In fact, if this was considered malware... perhaps marginally, although it has no serious effects... it isn't a virus because it doesn't replicate itself and spread. The guy who wrote it is obviously a wannabe hacker... you know, the kind who use pre-built tools without a clue how they work. Except this guy couldn't even find tools so he used a game creation system. Lame.
Lame? Perhaps. But as much as you discount the toolz and skillz of this wanna-be "hacker", it was still an effective malware approach, was it not? Seemed to do exactly what the "hacker" intended...
What makes you say that? That I object to FUD regurdless of the source? Is FUD any less FUD because Comrade Stallman spews it verses Generalissimo Ballmer? Facts are facts: There are a wide variety of true Open Source licenses, that contrary to Stallman et al are perfectly honorable. As well, Stallman is has not yet been declared The One True God, and so people still have the freedom to choose other non-GPL based Open Source licenses (of which there are a number of quite nice ones).
And, as is the correct thing in a free capitalist country such as the USA, we are not obligated by law to follow Comrade Stallman's dictates and choose his One True Open Source License at all. Isn't that what freedom is about? This isn't the world according to Stallman. We can always choose one of the many other Open Source licenses, or even a closed license.
I have serious issues with the impact of GPLv3 on the use of Open Source in an embedded environment on specialized hardware. But I am very happy to recommend and follow GPLv2.
Look, Microsoft is not an "Open Source" software company. Neither they, nor anyone else (including "Open Source" software companies), are obligated to distribute software under GPLv3. Indeed, contrary to popular beliefs, GPL is not the only real "Open Source" license.
People keep submitting stories to Slashdot about WabiSabiLabi, but when you go there, there really isn't anything to see. Is WabiSabiLabi the story, or is the story WabiSabiLabi? Look, six months from now, WabiSabiLabi will be gone for fairly obvious reasons. It was a fair shot at Internet cash, but the Dot Com bubble burst, and people just are not really interested in that kind of business model anymore.
It's a nice theory, but it doesn't really work out that way.
Well, if no one picks it up, than clearly, it's not as popular as we are led to believe. Honestly, it it's that impotent, development will continue, otherwise, maybe it's not that important.
If this is what kdawson believes, why should I believe his stories on government oppression or global warming?
Listen, pal, GWB says Global Warming is all in our silly little liberal heads, and China is our friend. Are you suggesting our President would mislead us? I'm shocked, SHOCKED I SAY!
GNU/Linux and other Open Source patches have NEVER screwed up anything. Ever.
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...it doesn't solve Six pack Joe's DRM problems. He will get a Zune, won't bother or know how to crack it and play along MS and MAFIAA's rules.
Six Pack Joe with a Zune doesn't care about DRM (if he did he wouldn't have purchased a Zune, now would he?). Six Pack Joe assumes that DRM is the way things are, and accepts it because his music player is not the center of his universe. Like it or not, this is the way the majority of the public feels.
Seriously, I wouldn't have expected/. to showcase a piece of hardware that only really appeals to Gamers who want to win this upgrade pissing contest every six months or so.
I'm sorry, but as interesting as this board seems in the Slashvert for HotHardware, I can't take the site itself: Overclocked with nausiating ads, minimal actual story spread over way too many pages... They seem to be getting a lot of exposure on Slashdot, but it's just not worth it.
This is just a case of going after the deep pockets.
This has nothing to do with "deep pockets", it has to do with being responsible for content on your web site. This is not the same as responsibility for things such as forum posts, it's not a question of "editorial rights" or similar speech issues. This is an issue of allowing clearly false and deceptive advertising. A company should not be able absolve itself of this type of responsibility.
I wonder when the issue of sex in space will be taken seriously, and studies undertaken in that area. American may like to avoid the subject, but to most Europeans both Western and Eastern, its a well known reality. If we're going to take long missions to places like Mars, sex better be understood to be something that's going to happen. And I'm not talking about solitary masturbation...
Hardly anyone has mentioned that Microsoft has been doing the same thing for years, only (surprise!) charging more. Hotmail lets senders pay a $1,400 "fee" to help get through their spam filter...
More? Maybe at a single whack it's "more", but let's see how that breaks down in terms of 1/4 penny spam-mails? It's 560,000 spam parcles. Given that most spammers send out MILLIONS, I'd say Hotmail's fee is probably cheaper than Goodmail's 1.4 cent fee. But of course, it's Microsoft, so it's twice as evil anyway.
You can't please the average Slashedotter. You guys have complained for years that telecoms are not replacing copper with fiber. Now Verizon replaces copper with fiber, and you bitch.
Slashdot Mirror
Two mediocre employees do not equil one good employee, in fact just the opposite.
It's a gas bag, as is an air bag. But it's not filled with air...
Lame? Perhaps. But as much as you discount the toolz and skillz of this wanna-be "hacker", it was still an effective malware approach, was it not? Seemed to do exactly what the "hacker" intended...
FUD. Nothing (nothing) stops you from selling the physical CD that you physically bought.
What makes you say that? That I object to FUD regurdless of the source? Is FUD any less FUD because Comrade Stallman spews it verses Generalissimo Ballmer? Facts are facts: There are a wide variety of true Open Source licenses, that contrary to Stallman et al are perfectly honorable. As well, Stallman is has not yet been declared The One True God, and so people still have the freedom to choose other non-GPL based Open Source licenses (of which there are a number of quite nice ones).
And, as is the correct thing in a free capitalist country such as the USA, we are not obligated by law to follow Comrade Stallman's dictates and choose his One True Open Source License at all. Isn't that what freedom is about? This isn't the world according to Stallman. We can always choose one of the many other Open Source licenses, or even a closed license.
GPL Alturnatives
I have serious issues with the impact of GPLv3 on the use of Open Source in an embedded environment on specialized hardware. But I am very happy to recommend and follow GPLv2.
Look, Microsoft is not an "Open Source" software company. Neither they, nor anyone else (including "Open Source" software companies), are obligated to distribute software under GPLv3. Indeed, contrary to popular beliefs, GPL is not the only real "Open Source" license.
People keep submitting stories to Slashdot about WabiSabiLabi, but when you go there, there really isn't anything to see. Is WabiSabiLabi the story, or is the story WabiSabiLabi? Look, six months from now, WabiSabiLabi will be gone for fairly obvious reasons. It was a fair shot at Internet cash, but the Dot Com bubble burst, and people just are not really interested in that kind of business model anymore.
So... Open Source really isn't the opium that RMS would like us to believe?
Well, if no one picks it up, than clearly, it's not as popular as we are led to believe. Honestly, it it's that impotent, development will continue, otherwise, maybe it's not that important.
Listen, pal, GWB says Global Warming is all in our silly little liberal heads, and China is our friend. Are you suggesting our President would mislead us? I'm shocked, SHOCKED I SAY!
GNU/Linux and other Open Source patches have NEVER screwed up anything. Ever.
Six Pack Joe with a Zune doesn't care about DRM (if he did he wouldn't have purchased a Zune, now would he?). Six Pack Joe assumes that DRM is the way things are, and accepts it because his music player is not the center of his universe. Like it or not, this is the way the majority of the public feels.
So this explains Land of the Giants
It's a Slashdot vulnerability. Wonder what it's worth?
"You must be new here"
I'm sorry, but as interesting as this board seems in the Slashvert for HotHardware, I can't take the site itself: Overclocked with nausiating ads, minimal actual story spread over way too many pages... They seem to be getting a lot of exposure on Slashdot, but it's just not worth it.
This has nothing to do with "deep pockets", it has to do with being responsible for content on your web site. This is not the same as responsibility for things such as forum posts, it's not a question of "editorial rights" or similar speech issues. This is an issue of allowing clearly false and deceptive advertising. A company should not be able absolve itself of this type of responsibility.
Exactly. As usual, the story headline has no real relationship to the reality of the story.
No, no they didn't. They hired the lead developer of CUPS.I wonder when the issue of sex in space will be taken seriously, and studies undertaken in that area. American may like to avoid the subject, but to most Europeans both Western and Eastern, its a well known reality. If we're going to take long missions to places like Mars, sex better be understood to be something that's going to happen. And I'm not talking about solitary masturbation...
1/4 cent...
No question of bias there...
So... How often to you SUCK ROLAND'S FRENCH COCK? Honestly, you like it that way?
You can't please the average Slashedotter. You guys have complained for years that telecoms are not replacing copper with fiber. Now Verizon replaces copper with fiber, and you bitch.
OK folks, you heard it from the MPAA, they have no business dealings with these people AT ALL. Does this hold up to scrutiny of fact?