The solution isn't to stop it on it's way! You got to stop it being sent. This shit eats up the Internet by fact of being sent.
Take snailmail junk mail - even though you throw it away anyway, the post office still charges for the postman to deliver it (and pay him) - if he didn't, then he, you and the post office would be a lot better off!
Linux kernel coders don't have to worry if the user is going to play downloaded p2p muzic - or watch a hooky dvd - or even care if they play it on whatever player - all they worry about is coding a solid kernel with all working.
Now look at M$ coders, and 50% of their objective is the CONTROL of the users so that he can't play DRM'ed music or can't use a DVD player or use this bit of software or don't use it due to this * etc. etc.
Because Linux is 'free' (as in the user is allowed to use the thing for whatever purpose he/she sees fit), the actual coders only have to concentrate on making it work _all correctly_...
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The trouble is, M$ do not have the luxury of coding a free, open system as per Linux and are more concerned with the 'control' of the code in what it allows a user to do (or more importantly, what they are not allowed to do!!). Basically, the whole design from bottom up of windows is a bad legacy and will always cause problems
Well, being the 'UK' as Tony Bliar & co. like to call us (I am English and live in England), a 42% increase in WAP from a base of negligable users == naff all.
Perhaps the real significant increase announced is that the Government can 'watch' 42% more people (than before) using this stuff.
Patents are given out willy-nilly as we know from 'M$ 3000 patents' a year pledge.
Then to find a programmer 'unwittingly' coded something similar that treads on the patents' toes, it is beyond the financial means of the coder to say 'Hey, I done that 5 years ago!' in a court of law.
In my opinion as a Sysadmin, it doesn't matter what device[s] you bring in to try to 'secure' users and passwords.
They still write them down, still 'share' (if somebody hasn't got access to a file share the other has, but he/she wants them to look at something - (they don't even *think* about the option to copy it to a public share to do it!) - then they give out passwords.
Plus normal users forget them after a few days of work anyway - I reset usually around 5 passwords Monday mornings after people had two days off work - plus average 10 a week afterwards on a user base of 150.
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Could explain it, but then why not the Niger and the Congo lit up like Xmas trees too?
African rivers
Anybody got any idea why the river Nile is lit up like it is?
The solution isn't to stop it on it's way! You got to stop it being sent. This shit eats up the Internet by fact of being sent.
Take snailmail junk mail - even though you throw it away anyway, the post office still charges for the postman to deliver it (and pay him) - if he didn't, then he, you and the post office would be a lot better off!
Is to watch the MTA/MTR of people that _send_ millions of mails in a few days. Nmae one ligitimate reason to do so?
Stop the source.
I think it should be pretty obvious doing it this way, and you don't need to snoop - just log counts will tell.
For those that don't know of Damian Conway, he is one hell of way out programmer (had to be an Aussie!):
Lingua::Romana::Perligata -- Perl for the XXI-imum Century
Yes. You don't need to shout it out.
/. and people that read that site will read it - a shame.
I think that was a very good interview (no malice), and bolstered the FOSS/OSS/GNU movement alot.
Trouble, being nice doesn't make the press, so I doubt anybody other than
As usual, missed the point.
Linux kernel coders don't have to worry if the user is going to play downloaded p2p muzic - or watch a hooky dvd - or even care if they play it on whatever player - all they worry about is coding a solid kernel with all working.
Now look at M$ coders, and 50% of their objective is the CONTROL of the users so that he can't play DRM'ed music or can't use a DVD player or use this bit of software or don't use it due to this * etc. etc.
Because Linux is 'free' (as in the user is allowed to use the thing for whatever purpose he/she sees fit), the actual coders only have to concentrate on making it work _all correctly_...
The trouble is, M$ do not have the luxury of coding a free, open system as per Linux and are more concerned with the 'control' of the code in what it allows a user to do (or more importantly, what they are not allowed to do!!). Basically, the whole design from bottom up of windows is a bad legacy and will always cause problems
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BTW, here is the SP2 fix list SP2 fix list
Some great stuff here e.g. -> 823830 Your Windows XP computer stops responding after you log on
You mean "Who could afford it?", surely?
I have read reports like UK ADSL forum of certain ports still left *open* as it appears it breaks windows netwroking on sub-nets.
What a surprise.
I have. But where was the rest of the world? Hollywood even changes history to make a film.
Yes. Terrible embarrassment for a usually really funny guy.
...WWII movies. All of them are an insult to what _really_ happened.
.. can come up with this crap I suppose.
Lists?? WTF - I expect Craig used the nice name for the site to get around a few laws on advertising dodgy things men get up to.
M$ Windows allowed trojans and worms to do that anyway??
If you are honest with yourself. If you think what you do, sobeit. Nick
I presume you know finance crap - I don't. Can you elaborate further? Nick
...was slow tonight. /. slashing Growlaw slashing /.
Bah Humbug!
Now perhaps the buggers will finally finish typing their 'Works of Shakespeare' that seems to be taking an age to finish...
Well, being the 'UK' as Tony Bliar & co. like to call us (I am English and live in England), a 42% increase in WAP from a base of negligable users == naff all.
Perhaps the real significant increase announced is that the Government can 'watch' 42% more people (than before) using this stuff.
That still == naff all.
Patents are given out willy-nilly as we know from 'M$ 3000 patents' a year pledge.
Then to find a programmer 'unwittingly' coded something similar that treads on the patents' toes, it is beyond the financial means of the coder to say 'Hey, I done that 5 years ago!' in a court of law.
The law is an ass.
Is the 'e' a typo in Harrys' name?
With lonely old people when snuffing it, with no relatives left, all alone - at least Bonzi Buddy will be there for them!
Blue in the face scream of death...
In my opinion as a Sysadmin, it doesn't matter what device[s] you bring in to try to 'secure' users and passwords.
They still write them down, still 'share' (if somebody hasn't got access to a file share the other has, but he/she wants them to look at something - (they don't even *think* about the option to copy it to a public share to do it!) - then they give out passwords.
Plus normal users forget them after a few days of work anyway - I reset usually around 5 passwords Monday mornings after people had two days off work - plus average 10 a week afterwards on a user base of 150.