I disagree. Developers, more and more, need to be conscious of licensing, patent, copyright and IP issues. It sucks, because it takes time away from writing code, but I see it getting worse before it gets better.
While I agree with you that, yes, a CD contains digital music, I think most people think of digital music as files they download as opposed to CD's they purchase.
Right, I know the scene, it's part of the Special Edition version of "A New Hope". I thought there would be OTHER changes for the DVD versions and that that was what he would be discussing? I guess you would call them the DVD Special "Special Editions". Maybe I'm just "having a bad feeling about this.":-)
True, I am a software developer and I have worked at places where the most important consideration was not "structured design" and "good engineering" but the ship date.
Hmmm...I thought the point of the article was the Open Source security was a myth. I did read the article, by the way. I guess it should have been called, "Complex bugs not found right away, thus Open Source is not secure."
What does how long it's been around have to do with anything? Sendmail is being constantly changed/enhanced - anytime you do that, bugs can be introduced. I agree Win2K is probably the most stable OS MS has ever released, but they still release security updates for it. And just because they have not released a security update does not mean that there are vulnerabilities still waiting to be exploited.
They are worried that open source developers are too much "hacker" and too little "engineer," cobbling together solutions without going through a structured software engineering process (such as requirements, specification, and analysis).
They believe it, but offer no proof. You don't create an OS kernel by hacking in bits of code, you don't create any complex software by just "hacking" it together. Mozilla, OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, all the major pieces of Linux software, in my opinion, are very structured and follow a solid design process.
He's developed a few applications so far, such as NousePaint and an aim-and-shoot game called BubbleFrenzy.
Hey, maybe this guy could go work for the Duke Nuke'm Forever developers, at least he gets stuff done. But we'd have to change the name to Duke Nose'm Forever.
But embryonic stem cell research has much more PROMISE than adult stem cells. If that wasn't true we wouldn't even be having this debate. If adult stem cell research has done more so far, it is only because scientists are not able to fully explore embryonic stem cells because of policies the Bush administration has put in place (only allowing funding to study the currently known stem cell lines).
As for whether we are killing human beings, or executing prisoners for their organs, nothing I say to you is ever going to convince you that a human life does not begin as soon as a sperm fertilizes an egg (nice web site by the way, I wasn't aware that some Libertarians were pro-life, I would have thought the woman's rights had some value to Libertarians) and nothing you say to me is going to convince me that a collection of cells does not a human being make and that the rights of the woman to choose to carry those cells should not be decided by the government.
Bush makes it quite clear that people should stop thinking of stem cell research as a solution to all medical problems, and especially NOW, at the current time, we shouldn't be giving false hope to people who have recently been diagnosed
Yeah, instead of false hope, it's much better to give them NO hope at all.
No, we need all the distributions we can get, more choice means more people are inspired to create software. True, some distros come and go, but that's also the way the free market works. Shaving Linux distros down to only a few would be like saying OK, we only need WAL-MART, K-Mart and Target - all those other stores are just a waste. If some people like shopping at those little stores, let them.
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I guess we could probably change that around a little to say:
Meanwhile Fox News has their bullshit stories where they brainwash millions of already-mindless american rednecks to vote a certain way...
Well, gee aren't you just mister know it all.
Telling someone that they "hate America" because they don't agree with your point of view is Flamebait.
If I was a Repubican or Democrat, what would you say to me to make me switch to the Green Party?
I guess the real question is, could people even tell.
But I thought IE was heavily "integrated" into the OS, so they are basically saying they will not upgrade/patch the OS anymore?
I disagree. Developers, more and more, need to be conscious of licensing, patent, copyright and IP issues. It sucks, because it takes time away from writing code, but I see it getting worse before it gets better.
I do try and ponder the deep stuff when I sit on the porcelain alter.
While that may be true, that hardly sounds mainstream.
While I agree with you that, yes, a CD contains digital music, I think most people think of digital music as files they download as opposed to CD's they purchase.
Didn't it go mainstream a few years ago? Napster made it mainstream.
Hmmm...I wonder if he can prove that COMPARATOR and SIM do not contain any SCO code?
Right, I know the scene, it's part of the Special Edition version of "A New Hope". I thought there would be OTHER changes for the DVD versions and that that was what he would be discussing? I guess you would call them the DVD Special "Special Editions". Maybe I'm just "having a bad feeling about this." :-)
Darth Vader: Luke, I am your mother!
Luke: Nooooooooo!
Actually, I don't think he mentions any changes to the trilogy, other than they are the Special Edition versions.
True, I am a software developer and I have worked at places where the most important consideration was not "structured design" and "good engineering" but the ship date.
Hmmm...I thought the point of the article was the Open Source security was a myth. I did read the article, by the way. I guess it should have been called, "Complex bugs not found right away, thus Open Source is not secure."
Actually, I believe they do do this at Microsoft. It's called the "Trustworthy Computing" initiative.
What does how long it's been around have to do with anything? Sendmail is being constantly changed/enhanced - anytime you do that, bugs can be introduced. I agree Win2K is probably the most stable OS MS has ever released, but they still release security updates for it. And just because they have not released a security update does not mean that there are vulnerabilities still waiting to be exploited.
They believe it, but offer no proof. You don't create an OS kernel by hacking in bits of code, you don't create any complex software by just "hacking" it together. Mozilla, OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, all the major pieces of Linux software, in my opinion, are very structured and follow a solid design process.
Hey, maybe this guy could go work for the Duke Nuke'm Forever developers, at least he gets stuff done. But we'd have to change the name to Duke Nose'm Forever.
As for whether we are killing human beings, or executing prisoners for their organs, nothing I say to you is ever going to convince you that a human life does not begin as soon as a sperm fertilizes an egg (nice web site by the way, I wasn't aware that some Libertarians were pro-life, I would have thought the woman's rights had some value to Libertarians) and nothing you say to me is going to convince me that a collection of cells does not a human being make and that the rights of the woman to choose to carry those cells should not be decided by the government.
Yeah, instead of false hope, it's much better to give them NO hope at all.
Let's just hope we can keep the doping scandals to a minimum.
No, we need all the distributions we can get, more choice means more people are inspired to create software. True, some distros come and go, but that's also the way the free market works. Shaving Linux distros down to only a few would be like saying OK, we only need WAL-MART, K-Mart and Target - all those other stores are just a waste. If some people like shopping at those little stores, let them.