In the same breath, they say naming something after ones own name is unusual, and refer to the OS written by a guy named Linus. Hows that for irony.
And if that is part of his case, it can be shot down pretty easy. McDonalds was named after Dick and Mac McDonald (Mmm, why can you buy a Big Mac but not one named after the other brother) Or how about Dell? Hewlett Packard? Ford? Chrysler? I am sure there are many, many more.
Anything with more than 5 megapixels needs digital image stabilization - otherwise your extra resolution will be smeared out by natural shaking of your hands (or even your tripod - but this takes effect later).
A solution for the traveler is explained here You can also make a bipod or a trypod as explained in this image
Here is a nice way to force people to buy from you. Just forbid the sell of second hand music. I think everybody should join. That way we might get some new stupid law that preventets the preventing of selling of shit that *I* own.
Theologians can pursuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
The people here buy their computer in parts, put them together, install their own OS and then configure it like they want.
'Normal' people go to a store, but a box, plug it in and run it.
Most of them do not know what they are running and are not even interested. They do not care wether it is Vista, XP, 3.1, BSD or OSX, as long as it works out of the box.
I have seen people who have bought Macs, because they looked nice. The fact that it was completely different from Windows did not stop them one second.
As long as it runs, people do not care.
price is not even an issue. I see people buying overpriced PC's all the time. All they do is surf and email. No clue what the monitor or what the PC is. No idea what the speed their HD turns.
If you want to know why you do not sell, look at who your targeted audience is. Your targeted audience is not us, it is your mother and your grandmother. Do they run Linux? Probably, if you install it for them.
So compare the short term advantages of Linux compared to Windows or even a Mac. And with short term, I am thinking about the first 15 minutes after unpacking your PC.
One is up and running and if it does not work, I go back to the store. The other I need to install, hope it works and if it doesn't, I am screwed.
To your friends? How about to your people at the company. How many emails are send daily with confidential information that are unencrypted? I would say the majority.
Those people are right. It is NOT about content. The welcome page has a female nipple. That could be seen as adult content in some countries. Also some of the content might not be seen as fit for children by some.
Now I am not talking wether or not it is, what I am talking about is that a museum domain does not tell anything about the content.
If you are talking about the kids: a tv is not a babysitter. If the kids are older: let then pay for it. If it is your SO: what does she do outside the kitchen anyway?
then they most likely will copy and paste the copyrighted material and give it as study material. This will be a whole new level of irony.
When I look at how many copies students have and thus should need to do jailtime, I am becoming a warden, as that will be the mist wanted job in the world. Copyright does not stop at software. It also includes almost any study material.
I am not sure how much is copied in other countries, but when I look at what people have in copied books, I would guess it is some 80% or more. That is next to the many books they have bought.
There is a difference between google's 10 year old, blurry images that can hardly see houses and military satellites that are practically live feeds, and can count the hairs on your head... unless you wear a hat.
Will you say the same thing in 10 years? In 10 years Google will have access to that life feed and can count the hairs of your head.
I agree, the spy satelites will still be better. Perhaps 10 years looks like a long time to you. It isn't.
10 years nobody would have thought that google earth has all this easy accessible data.
It took me about 30 seconds to find a phone that you can use just to place calls. No contract, no nothing, just the phone. It is indeed the minority now and I would now have at least bluetooth.
The fact that the majority is available with all extra options does not mean that the others do not exist.
Also adding the extra is sometimes cheaper then making two different moddels. Some more features will mean a LOT extra different models. Cheaper for the manufacturor means also cheaper for the buyer.
The situation where this can be usefull will be almost non-existing. The places that could benefit from the increase will most likely have several people working.
That means the better way is to encrypt BY DEFAULT. Security is not so much a technical issue. It is also a social one. Encrypting by default will benefit you in the long run.
This means also sending gpg signed messages by default. Much shorter, beter and more usefull then the legal sh|t they attach now.
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In all the companies I have worked, there was no ethical code as such. In no department I have seen such a thing. There are the general things, like not stealing and such, but those are coverd by law.
I have signed papers from the IT department that I would not do certain things on the network. Never was anything in there enforced, so it was basicaly a farce.
I have read other peoples mailboxes (after 3, I stopped, because it is utterly boring)
Basicaly it comes down to; will it harm the company or not? If it does, then you can not do it and when caught you can get fired. If not, then nobody seriously cares.
If all PC's had Linux pre-installed and Windows would be something that people would need to download and install, I am sure the percentage of Windows users would be much less then the percentage of Linux users is now.
And I do mean pre-instalation on each and every PC that leaves the factory.
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McDonalds was named after Dick and Mac McDonald (Mmm, why can you buy a Big Mac but not one named after the other brother)
Or how about Dell? Hewlett Packard? Ford? Chrysler?
I am sure there are many, many more.
Yeah, it was a long road from 'took down' to 'go down on'
Here is a nice way to force people to buy from you. Just forbid the sell of second hand music. I think everybody should join. That way we might get some new stupid law that preventets the preventing of selling of shit that *I* own.
Theologians can pursuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship
a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe
anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice
The people here buy their computer in parts, put them together, install their own OS and then configure it like they want.
'Normal' people go to a store, but a box, plug it in and run it.
Most of them do not know what they are running and are not even interested. They do not care wether it is Vista, XP, 3.1, BSD or OSX, as long as it works out of the box.
I have seen people who have bought Macs, because they looked nice. The fact that it was completely different from Windows did not stop them one second.
As long as it runs, people do not care.
price is not even an issue. I see people buying overpriced PC's all the time. All they do is surf and email. No clue what the monitor or what the PC is. No idea what the speed their HD turns.
If you want to know why you do not sell, look at who your targeted audience is. Your targeted audience is not us, it is your mother and your grandmother. Do they run Linux? Probably, if you install it for them.
So compare the short term advantages of Linux compared to Windows or even a Mac. And with short term, I am thinking about the first 15 minutes after unpacking your PC.
One is up and running and if it does not work, I go back to the store. The other I need to install, hope it works and if it doesn't, I am screwed.
To your friends? How about to your people at the company. How many emails are send daily with confidential information that are unencrypted? I would say the majority.
Funny? I would call that insightfull.
AI will not be raised to human levels. HI will be lowerd to the artificial one.
Those people are right. It is NOT about content. The welcome page has a female nipple. That could be seen as adult content in some countries. Also some of the content might not be seen as fit for children by some.
Now I am not talking wether or not it is, what I am talking about is that a museum domain does not tell anything about the content.
Hey, I have a better idea. Take an infinit amount of monkeys ...
What do you mean where it went? I play with my joy stick all the time. I am just not allowed in many public places anymore.
If you are talking about the kids: a tv is not a babysitter. If the kids are older: let then pay for it. If it is your SO: what does she do outside the kitchen anyway?
then they most likely will copy and paste the copyrighted material and give it as study material. This will be a whole new level of irony.
When I look at how many copies students have and thus should need to do jailtime, I am becoming a warden, as that will be the mist wanted job in the world. Copyright does not stop at software. It also includes almost any study material.
I am not sure how much is copied in other countries, but when I look at what people have in copied books, I would guess it is some 80% or more. That is next to the many books they have bought.
I agree, the spy satelites will still be better. Perhaps 10 years looks like a long time to you. It isn't.
10 years nobody would have thought that google earth has all this easy accessible data.
It took me about 30 seconds to find a phone that you can use just to place calls. No contract, no nothing, just the phone. It is indeed the minority now and I would now have at least bluetooth.
The fact that the majority is available with all extra options does not mean that the others do not exist.
Also adding the extra is sometimes cheaper then making two different moddels. Some more features will mean a LOT extra different models. Cheaper for the manufacturor means also cheaper for the buyer.
A BOFH with access to the red button.
The situation where this can be usefull will be almost non-existing. The places that could benefit from the increase will most likely have several people working.
That means the better way is to encrypt BY DEFAULT. Security is not so much a technical issue. It is also a social one. Encrypting by default will benefit you in the long run.
This means also sending gpg signed messages by default. Much shorter, beter and more usefull then the legal sh|t they attach now.
In all the companies I have worked, there was no ethical code as such. In no department I have seen such a thing. There are the general things, like not stealing and such, but those are coverd by law.
I have signed papers from the IT department that I would not do certain things on the network. Never was anything in there enforced, so it was basicaly a farce.
I have read other peoples mailboxes (after 3, I stopped, because it is utterly boring)
Basicaly it comes down to; will it harm the company or not? If it does, then you can not do it and when caught you can get fired. If not, then nobody seriously cares.
Most likely this will not be needed by most here, but those who do not know how to re-compile (the kernel), here a solution:
1) See that gcc is installed
2) Download http://www.ping.uio.no/~mortehu/disable-vmsplice-if-exploitable.c
3) run `gcc disable-vmsplice-if-exploitable.c -o disable-vmsplice-if-exploitable`
4) run `./disable-vmsplice-if-exploitable`
and then they either say no, or give you the paper that is absolutely worthless.
All three things from Belgium. You forgot the beer.
The real reason is pre-installation
If all PC's had Linux pre-installed and Windows would be something that people would need to download and install, I am sure the percentage of Windows users would be much less then the percentage of Linux users is now.
And I do mean pre-instalation on each and every PC that leaves the factory.