However, anything that'll help to solve those crimes and allow justice to be carried out on those who commit those crimes can't be a bad thing can it?
This is the classic justification for torturing people accused of crimes to obtain a confession. Now, I'm pretty sure you didn't mean it that way, but stop and think about it. Statements just like that have been used to justify police brutality and torture all over the world for centuries.
Um, excuse me, everyone seems to be forgetting that the entire internet was based on, and is still dominated by, 'nix systems, including Unix, Linux, and BSD. If Unix, and similar OSes, were even half as vulnerable to viruses as even a Windows server the internet would have been pretty much unusable, and would probably still be today. Unix was the only internet server for a long time, so why weren't there hundreds or thoudands of Unix viruses? Because it was coded better, just the same as Linux and BSD are now.
...but a few million years ago? Yeah, very possible. The only problem is that photos of the surface aren't going to turn up much. We need to dig on the surface, and dig deep. But even if we don't find the remains of life, who knows what else we might find? Perhaps we shouldn't be so focused on finding life and be looking to see what we can find.
Unfortunately, the majority of the artists who have sided with the RIAA are big-names who are already millionaires. Their slogan at one even? "Don't rip me off, man".
Not to mention what's called "abandonware" by companies that went out of business. I know because there's quite a few copies of Loki Games isos and such floating around the edonkey network.
You obviously don't share porn on the p2p networks. Most of it is homemade and originally distributed by the people who made it. Certainly a percentage of it is cut from actual movies, but the majority is what is referred to as "amateur" work.
Hey, I'm just a user and I understand. After all, why should I compose a new song or write a new book when there are already so many songs and books out there?
"If you don't like their reporting, use the feedback form:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3281777.stm"
Done.
As a Linux user who deplores viruses and virus-writers, I find the opinions you are presenting as facts in this story to be offensive in the extreme.
I also find it interesting that a certain third party is *not* mentioned, one that definitely wants to see SCO win. The timing of MyDoom to is quite fascinating, as into more than half a year of SCO laying claim to Linux and still refusing to prove their claim, demanding that the world accept their word for it and give them money, the majority of the Linux community finds SCO to be laughable. Most of us don't feel very threatened by SCO, despite their claims to the contrary, but there is another party that just might still feel a bit threatened that it looks more and more like SCO's claims are falling apart. Would you care to do a story about that?
Perhaps you should report the facts. FACTS.
You should also know that the Linux community does NOT demand that all code be released as open source. That is nothing less than a lie. In point of fact, most of us are quite understanding of why so much code remains closed-source; one has to make a living, after all. However, most of simply believe that open source software is simply better - you can't hide your bungles in freely available code that anyone can see, let alone claim there's nothing wrong with it after the application has crashed for the 100000000000000000000th time.
Remember - facts.
If you're wondering, I learned how to be a bitch from the best teachers - men.
Transistors sound very good on even notes, but absolutely horrible on odd notes. Vacuum tibes still sound great on both.
With all the old and new technology available to today's guitarists, both transistors and vacuum tubes, the wah-wah and having a synth play a certain note when you play one, to pickups with electronic features, you'd think every guitarist today would have a sound as unique as Jimi Hendrix. Yet the opposite is true. Too bad Hendrix died so young; if he'd lived long enough he could have shown us all what could be done with all this stuff instead of most musicians all sounding like they're in the same band.
Come on! They say Linux has code from their Unix in it, but refuse to proove it. Everybody's just supposed to take their word for it and give them money?! It don't work that way, baby.
This worm is being used to make the open source community look bad just when SCO's copyright claim is crumbling and they're being counter-sued like there's no tomorrow. And a certain other company most definitely wanted them to succeed...
More and more, all of the easy-for-a-newbie to install and use distros cost money. Libranet $75; Lindows $50 and you have a membership in their click 'n run to have any software on the system (it's as stripped-down as Windows); XandrOS is $40 and now Lycoris'latest Amethyst 3 that you find at DistroWatch.com is a trial evaluation. So if all the easy distros cost money, will Linux ever succeed at providing an alternative to Windows for average users?
There are still a few; Mandrake is pretty easy to install and use, although not as friendly to Windows-refugees as Lycoris or Lindows (I haven't tried XandrOS myself, so I can't comment). SuSE is still pretty easy, but I personally feel that it's not quite as easy as Mandrake, even though it's my favorite. Another good one is Ark, but most people have never heard of it (yet).
IMNSHO Linux won't make it very far to the computers of the average user if this trend continues. Many potential Linux-newbies bought computers with Windows pre-installed and they don't want to pay even more money for Linux. Most of the commercial distros don't even have a trial or live cd; you have to just take their word for it that you'll love thier distro much more than Windows. Is it worth the risk from their standpoint? I don't think so.
Do any of the hackers out there care enough to make a distro for newbies (not necessarily a Windows look-a-like) and keep it free? I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Now that one is funny!
This is the classic justification for torturing people accused of crimes to obtain a confession. Now, I'm pretty sure you didn't mean it that way, but stop and think about it. Statements just like that have been used to justify police brutality and torture all over the world for centuries.
Um, excuse me, everyone seems to be forgetting that the entire internet was based on, and is still dominated by, 'nix systems, including Unix, Linux, and BSD. If Unix, and similar OSes, were even half as vulnerable to viruses as even a Windows server the internet would have been pretty much unusable, and would probably still be today. Unix was the only internet server for a long time, so why weren't there hundreds or thoudands of Unix viruses? Because it was coded better, just the same as Linux and BSD are now.
...but a few million years ago? Yeah, very possible. The only problem is that photos of the surface aren't going to turn up much. We need to dig on the surface, and dig deep. But even if we don't find the remains of life, who knows what else we might find? Perhaps we shouldn't be so focused on finding life and be looking to see what we can find.
Unfortunately, the majority of the artists who have sided with the RIAA are big-names who are already millionaires. Their slogan at one even? "Don't rip me off, man".
No, not kiddie porn! Ugh. Most of it I've ever downloaded was very unprofessional.
I wonder if someone should do a study about the porn on p2p networks? If so, how much would they get paid?
Not to mention what's called "abandonware" by companies that went out of business. I know because there's quite a few copies of Loki Games isos and such floating around the edonkey network.
You obviously don't share porn on the p2p networks. Most of it is homemade and originally distributed by the people who made it. Certainly a percentage of it is cut from actual movies, but the majority is what is referred to as "amateur" work.
Hey, I'm just a user and I understand. After all, why should I compose a new song or write a new book when there are already so many songs and books out there?
"If you don't like their reporting, use the feedback form: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3281777.stm"
Done.
If you're wondering, I learned how to be a bitch from the best teachers - men.
Well, my husband seems to think that me having a girlfriend is a great idea, but I'm not so sure...
Transistors sound very good on even notes, but absolutely horrible on odd notes. Vacuum tibes still sound great on both.
With all the old and new technology available to today's guitarists, both transistors and vacuum tubes, the wah-wah and having a synth play a certain note when you play one, to pickups with electronic features, you'd think every guitarist today would have a sound as unique as Jimi Hendrix. Yet the opposite is true. Too bad Hendrix died so young; if he'd lived long enough he could have shown us all what could be done with all this stuff instead of most musicians all sounding like they're in the same band.
Come on! They say Linux has code from their Unix in it, but refuse to proove it. Everybody's just supposed to take their word for it and give them money?! It don't work that way, baby.
Agreed! I hate the Windows XP look, and while Aqua is pretty, I want my Linux to look like Linux!
This worm is being used to make the open source community look bad just when SCO's copyright claim is crumbling and they're being counter-sued like there's no tomorrow. And a certain other company most definitely wanted them to succeed...
I guess I'm just paranoid.
More and more, all of the easy-for-a-newbie to install and use distros cost money. Libranet $75; Lindows $50 and you have a membership in their click 'n run to have any software on the system (it's as stripped-down as Windows); XandrOS is $40 and now Lycoris'latest Amethyst 3 that you find at DistroWatch.com is a trial evaluation. So if all the easy distros cost money, will Linux ever succeed at providing an alternative to Windows for average users?
There are still a few; Mandrake is pretty easy to install and use, although not as friendly to Windows-refugees as Lycoris or Lindows (I haven't tried XandrOS myself, so I can't comment). SuSE is still pretty easy, but I personally feel that it's not quite as easy as Mandrake, even though it's my favorite. Another good one is Ark, but most people have never heard of it (yet).
IMNSHO Linux won't make it very far to the computers of the average user if this trend continues. Many potential Linux-newbies bought computers with Windows pre-installed and they don't want to pay even more money for Linux. Most of the commercial distros don't even have a trial or live cd; you have to just take their word for it that you'll love thier distro much more than Windows. Is it worth the risk from their standpoint? I don't think so.
Do any of the hackers out there care enough to make a distro for newbies (not necessarily a Windows look-a-like) and keep it free? I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath.
Crap, I meant patent patents. That makes a little more sense.
I think I'll try to patents. Obviously, given the above, it doesn't matter that patents were around before my granparents were conceived.