Torvalds is in a tough key position in that one of his jobs is to keep the kernel "clean" and efficient.
There are almost certainly many more "vested interests" besides Microsoft that would like to see some special little chunk of code that directly addresses their "proprietary" needs inserted in the kernel. And if this is allowed, in the end we have the mess that is the Windows kernel.
Seriously, insert [any big corp] into the discussion instead of MS. Oracle comes to mind, and Red Hat was involved here as well...
Maybe Torvalds sounds like a "douche", but maybe people should know better than to foist dung disguised as kernel patches / additions at him?
You know, that's exactly why I object to the Death Penalty: It's just too easy for the criminal.
And don't fool yourself, it is MUCH more expensive to prosecute a Death Penalty case through all the appeals to the final needle in the arm, than it is to lock 'em up in a tine cell with no windows for a life of ever increasing insanity.
Of course my morality objects to that as well, so when people ask me about the Death Penalty, I simply walk around in circles talking to myself...
In an age where many tech-related 'sources' are just empty claims, a lot of this guy's information has checked out.
And he still broke into other people's networks without permission. But I suppose that's OK here since the private info that he released was of interest to Slashdotters and was "accurate"? It was OK because the victims where Microsoft and Sony? Or, shall we see another case of the famous Slashdot Double Standard?
There are some web pages - like the hords of image blogs at Tumblr - that might do fine with this "never ending page scroll" shit, but Yahoo's home page is not one of them, it's just extremely annoying.
Yahoo was at one time a great hotbed of interesting web development technology, but now it's just another shithole like HP than needs to merg with someone who actually has a product and vision, and go the fuck away.
Amen. There's also been lots of talk recently about China hacking into American sites. It's a terrible thing. However America doing cyber intelligence is obviously a good thing. Hypocrites they are.
So, the Americans are hacking Chinese networks to steal their high technology? We are hacking Chinese journalists so obtain damaging information on them that we can blackmail them with?
I don't know about how well farmers do with compliance, but OSHA does require that bathroom facilities be available for all employees whenever they need to go.
And WHERE are these Port-O-Lets placed in relation to the pickers? When you make your money on how much you pick, how many times do you think you'll trudge 1/4 mile or 1/2 mile to take a pee?
So cross contamination would be very easy to pick up that way, I seem to remember that there was a huge outbreak of e.coli in europe regarding brussel sprouts a few years back linked to exactly that.
This is a great point.
Where does produce come from? The fields. And here in America (and indeed much of our fresh produce comes from Mexico), have you seen rows of Honey Buckets in the fields? Not too many? A few? Where do you think farm workers pee (and take a dump) in the middle of a hot long California day?
No. Kevin Mitnick is well know for his "weakness" for teen boys. This makes him a security risk to any public agency he associates with. Mitnick was a well-known "daddy" in prison, where he "tutored" younger fellow incarerates. Basically, he shared some of his "skript kiddy" knowledge to tome of the younger inmates for sexual favors. Many of these "students" would get out and start harvesting Credit Card Numbers.
Make no mistake, Mitnick is a predator. Several of his aliases can be found in the comments and forums at http://www.milkboys.org./
I suspect he used his "social engineering" skills to develop a dossier on some high ranking Ecuadorians to "persuade" them to hire him.
But clearly, his main interest in Ecuador is smooth young boys down on their luck who are - as some like to say - "young, dumb, and full of cum".
It is well known in certain circles that Mitnick actually collects cum-stained "bunn huggers" that he has his rent boys wear while he masturbates their firm hard circumcised penises to climax. He then places the garments in plastic zip-locks and has them FedExed overnight to his storage facility / sex lair.
Mitnick is known to be a fan of Pulp Fiction, and reliable sources confirm that he has a rented store-front in Los Angles where he has recreated the pawn shop with a sex dungeon in the basement.
It is at this Los Angles location that Mitnick keeps a private display of a selection of his most favorite cum stained "bunn huggers".
Mitnick problem is that he's a Homosexual. His interest in Ecuador is smooth skinned Ecuadorian rent boys with a cheap price tag. He'll most likely boff his way through the back rooms of a few gay nightclubs grab the money and slip out of the country before the Ecuadorians realize they have been "had". Literally.
Mitnck is little more than a "script kiddy". Those who are not "in the know" like these Ecuadorians, have been sold a tall tale by a guy who got where he is not by hacking ability but smooth talking.
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And a very good point, but not just Microsoft.
Torvalds is in a tough key position in that one of his jobs is to keep the kernel "clean" and efficient.
There are almost certainly many more "vested interests" besides Microsoft that would like to see some special little chunk of code that directly addresses their "proprietary" needs inserted in the kernel. And if this is allowed, in the end we have the mess that is the Windows kernel.
Seriously, insert [any big corp] into the discussion instead of MS. Oracle comes to mind, and Red Hat was involved here as well...
Maybe Torvalds sounds like a "douche", but maybe people should know better than to foist dung disguised as kernel patches / additions at him?
"MaryJaneBarely18XXX wants to be your friend"
Most Systems Admin know better than to believe a "friend" request... I mean really, who would "friend" a Sys Admin?
Now "MaryJaneBarely Bukkaki Fest", that's something a Sys Admin might open...
Dude. Windows Server... Says it all.
You know, that's exactly why I object to the Death Penalty: It's just too easy for the criminal.
And don't fool yourself, it is MUCH more expensive to prosecute a Death Penalty case through all the appeals to the final needle in the arm, than it is to lock 'em up in a tine cell with no windows for a life of ever increasing insanity.
Of course my morality objects to that as well, so when people ask me about the Death Penalty, I simply walk around in circles talking to myself...
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Your scenario has little or nothing to do with the story. This guy broke into some networks and reviled business information to the public.
It may be ok to a degree for the cases where he broke in and then notified the company of a breach...
Hi, I broke into your house and ran may fingers through your dainty underthings and fondled your tooth brush.
Don't you think you should buy a better lock and maybe an alarm system?
Don't bother thanking me, it's what I do...
In an age where many tech-related 'sources' are just empty claims, a lot of this guy's information has checked out.
And he still broke into other people's networks without permission. But I suppose that's OK here since the private info that he released was of interest to Slashdotters and was "accurate"? It was OK because the victims where Microsoft and Sony? Or, shall we see another case of the famous Slashdot Double Standard?
There is no relationship (other than historical) between the manufacturing processes and waste at Hanford, and modern nuclear power plants .
Indeed the problems in Japan would certainly be almost impossible with current designs.
Mod parent up.
There are some web pages - like the hords of image blogs at Tumblr - that might do fine with this "never ending page scroll" shit, but Yahoo's home page is not one of them, it's just extremely annoying.
Yahoo was at one time a great hotbed of interesting web development technology, but now it's just another shithole like HP than needs to merg with someone who actually has a product and vision, and go the fuck away.
The whole "portal" concept is dead.
Amen. There's also been lots of talk recently about China hacking into American sites. It's a terrible thing. However America doing cyber intelligence is obviously a good thing. Hypocrites they are.
So, the Americans are hacking Chinese networks to steal their high technology? We are hacking Chinese journalists so obtain damaging information on them that we can blackmail them with?
If you say soâ¦
Surely using something like Tor or a VPN would prevent...
Not if they block these things. And using encryption might just get your phone/tablet/whatever removed from your custody...
Almost certainly just to troll for information... Like taking a laptop to China...
My first HP 41 was made in Corvallis, and cost me around $300 new "back in the day".
The real question is why "offtopic" instead of "troll".
Not really.
HP used to be the "gold standard" for a LOT of things including calculators, which like many of their products are now craptastic junk.
I would seriously consider a non-HP calculator *IF* it had RPN.
Does it have RPN?
I don't know about how well farmers do with compliance, but OSHA does require that bathroom facilities be available for all employees whenever they need to go.
And WHERE are these Port-O-Lets placed in relation to the pickers? When you make your money on how much you pick, how many times do you think you'll trudge 1/4 mile or 1/2 mile to take a pee?
So cross contamination would be very easy to pick up that way, I seem to remember that there was a huge outbreak of e.coli in europe regarding brussel sprouts a few years back linked to exactly that.
This is a great point.
Where does produce come from? The fields. And here in America (and indeed much of our fresh produce comes from Mexico), have you seen rows of Honey Buckets in the fields? Not too many? A few? Where do you think farm workers pee (and take a dump) in the middle of a hot long California day?
Yes, that's right, in the field.
Wash your veggies.
Or mangled one: "pocket change".
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5 million seems a bit like peanut change for something like this, I can't imagin that it will go far.
No. Kevin Mitnick is well know for his "weakness" for teen boys. This makes him a security risk to any public agency he associates with. Mitnick was a well-known "daddy" in prison, where he "tutored" younger fellow incarerates. Basically, he shared some of his "skript kiddy" knowledge to tome of the younger inmates for sexual favors. Many of these "students" would get out and start harvesting Credit Card Numbers.
Make no mistake, Mitnick is a predator. Several of his aliases can be found in the comments and forums at http://www.milkboys.org./
I suspect he used his "social engineering" skills to develop a dossier on some high ranking Ecuadorians to "persuade" them to hire him.
But clearly, his main interest in Ecuador is smooth young boys down on their luck who are - as some like to say - "young, dumb, and full of cum".
It is well known in certain circles that Mitnick actually collects cum-stained "bunn huggers" that he has his rent boys wear while he masturbates their firm hard circumcised penises to climax. He then places the garments in plastic zip-locks and has them FedExed overnight to his storage facility / sex lair.
Mitnick is known to be a fan of Pulp Fiction, and reliable sources confirm that he has a rented store-front in Los Angles where he has recreated the pawn shop with a sex dungeon in the basement.
It is at this Los Angles location that Mitnick keeps a private display of a selection of his most favorite cum stained "bunn huggers".
I tell you now, Ecuador, be very afraid!
Mitnick problem is that he's a Homosexual. His interest in Ecuador is smooth skinned Ecuadorian rent boys with a cheap price tag. He'll most likely boff his way through the back rooms of a few gay nightclubs grab the money and slip out of the country before the Ecuadorians realize they have been "had". Literally.
Mitnck is little more than a "script kiddy". Those who are not "in the know" like these Ecuadorians, have been sold a tall tale by a guy who got where he is not by hacking ability but smooth talking.
"It's a monopoly, it's a monopoly..." screech the Pro-Apple-Anti-Microsoft and Pro-Microsoft-Anti-Apple fanboys