Personally, I impose as much security as possible. I use MAC address filtering to allow only my computers on the network, use WPA2, change the password once a month; using a small program I wrote to create a 32 character password composed of numbers, characters, and letters. I'm not saying I've got Fort Knox here, but an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure.
Your last sentence got cut off so I'm reposting it for you:
'But of course I use Windows cos its the best for gamez 'n' warez.'
(Bracing myself for the huge troll mods from humourless moderators!)
Considering they will be selling the PS3 at a loss, as is the case with most any console
Erm... most consoles are sold at profit. Well that's the idea anyway.
Microsoft sell XBox at a loss but they have a monopoly in another market and are rolling in loads of cash. They can afford to take a huge loss if they think they can believe they can get close to 100% market share. At which point the price will skyrocket due to lack of competition and they will be making more profit than you can ever dream of.
So... no. In general consoles are sold for profit.
If someone comes up to you and demands the source code rudely, you can politely tell them to fetch the code from the same place you got it from. You can send source files for anything you have changed or added.
The angry user cannot legally sue you since they do not own the rights to the source code. The chances are the original programmer won't try to sue you either. They would have nothing to gain by doing so, unless you are making tons of money from your distribution (and if so, you can afford to mirror the entire source code). As long as you are reasonable you should be fine.
Just relax, and get on with making the next version.
It's one thing for the hobbyist who uses photoshop to make desktop backgrounds not to pay for it; it's another thing when it's a world-class photographer who supports themselves based on their photoshop output.
It sounds like you are trying to justify piracy. Good luck!
If only there were some way we could get from beneath the crushing foot of this megacorporation and have the freedom to choose. To choose the programs that met our needs, our budgets, and our requirements.
Don't forget games. Freedom of choice, within budget and all the latest games.
Oh, and hardware drivers for all modern hardware. Games, drivers and freedom.
And an mp3 player. Don't forget that either. And without having to touch the command line to register illegal repositories. That would be cool.
So to summarise: games, hardware drivers, a good mp3 player, no command line and not too expensive. That's what we need! So what's the choice again?
For someone who claims to have a system for winning bids with the least frustration, you seem to be frustrated.
Sniping is a perfectly valid strategy because eBay doesn't have an option to bid on multiple auctions and have a 'bid up to $500 on this auction unless I win this auction for less than $300, in which case don't bid on the other auction'. Such a system would be complicated and unworkable. Instead of designing a complicated proxying system, you can snipe instead. The 'bid once' strategy assumes that there is only one company and only one auction and that the supply/demand/price of the item you want will be stable throughout the duration of the bidding, and that you will not change your mind later. Sniping gives maximum flexibility and it does not exclude 'bidding once at your maximum', it just delays the bid until the last moment, whilst giving maximum flexibility to the sniper (at the cost of being a very slightly more complicated system).
Please do use your system, but learn to live with other people using other perfectly valid systems.
If someone is getting frustrating by snipers, it is *them* that is using the wrong system (or else they are just taking things too seriously).
Many fingerprint readers can detect whether the finger is alive or dead, which should help partially solve this problem (but only if all fingerprint readers use this technology, otherwise they will just exploit the one that doesn't).
The other two issues that I think are more important (and mentioned already above) are:
* Your fingerprint is basically public information - you leave a copy of it on everything you touch * Unlike a bank card or a password, it cannot be changed once it is compromised.
Together these three issues make me not want to use fingerprint readers for anything important.
Thanks for the information - I wasn't aware of that until just now. I guess that there will be something in the comments on that article about what Google plans to do / have done with Python.
This is exactly the sort of thing they should be doing.
If they should be checking up on financial transactions, why do they need to try to keep it secret?
Either make it a public policy and get it passed as a law or else don't do it. Same goes for illegal phone-tapping and other forms of spying on your own citizens.
A Duopoly, after all, isn't very much better than a Monopoly.
Huh? Duoploy? I assume you mean Microsoft and Google? Are you suggesting that having just two companies competing against each other for market share has no advantages compared to a monopoly? And they will be competing, chairs and all. Even just two companies competing against each other to produce the best product is infinitely better than one that has full power and no desire to innovate. Look at Intel/AMD.
The only problem is if they work together to control the market and then share each others profits, but I cannot see that happening.
Why don't companies announce immediately when they have been forced to do something by the government against their will (like Google)? As far as I was aware America is still a country where you can speak freely against the government without fear of punishment. Why not just admit it in public that you are being forced to hand over confidential information? If the banks are hiding it too, then they are as much to blame and should not be trusted.
Or is the government using threats to keep the banks quiet? If so, what threats do they use? And can anything be done about it to make sure it doesn't happen again?
Google is a a company that afaik writes everything in python, on linux boxes.
Hardly. Remember the story just a couple of days ago about which operating system and browser different companies' employees use? Google employees mostly use Windows! (Insert huge disclaimer about the unreliability of these stats here). Most of Google's software is aimed at Windows users. Native Linux support often comes much later.
As for writing 'everything in Python'? Python is a great language but I doubt if all that much of their code is written Python. A lot of their work is C/C++/Java/Javascript/Ajax/etc...
I know that on the Python homepage it says:
"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. "
-- Peter Norvig, Google
I would actually be interested to know what products (if any) they have that are powered mostly or entirely by Python. Does anyone know?
Why do I have to type something at the command line to get basic multimedia support? Can't they just make a button during the install that you can press to get 'illegal' software. The button could read:
'I want to play mp3 files and I don't care if it's illegal. I take full responsibility for my actions.'
or:
'Software patents don't apply in my country, give me an mp3 player already!'
Why do they make you use the command line? It doesn't make sense.
SuSE Linux 10.1 , set up so that it will boot the way you expect; also will 'autorun' under Microsoft Windows; and will run as a Microsoft Windows screensaver. Uses QEMU to run under Windows; rather slow, but functionally fine. Linux gets everywhere ! I wonder, will anyone want to put it on their preload ? No reason they shouldn't, provided they put source code on too, to keep the GPL sweet. Great marketing novelty, I reckon. Jamming along nicely... Oh, I forgot. To end the screensaver, the fastest way is to do Ctrl-Alt-F, then click on the red 'X'. This is an update of SuSE 10.0 screensaver
It looks like it is a convenient DVD to have if you want to get Linux up and running fast on a computer without having to install it, or even reboot it.
And if so, what good is that?
Even if you don't own the computer and you can't install anything on it, you can still get Linux running quickly.
Thanks for the extra information about the search terms used to reach your site. People interested in your page on might also be interested in Google and therefore likely to be Google users themselves. Again this could mean that the sample is not representative.
The second source helps confirm the conclusions though.
I think it's great that you made these statistics, it's just a shame that Slashdot linked to such a poor article which doesn't explain how the figures were calculated and what the errors margins are. I guess that's what Slashdot's 'Comments' section is for.;)
Slashdot Mirror
Windows Vista had better be spectacular or Microsoft will be the next IBM.
It doesn't matter. People will upgrade to Vista anyway, because they will have no choice (assuming they want to play DRM'd stuff).
Of course Google will be here in 1 year's time. What about Microsoft though? ;)
Before the illegal invasion of Iraq
Illegal according to what law? You know that when they are attacking other countries they are not required to obey the laws in that country.
Personally, I impose as much security as possible. I use MAC address filtering to allow only my computers on the network, use WPA2, change the password once a month; using a small program I wrote to create a 32 character password composed of numbers, characters, and letters. I'm not saying I've got Fort Knox here, but an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure.
Your last sentence got cut off so I'm reposting it for you:
'But of course I use Windows cos its the best for gamez 'n' warez.'
(Bracing myself for the huge troll mods from humourless moderators!)
Considering they will be selling the PS3 at a loss, as is the case with most any console
Erm... most consoles are sold at profit. Well that's the idea anyway.
Microsoft sell XBox at a loss but they have a monopoly in another market and are rolling in loads of cash. They can afford to take a huge loss if they think they can believe they can get close to 100% market share. At which point the price will skyrocket due to lack of competition and they will be making more profit than you can ever dream of.
So... no. In general consoles are sold for profit.
If someone comes up to you and demands the source code rudely, you can politely tell them to fetch the code from the same place you got it from. You can send source files for anything you have changed or added.
The angry user cannot legally sue you since they do not own the rights to the source code. The chances are the original programmer won't try to sue you either. They would have nothing to gain by doing so, unless you are making tons of money from your distribution (and if so, you can afford to mirror the entire source code). As long as you are reasonable you should be fine.
Just relax, and get on with making the next version.
...then the flamewar from this thread will start it.
By talking to people that come from China. In real life.
Or have they found a way to censor what they say in real life too? Impressive.
It's one thing for the hobbyist who uses photoshop to make desktop backgrounds not to pay for it; it's another thing when it's a world-class photographer who supports themselves based on their photoshop output.
It sounds like you are trying to justify piracy. Good luck!
If only there were some way we could get from beneath the crushing foot of this megacorporation and have the freedom to choose. To choose the programs that met our needs, our budgets, and our requirements.
Don't forget games. Freedom of choice, within budget and all the latest games.
Oh, and hardware drivers for all modern hardware. Games, drivers and freedom.
And an mp3 player. Don't forget that either. And without having to touch the command line to register illegal repositories. That would be cool.
So to summarise: games, hardware drivers, a good mp3 player, no command line and not too expensive. That's what we need! So what's the choice again?
For someone who claims to have a system for winning bids with the least frustration, you seem to be frustrated.
Sniping is a perfectly valid strategy because eBay doesn't have an option to bid on multiple auctions and have a 'bid up to $500 on this auction unless I win this auction for less than $300, in which case don't bid on the other auction'. Such a system would be complicated and unworkable. Instead of designing a complicated proxying system, you can snipe instead. The 'bid once' strategy assumes that there is only one company and only one auction and that the supply/demand/price of the item you want will be stable throughout the duration of the bidding, and that you will not change your mind later. Sniping gives maximum flexibility and it does not exclude 'bidding once at your maximum', it just delays the bid until the last moment, whilst giving maximum flexibility to the sniper (at the cost of being a very slightly more complicated system).
Please do use your system, but learn to live with other people using other perfectly valid systems.
If someone is getting frustrating by snipers, it is *them* that is using the wrong system (or else they are just taking things too seriously).
with that kind of money he could have established his own foundation, for an independent view of things
Actualy he does have his own foundation, and he intended to give 99% of his wealth to it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffett_Foundation
CEOs frequently get only $1 per year. Steve Jobs for example. Their salary is not their largest source of income.
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Many fingerprint readers can detect whether the finger is alive or dead, which should help partially solve this problem (but only if all fingerprint readers use this technology, otherwise they will just exploit the one that doesn't).
The other two issues that I think are more important (and mentioned already above) are:
* Your fingerprint is basically public information - you leave a copy of it on everything you touch
* Unlike a bank card or a password, it cannot be changed once it is compromised.
Together these three issues make me not want to use fingerprint readers for anything important.
And you can't cancel (change) your fingerprint if someone finds out what it is.
Well i remember a story on slashdot a while ago, about them hiring the lead python developer
I googled...
I guess you mean this article?
Thanks for the information - I wasn't aware of that until just now. I guess that there will be something in the comments on that article about what Google plans to do / have done with Python.
This is exactly the sort of thing they should be doing.
If they should be checking up on financial transactions, why do they need to try to keep it secret?
Either make it a public policy and get it passed as a law or else don't do it. Same goes for illegal phone-tapping and other forms of spying on your own citizens.
A Duopoly, after all, isn't very much better than a Monopoly.
Huh? Duoploy? I assume you mean Microsoft and Google? Are you suggesting that having just two companies competing against each other for market share has no advantages compared to a monopoly? And they will be competing, chairs and all. Even just two companies competing against each other to produce the best product is infinitely better than one that has full power and no desire to innovate. Look at Intel/AMD.
The only problem is if they work together to control the market and then share each others profits, but I cannot see that happening.
It's not so secret any more!
Anyway...
Why don't companies announce immediately when they have been forced to do something by the government against their will (like Google)? As far as I was aware America is still a country where you can speak freely against the government without fear of punishment. Why not just admit it in public that you are being forced to hand over confidential information? If the banks are hiding it too, then they are as much to blame and should not be trusted.
Or is the government using threats to keep the banks quiet? If so, what threats do they use? And can anything be done about it to make sure it doesn't happen again?
Google is a a company that afaik writes everything in python, on linux boxes.
Hardly. Remember the story just a couple of days ago about which operating system and browser different companies' employees use? Google employees mostly use Windows! (Insert huge disclaimer about the unreliability of these stats here). Most of Google's software is aimed at Windows users. Native Linux support often comes much later.
As for writing 'everything in Python'? Python is a great language but I doubt if all that much of their code is written Python. A lot of their work is C/C++/Java/Javascript/Ajax/etc...
I know that on the Python homepage it says:
"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. "
-- Peter Norvig, Google
I would actually be interested to know what products (if any) they have that are powered mostly or entirely by Python. Does anyone know?
Very bad idea. No one will trust their business to a company called 'Microhoo!'.
The ridiculous hoop you have to jump through is to simply type:
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm
Why do I have to type something at the command line to get basic multimedia support? Can't they just make a button during the install that you can press to get 'illegal' software. The button could read:
'I want to play mp3 files and I don't care if it's illegal. I take full responsibility for my actions.'
or:
'Software patents don't apply in my country, give me an mp3 player already!'
Why do they make you use the command line? It doesn't make sense.
Back in the day, we used to use Google to find out the answers to questions we didn't know.
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... Oh, I forgot. To end the screensaver, the fastest way is to do Ctrl-Alt-F, then click on the red 'X'. This is an update of SuSE 10.0 screensaver
A quick search for 'suse livedvd screensaver' gives this page, amongst others:
http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=2
Including this description:
SuSE Linux 10.1 , set up so that it will boot the way you expect; also will 'autorun' under Microsoft Windows; and will run as a Microsoft Windows screensaver. Uses QEMU to run under Windows; rather slow, but functionally fine. Linux gets everywhere ! I wonder, will anyone want to put it on their preload ? No reason they shouldn't, provided they put source code on too, to keep the GPL sweet. Great marketing novelty, I reckon. Jamming along nicely
It looks like it is a convenient DVD to have if you want to get Linux up and running fast on a computer without having to install it, or even reboot it.
And if so, what good is that?
Even if you don't own the computer and you can't install anything on it, you can still get Linux running quickly.
Thanks for the extra information about the search terms used to reach your site. People interested in your page on might also be interested in Google and therefore likely to be Google users themselves. Again this could mean that the sample is not representative.
;)
The second source helps confirm the conclusions though.
I think it's great that you made these statistics, it's just a shame that Slashdot linked to such a poor article which doesn't explain how the figures were calculated and what the errors margins are. I guess that's what Slashdot's 'Comments' section is for.
Thanks again for replying!