition. Arguably, M$ has a larger install base, and it naturally takes longer to transition.
I know this is/. and it's fun to bash M$, but so many things that they do are not based on technical merit, and they make it easy to bash them. If they used their monopoly position to advance the technology, instead of just using it to perpetuate the monopoly, I would like them a lot more. Why would they maintain compatibility for VB6.0 in VB.Net? It's a completely different architecture. Perhaps M$ should look at what Apple did, and jail this old crap in a VM-style environment.
Dang, I wish I'd seen this yesterday, so my reply wouldn't be as stale as it's going to seem today.
However, I must respectfully disagree on your point about Windows being "good". Good is not good enough in an enterprise environment. Windows is getting much better than it has been in the past, but it has huge amounts of cruft that have built up in it over the years. For example... how many ways are there to install software? Not even MS themselves stick to a standard in that area. Another example... why is there still support for 16 bit apps? I could go on but I won't. Other operating systems are not innocent either, so don't take that the wrong way.
The larger point, and the one that the consent decree attempts to resolve, is that Microsoft has abused its monopoly position to continue its dominance. It's not that they have a monopoly position, or that they have better or worse products than anyone else. It's purely that they don't play fair. (Yes, I know, no corporation plays fair if it can get away with it.)
The relevance of the consent decree sanctions is somewhat questionable under current market conditions. TFA gives evidence to the dominance of Google in the search arena, Apple's up-and-coming market share, and Firefox's also blossoming market share. However, what they're missing is that Microsoft still holds a heavily dominant position in the O/S market and an equally dominant market position in the office applications market. I call BS.
It is clear to me that the sanctions are still relevant. What is not clear to me is how the consent decree is going to change anything, since TFA also states that "protocol specifications" were supposed to be released in 2003, and still haven't been fully released.
What's gay, the service contract? Yes I'd agree that it's gay to have prohibitions against VPN connections. I do not agree however, that it's gay to be outraged about it. You're well within your rights to be indignant about some shit like that. These unilateral "agreements" are almost all bullshit. Either you agree to some utility provider's terms, or you don't get any service whatsoever.
That market will be a niche market at best. For example, when is the last time anyone you knew sent a TV in for repair? IMO, quality, on the whole, doesn't matter anymore. It matters to you, and it matters to me, but for the vast majority, instant gratifications wins out over quality.
I know it's probably an insensitive question to someone living in a dengue fever infested area, but which higher link in the food chain suffers if we eliminate mosquitoes? Bats? Birds? Does it risk toppling the ecosystem in those areas?
How do you get this many mosquitoes disseminated into the wild? What happens when they mutate into some genetically modified disease carrying mosquito that causes more damage than before?
MIT's veep of Information Services and Technology is quoted in TFA as saying
Unauthorized downloading and sharing of copyrighted files is illegal, contrary to MIT policy, and a serious matter with potentially damaging consequences. MIT strongly discourages such unauthorized downloading and sharing of computer files. Even the MIT faculty and staff are assuming that students are guilty until proven innocent.
True. But don't forget the tried and true Microsoft Windows Release Strategy...
Announce release date, then move release date up a few months, facilitated by the removal of several previously announced features, and then still miss that release date, and the original release date.
All this whining, albeit justifiable got me thinking... TFA says:
we'll have people use nice visual interfaces where they can point and click and do fancy graphic stuff and have fun
I love the shell and CLI tools just like any other Unix geek, but I couldn't help but wonder if this quote had anything to do with this previous slashdot post.
Slashdot Mirror
And obviously, Wikipedia is an infallible source, and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority would never inflate its numbers to its own benefit (if any).
A person I know works for a church, and that church had investigated this before, and received the same answer. This is not news. It also does not surprise me that there is an exemption for sports bars. Don't get me wrong, me and the booze, we get along great. But if there's a ban on public performance there's a ban on it. Besides, using the NFL's logic, the ban should be the other way around. The sports bar make money showing the football game. Churches are tax exempt, and therefore do not officially make money.
Maybe a ship could accidentally drag an anchor over the spammers junk and cut them off from the internet.
Hadn't seen that one in a while, but thanks for the laugh again...
- 95% of all statistics are made up on the spot
- Figures never lie, but liars always figure
Besides, what ever happened to re-routing the traffic based on policy, distance vector, or path vector routing? Why are they completely cut off if only one entry point to their portion of the network was cut?You seem to have forgotten the first rule of politics, and that is "get re-elected". Obviously, Bush can't get re-elected, but he can help party members do so. Lying is just part of that perverse process. It works for Democrats, Republicans, and "Independents" alike.
Here's the process flow:
1. Get re-elected
2. If in doubt, refer to #1.
I'll grant you, it wasn't an installer from Microsoft. But the fact that it could even be possible is evidence of a plague. Additionally, Microsoft is guilty of similar things. Witness the dotnet installer.
Binary compatibility to Solaris 7 or 8 is different (IMHO). Solaris 10 still has a 32 bit version, and that makes it not that far of a stretch to maintain binary compatibility, especially for user space applications. As for Apple having an 8 year transition period, even that would be acceptable, but we're talking about a 20+ year transition. Arguably, M$ has a larger install base, and it naturally takes longer to transition.
I know this is /. and it's fun to bash M$, but so many things that they do are not based on technical merit, and they make it easy to bash them. If they used their monopoly position to advance the technology, instead of just using it to perpetuate the monopoly, I would like them a lot more. Why would they maintain compatibility for VB6.0 in VB.Net? It's a completely different architecture. Perhaps M$ should look at what Apple did, and jail this old crap in a VM-style environment.
Oh god...I'm going to say it...please make me stop....
Silverlight
Damn it! I said it!
Dang, I wish I'd seen this yesterday, so my reply wouldn't be as stale as it's going to seem today.
However, I must respectfully disagree on your point about Windows being "good". Good is not good enough in an enterprise environment. Windows is getting much better than it has been in the past, but it has huge amounts of cruft that have built up in it over the years. For example... how many ways are there to install software? Not even MS themselves stick to a standard in that area. Another example... why is there still support for 16 bit apps? I could go on but I won't. Other operating systems are not innocent either, so don't take that the wrong way.
The larger point, and the one that the consent decree attempts to resolve, is that Microsoft has abused its monopoly position to continue its dominance. It's not that they have a monopoly position, or that they have better or worse products than anyone else. It's purely that they don't play fair. (Yes, I know, no corporation plays fair if it can get away with it.)
It is clear to me that the sanctions are still relevant. What is not clear to me is how the consent decree is going to change anything, since TFA also states that "protocol specifications" were supposed to be released in 2003, and still haven't been fully released.
I thought it said the magistrate suggested FIRING the attorneys. It seems that would be useful too, but there'd be ten more to replace them.
So what would you suggest? The "Give money from the public treasury to those who haven't contributed to it act"?
Go ahead, mod me down...
What's gay, the service contract? Yes I'd agree that it's gay to have prohibitions against VPN connections. I do not agree however, that it's gay to be outraged about it. You're well within your rights to be indignant about some shit like that. These unilateral "agreements" are almost all bullshit. Either you agree to some utility provider's terms, or you don't get any service whatsoever.
That market will be a niche market at best. For example, when is the last time anyone you knew sent a TV in for repair? IMO, quality, on the whole, doesn't matter anymore. It matters to you, and it matters to me, but for the vast majority, instant gratifications wins out over quality.
Right, and considering that ethanol produces less energy than gasoline, you'll need to buy more of it.
I know it's probably an insensitive question to someone living in a dengue fever infested area, but which higher link in the food chain suffers if we eliminate mosquitoes? Bats? Birds? Does it risk toppling the ecosystem in those areas? How do you get this many mosquitoes disseminated into the wild? What happens when they mutate into some genetically modified disease carrying mosquito that causes more damage than before?
Unauthorized downloading and sharing of copyrighted files is illegal, contrary to MIT policy, and a serious matter with potentially damaging consequences. MIT strongly discourages such unauthorized downloading and sharing of computer files. Even the MIT faculty and staff are assuming that students are guilty until proven innocent.
How is $1bn cheap? Or are you referring to the cost of MySQL (free as in open source)?
Is the PTC just another abomination of Tipper Gore's PMRC?
I'm getting real fucking tired of politicians, and others, hiding behind "the children".
True. But don't forget the tried and true Microsoft Windows Release Strategy...
Announce release date, then move release date up a few months, facilitated by the removal of several previously announced features, and then still miss that release date, and the original release date.
And here's the real link
What's that... render modes? OOOOHHH....
+1 Funny, but goddamn you're on a rant...
we'll have people use nice visual interfaces where they can point and click and do fancy graphic stuff and have fun
I love the shell and CLI tools just like any other Unix geek, but I couldn't help but wonder if this quote had anything to do with this previous slashdot post.