Sadly, I think it's the opening the console and typing it it part for most average computer users.
Because it's far easier to tell them to
1. Click on the bottom-left hand "K" icon
2. Go to add/remove programs
3. Put in your password at the prompt and hit OK
4. Click on the "Office" icon
5. Find "Wine Windows Emulator" in the list and check the box
6. Click on "Apply changes"
Ah yes, the Windows way of doing it. 6 lines of instructions rather than 1. I think Mark Shuttleworth might have a point.
I always assumed that stations had a playlist that wasn't deviated from. To get a "request", they just wait until someone rings up asking for the song they were going to play anyway. Or maybe I'm just too cynical for my own good?
Having installed both Ubuntu and Kubuntu on various PCs, the conclusion I'm coming to is that the best thing to do is install Ubuntu, get everything working and then do an apt-get install Kubuntu-desktop once it's all going. My experience is that most of the config tools are far easier to use in Gnome but that KDE is a better desktop once it's all sorted.
"not *all* closed-source software does any of the stuff you mention"
I didn't say it did. But the prevalent OS does 2/3 of that stuff - unless you get a dodgy copy with DRM and WGA disabled.
"You are, by your own admission, a fanboy"
I'd love to see you show me where I said that.
"You are willing to let some great software miss you by"
Like what, precisely? How could you even begin to guess what my needs are?
"you're putting some ridiculously ignorant notion of what constitutes "better" before actual practical use, even though it can perform whatever task you want of it perfectly, possibly even better than open-source, just because it's closed"
OK, I'll let you into a secret. I wasn't being entirely truthful when I say I only use FOSS. I use Windows at work and I've got a Windows box here. I've got the Windows box at home because I write ASP and ASP.NET scripts for a company I freelance for. For everything else I use my Ubuntu box. Why? I know this is going to be hard for you to believe, but I actually prefer it - not just because it's FOSS but because it does everything I need in a way that suits me. I really, honestly, don't have the need to use any closed source software (other than in development for Windows systems) because the FOSS stuff does everything I need. I wouldn't feel the need to use CSS even if it didn't come with DRM, WGA and disk eating software protection.
If you find it that hard to believe and want to start accusing me of lying, saying that I must only use it for email and browsing or put some more strawmen up then go ahead. I'm done here.
Software that stops working properly on the assumption I'm a pirate unless I can prove otherwise? Software that can be turned off remotely by a multinational company if they don't like what I'm doing with it? And now software that vandalises my hard drive?
Nah, I think I'll stick with software that _I_ control, not the other way round.
"The petition calling for the Government to abandon plans for a
National ID Scheme attracted almost 28,000 signatures - one of the
largest responses since this e-petition service was set up. So I
thought I would reply personally to those who signed up, to explain
why the Government believes National ID cards, and the National
Identity Register needed to make them effective, will help make
Britain a safer place."
Translation:
"Sod the petition. We're not listening to you. You are all wrong."
No need to read any further really.
I didn't really need to read the rest.
There won't be any trial - that wasn't what this case was about. This litigation was purely a mud-slinging exercise and SCO will run out of money and go bust before it gets anywhere near trial.
"Doesn't it seem like obsoleting most successful software business models all at once, making it harder to make a living as a programmer, would lead to a net loss in software development?"
That's OK. All those unemployed programmers now have more time to code for OSS projects:)
For example, in VB:
If (a = b (c)) Then...
1. Is the "=" an assigmnent or comparison?
2. Is b a function or an array?
The syntax of VB is absolutely shocking and has caught me out many times. Luckily, the guy I used to write it for has now got the horn for C#, which is a lot better.
A single static page for any request to a site isn't exactly the most demanding of jobs for a web server. In fact you could do it with a 20 line bash script. Come to think of it, I did once write a 20 line bash script that punted out a static page, used tcpd to hoick it on to port 80 and had myself a web server that did exactly that.
So it would seem that IIS is about as useful as a 20 line bash script:)
I would guess that for 95% of websites, simple SELECT, UPDATE and INSERTs are all that's needed. Your average gallery/blog/etc. doesn't need anything more than SELECT x FROM y ORDER BY z. That's the reason why I don't use anything better than MySQL - I don't need to.
I'm getting quite tired of these MPAA calculations.
Reminds me of the BSA piracy calculator, which go something like:
$a = A wild guess of how many computers there are in the UK
$b = No. of licences sold by microsoft
$c = Cost of license.
Cost of piracy = ($a - $b) * $c
There are lies, damn lies, statistics and piracy estimates.
"Up to 50 years ago, most people had water most of the time."
Not really. Ordinary water tended to have nasty bugs in it, so the way to get rid of them was to either boil it (and make tea, as they did in the East) or ferment it (as they did in the West).
Because people in the East used the boiling method, rather than the fermentation method of purifying water, they didn't develop the same tolerance to alcohol that people in the West have.
No you aren't. It's far faster for me to go through my mail using single key strokes than all that mouse clicking that has to go on with GUI mail apps. I can ssh from any sort of terminal anywhere to read my mail and there are no embedded images or any other nasties. I can't catch viruses with it and it loads in about 0.1 seconds.
It beats me why anyone would want to use anything else.
Scenario 1: My company has a website, built in-house with GPLv3 tools and components. It is serving data to customers with web browsers. Is it required to make the code for its website software public?
No. Unless you choose to use webapp software that has this requirement. Then, in accordance with that requirement, you have to release that software and any derivatives of that software. If you don't like that, don't use that software - either develop your own or use a webapp that doesn't have the requirement. The GPL3 does not automatically place this requirement on webapps. It just provides support for people who wish to place the requirement on their software.
This is a really interesting move by the GPL board. Its clear that the target is Google. Under GPL3 they would have a tough time not releasing GoogleOS and GoogleFS and all the other enhancements that they are working on that are still in beta.
Wrong. This part of GPL3 will only apply to web apps and only to web apps that have been marked as having to have this requirement by the developers of said web app. Google wrote the code so Google have control of the code and can decide whether to add this requirement or not.
Expect lots of deliberate misunderstandings of this concept for FUD porpoises.
Slashdot Mirror
I just misread the title as "FBI Raids Home of Suspected ANAL Leaker". More worryingly, it took me a few seconds to do a double take.
You can't look up and down.
No-one link to http://google.com/ - they've got links to all sort of dodgy stuff on there.
Because it's far easier to tell them to
1. Click on the bottom-left hand "K" icon
2. Go to add/remove programs
3. Put in your password at the prompt and hit OK
4. Click on the "Office" icon
5. Find "Wine Windows Emulator" in the list and check the box
6. Click on "Apply changes"
Ah yes, the Windows way of doing it. 6 lines of instructions rather than 1. I think Mark Shuttleworth might have a point.
I always assumed that stations had a playlist that wasn't deviated from. To get a "request", they just wait until someone rings up asking for the song they were going to play anyway. Or maybe I'm just too cynical for my own good?
Having installed both Ubuntu and Kubuntu on various PCs, the conclusion I'm coming to is that the best thing to do is install Ubuntu, get everything working and then do an apt-get install Kubuntu-desktop once it's all going. My experience is that most of the config tools are far easier to use in Gnome but that KDE is a better desktop once it's all sorted.
"they reserve the right to take down or remove programmes that have run on their channels which might damage relationships"
:)
And ones that show how they were involved in the 9/11 conspiracy!
That's a joke, BTW
"not *all* closed-source software does any of the stuff you mention"
I didn't say it did. But the prevalent OS does 2/3 of that stuff - unless you get a dodgy copy with DRM and WGA disabled.
"You are, by your own admission, a fanboy"
I'd love to see you show me where I said that.
"You are willing to let some great software miss you by"
Like what, precisely? How could you even begin to guess what my needs are?
"you're putting some ridiculously ignorant notion of what constitutes "better" before actual practical use, even though it can perform whatever task you want of it perfectly, possibly even better than open-source, just because it's closed"
OK, I'll let you into a secret. I wasn't being entirely truthful when I say I only use FOSS. I use Windows at work and I've got a Windows box here. I've got the Windows box at home because I write ASP and ASP.NET scripts for a company I freelance for. For everything else I use my Ubuntu box. Why? I know this is going to be hard for you to believe, but I actually prefer it - not just because it's FOSS but because it does everything I need in a way that suits me. I really, honestly, don't have the need to use any closed source software (other than in development for Windows systems) because the FOSS stuff does everything I need. I wouldn't feel the need to use CSS even if it didn't come with DRM, WGA and disk eating software protection.
If you find it that hard to believe and want to start accusing me of lying, saying that I must only use it for email and browsing or put some more strawmen up then go ahead. I'm done here.
Software that stops working properly on the assumption I'm a pirate unless I can prove otherwise? Software that can be turned off remotely by a multinational company if they don't like what I'm doing with it? And now software that vandalises my hard drive?
Nah, I think I'll stick with software that _I_ control, not the other way round.
I only use FOSS software these days.
"The petition calling for the Government to abandon plans for a National ID Scheme attracted almost 28,000 signatures - one of the largest responses since this e-petition service was set up. So I thought I would reply personally to those who signed up, to explain why the Government believes National ID cards, and the National Identity Register needed to make them effective, will help make Britain a safer place." Translation: "Sod the petition. We're not listening to you. You are all wrong." No need to read any further really. I didn't really need to read the rest.
There won't be any trial - that wasn't what this case was about. This litigation was purely a mud-slinging exercise and SCO will run out of money and go bust before it gets anywhere near trial.
Wow! They'll have enough salt to last forever!
"Doesn't it seem like obsoleting most successful software business models all at once, making it harder to make a living as a programmer, would lead to a net loss in software development?"
:)
That's OK. All those unemployed programmers now have more time to code for OSS projects
"The incident raises a number of interesting questions and concerns regarding just where our rights end."
Don't you mean "... when our rights ended"?
There is the mysql-real-escape-string to prevent injection in MySQL along with pg_escape_string for PostgreSQL.
For example, in VB: If (a = b (c)) Then ...
1. Is the "=" an assigmnent or comparison?
2. Is b a function or an array?
The syntax of VB is absolutely shocking and has caught me out many times. Luckily, the guy I used to write it for has now got the horn for C#, which is a lot better.
A single static page for any request to a site isn't exactly the most demanding of jobs for a web server. In fact you could do it with a 20 line bash script. Come to think of it, I did once write a 20 line bash script that punted out a static page, used tcpd to hoick it on to port 80 and had myself a web server that did exactly that.
:)
So it would seem that IIS is about as useful as a 20 line bash script
I would guess that for 95% of websites, simple SELECT, UPDATE and INSERTs are all that's needed. Your average gallery/blog/etc. doesn't need anything more than SELECT x FROM y ORDER BY z. That's the reason why I don't use anything better than MySQL - I don't need to.
Reminds me of the BSA piracy calculator, which go something like: $a = A wild guess of how many computers there are in the UK $b = No. of licences sold by microsoft $c = Cost of license. Cost of piracy = ($a - $b) * $c There are lies, damn lies, statistics and piracy estimates.
"Up to 50 years ago, most people had water most of the time."
Not really. Ordinary water tended to have nasty bugs in it, so the way to get rid of them was to either boil it (and make tea, as they did in the East) or ferment it (as they did in the West).
Because people in the East used the boiling method, rather than the fermentation method of purifying water, they didn't develop the same tolerance to alcohol that people in the West have.
No you aren't. It's far faster for me to go through my mail using single key strokes than all that mouse clicking that has to go on with GUI mail apps. I can ssh from any sort of terminal anywhere to read my mail and there are no embedded images or any other nasties. I can't catch viruses with it and it loads in about 0.1 seconds.
It beats me why anyone would want to use anything else.
You can't let rational thought get in the way of a good flame-fest.
Expect lots of deliberate misunderstandings of this concept for FUD porpoises.