Scared by a keyboard, now there's something you don't see everyday.
Of course, if this was a Linux keyboard with seventeen such keys which range from recompiling your kernel incorrectly, to popping up echoed "M$ suckz" ego boosting messages, it would be deemed "very neat" by the Slashdot Editorial crew
And most of the ignorant Microsoft haters will refuse to buy it, regardless of it's quality. Oh nice "M$" abbreviation, surely you're setting an original trend with that one. Open source, closed minds, we are Slashdot
Actually, several of my friends from irc did manage to get the CIH virus. They did not scan their computers on the eve before Chernobyl's anniversery, and paid for that mistake with their motherboards.
As for viruses and Linux... there are no(few) viruses for Linux simply because nobody cares. Look at Linux's market share. If you plan to wreak some havoc by writing and distributing a virus, would you go after the 90% market or the 5% market? If linux gains more popularity, then virii will indeed start popping up.
Um since when were limit breaks cheats? And all the components for weapon construction i.e. Lionheart, were easily obtainable during the course of the game
Uhh the last boss in FF8? Piece of cake, simply obtain the Gilgamesh card and turn it into 100 holy war drinks. Won't even get scratched. Like the previous poster said, FF games are only as hard as you want them to be. Oh and as for any "super overly-powerful attack" Squall's limit can do some 200,000+ damage So can Zell's Selphie has "The End" etc..etc..
First off, Conference Room runs on several operating systems, Linux included.
Personally I had some experience with it several years ago. It was fairly decent, even though I preffer dalnet ircd, CR easily has all the options one might need to setup a irc server.
The problem here was simply shoddy administration. That particular nickname should've been reserved (not just registered) it apparently was not. It's not a fault of the software, but of the people planning the event.
Oh and lastly, "security by immaturity" is not a valid "Right" in my book. I wonder if you would feel amused if someone hacked root on your box, sent you a console message of "YOU HAVE AN EXPLOIT!" and then proceeded to rm -rf /
There's a major diffrence between Microsoft and Slashdot. One is a software company, it is expected for them to tout their products. Much like Redhat is expected to do the same
On the other hand Slashdot is a news site. It is their obligation according to journalism ethics to report in an unbiased fashion. Or at the very least make an attempt.
There is no attempt here, it is simply blatant bashing. There is no discussion on why Linux is "better" then Windows 2000. It is simply "Microsoft sucks, Linux r00lz"
How can Slashdot accuse ZDNet, Cnet, Mindcraft, etc of bias when Slashdot itself doesn't hold it's own standards for reporting? Hypocrasy? I think so.
Linux by the way is not a zero-cost os. It is only Zero-cost if you happen to be one of those lucky people with a fast speed connection to the internet. The rest buy commercial distributions or from sites like cheapbytes. Obviously Redhat, VA, and many other companies are sitting on a large pile of cash, let them do their own advertising and let Slashdot report news in a proffesional manner.
Why don't I go read zdnet or cnet? Do you run away when things aren't to your liking? Or do you stay and try to do something about it?
Oh and hey, if you have a problem reading my "pissing and moaning", don't. You have the "choice" to ignore it. Move on to the "Linux is 31337" thread.
Is it a crime to hold an anti-MS opinion? Not at all. Is it a crime for a news site to spew out obviously biased news in an attempt to convert users to Linux? No that's not a crime either, it is however in contradiction with journalism ethics. A news site's obligation is to do it's best to bring unbiased news.
Is it not the Linux slogan to educate people and give them an alternative? Where is the education in blatant one sided reporting?
"Oh, yeah...I'll try out Windows 2000...as soon as they ship it under GPL."
Well, your loss. I for one keep an open mind, and will use whatever works best for me. Whether that's Linux, Solaris, Irix, Windows 2000, BeOS, or another product.
Well I've used Windows 2000 and Linux both. I can tell you right off the bat that as a workstation, Linux can't even hold a candle to Windows 2000's offering.
As a server, that may be another story. I haven't run a full fledged webserver on 2000 so I can't honestly comment. IIS is serving up my personal webpages fine however. Not to make a slight against Apache which I like a lot, but IIS 5 is _VERY_ easy to use, as well as highly configurable.
This whole stream of stories is typical Slashdot anti-MS propoganda. The funniest thing is the Linux slogan. "It's all about choice" how amusing it is to see Slashdot reporting present a one sided story to entice the reader not to try Windows 2000, but to use Linux.
Slashdot bashed ZDNet, Cnet, etc for posting positive Windows 2000 reviews. At least those news companies are making an attempt at presenting both sides, they also tout linux from time to time.. Here at Slashdot you're only shown one side.
Choice my ass, Linux activists only believe in allowing people one choice - Linux
Wow, is it me or is Slashdot launching a anti-Win2K news campaign right before it's release? And here I thought only Microsoft was capable of FUD. Congratulations on proving me wrong. So are all these news articles paid for by VA? How about posting some positive Win2K articles without any sarcastic quip from the "reporter"? Oh that's right, Slashdot is commited to herding it's readers into one particular direction. How silly of me to believe that even a remote attempt at unbiased reporting could happen here.
Uh excuse me? How is Windows catching up to Linux? First off ftp, telnet, and web server software is hardly linux centric, they were present in commercial linuxes before Linux ever existed.
IIS was also present in NT4, as well as telnet server which was present in NT services for Unix.
So I guess when Linux distributions included those particular tools they were playing catchup to commercial Unices?
Secondly, how are these tools inferior to the *NIX versions? An arguement can be based on the telnet portion, but IIS? Give me a break. Apache is a great tool, but IIS is no slouch either.
Why not mention the tools which Win2K has and Linux does not? MMC? Best web browser on the market? Easy to setup Internet connection sharing? Those ring any bell?
The majority of the questions deal with whether the government should regulate computer companies. Microsoft is in the biggest spotlight right now. I fail to see why any of the questions posted are biased.
Or is it the results that you have a problem with? I'm sure if they were reversed, nobody here at slashdot would have a problem. "Oh yay! People hate Microsoft, here's proof"
Surprise, a lot of us use Microsoft products, and are HAPPY with what we have. I'm not going to cheer for the downfall of Microsoft simply because they're at the top of the hill right now or it's popular to do so.
What is my position on the survey? It is by no means a work of art, but it hardly seems biased. The questions deal with Micosoft's monopoly status, as well it's competition, and whether the government should regulate the computer industry.
Surprise surprise. A newsbit is released where someone doesn't bash Microsoft, and they're automaticly labeled by Slashdot as sellouts and fakers.
Of course if they released a survey making Linux look "leet" then they would be praised for singing the holy truth.
Please, give me a break, get a clue. Not everyone sees the world black and white like you. If you wish to report news, at least make an attempt to do so in a mildly unbiased manner. Post an article, write a summary about it, but don't include idiotic comments to herd readers into one particular direction.
Unless of course you believe Slashdot readers are incapable of forming their own opinion.
Why reverse engineer existing software and protocols? The Open Source community styles itself as the most talented as well as innovative group of programmers ever to assemble.
Why copycat evil closed source software as opposed to creating your own open standards?
If the Open Source community really is all that it says it is, banning of reverse engineering should be no problem. You have numerous open tools, numerous open protocols, make your own software and be happy. Otherwise complaining about Microsoft's lack of innovation is simply hypocritical.
Now Slashdot and a lot of other "news" sites have put a completely single sided spin on this story. Personally I hate to jump on the bandwagon before being informed of _both_ sides of the issue.
Many DVD playing software exists on the Win32 platform due to developers paying the $5000 (I believe?) licensing fee to develop a _legal_ software dvd player. Why has no Linux organization attempted to do the same? Redhat, Caldera, Corel, or any number of organizations could've coughed up the licensing fee and created their own dvd playing software.
Why go in such a roundabout manner, fighting with the DVD industry and possibly slowing down development of projects such as DVD Audio?
Flame away, but it just seems extremely strange to me to make an enemy of the DVD industry over a measly $5000
Wow that's interesting, so because I use a Office Suite or a Browser I consider to be superior, I am stupid? Wow, thanks a lot bud, once again showing that...
Wow, another snippy comment about Microsoft. One might wonder if the Slashdot editorial crew has some unresolved freudian windows-envy. Why would the NSA tell CNN of a system crash? More bogus news for the sake of a microsoft quip. Get real.
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Scared by a keyboard, now there's something you don't see everyday.
Of course, if this was a Linux keyboard with seventeen such keys which range from recompiling your kernel incorrectly, to popping up echoed "M$ suckz" ego boosting messages, it would be deemed "very neat" by the Slashdot Editorial crew
And most of the ignorant Microsoft haters will refuse to buy it, regardless of it's quality. Oh nice "M$" abbreviation, surely you're setting an original trend with that one. Open source, closed minds, we are Slashdot
Demons of Redmond..wow..the maturity level of slashdot submissions never cease to amaze me.
Actually, several of my friends from irc did manage to get the CIH virus. They did not scan their computers on the eve before Chernobyl's anniversery, and paid for that mistake with their motherboards.
As for viruses and Linux... there are no(few) viruses for Linux simply because nobody cares. Look at Linux's market share. If you plan to wreak some havoc by writing and distributing a virus, would you go after the 90% market or the 5% market? If linux gains more popularity, then virii will indeed start popping up.
Um since when were limit breaks cheats? And all the components for weapon construction i.e. Lionheart, were easily obtainable during the course of the game
Great, now Plextor (The undisputed king of SCSI cdroms) will sue their asses off ;)
Uhh the last boss in FF8? Piece of cake, simply obtain the Gilgamesh card and turn it into 100 holy war drinks. Won't even get scratched. Like the previous poster said, FF games are only as hard as you want them to be. Oh and as for any "super overly-powerful attack" Squall's limit can do some 200,000+ damage So can Zell's Selphie has "The End" etc..etc..
Skyshadow, you might want to look into Terminal Services. I administer my Win2K box quite well remotely.
First off, Conference Room runs on several operating systems, Linux included.
Personally I had some experience with it several years ago. It was fairly decent, even though I preffer dalnet ircd, CR easily has all the options one might need to setup a irc server.
The problem here was simply shoddy administration.
That particular nickname should've been reserved (not just registered) it apparently was not. It's not a fault of the software, but of the people planning the event.
Oh and lastly, "security by immaturity" is not a valid "Right" in my book. I wonder if you would feel amused if someone hacked root on your box, sent you a console message of "YOU HAVE AN EXPLOIT!" and then proceeded to rm -rf /
Wouldn't that be a gas? I'm sure it would.
Uhh I'm being paid for stating my pro-microsoft opinion? Gee whiz. Let me know when my check comes in.
There's a major diffrence between Microsoft and Slashdot. One is a software company, it is expected for them to tout their products.
Much like Redhat is expected to do the same
On the other hand Slashdot is a news site. It is their obligation according to journalism ethics to report in an unbiased fashion. Or at the very least make an attempt.
There is no attempt here, it is simply blatant bashing. There is no discussion on why Linux is "better" then Windows 2000. It is simply "Microsoft sucks, Linux r00lz"
How can Slashdot accuse ZDNet, Cnet, Mindcraft, etc of bias when Slashdot itself doesn't hold it's own standards for reporting? Hypocrasy? I think so.
Linux by the way is not a zero-cost os. It is only Zero-cost if you happen to be one of those lucky people with a fast speed connection to the internet. The rest buy commercial distributions or from sites like cheapbytes. Obviously Redhat, VA, and many other companies are sitting on a large pile of cash, let them do their own advertising and let Slashdot report news in a proffesional manner.
Why don't I go read zdnet or cnet? Do you run away when things aren't to your liking? Or do you stay and try to do something about it?
Oh and hey, if you have a problem reading my "pissing and moaning", don't. You have the "choice" to ignore it. Move on to the "Linux is 31337" thread.
Is it a crime to hold an anti-MS opinion? Not at all. Is it a crime for a news site to spew out obviously biased news in an attempt to convert users to Linux? No that's not a crime either, it is however in contradiction with journalism ethics. A news site's obligation is to do it's best to bring unbiased news.
Is it not the Linux slogan to educate people and give them an alternative? Where is the education in blatant one sided reporting?
"Oh, yeah...I'll try out Windows 2000...as soon as they ship it under GPL."
Well, your loss. I for one keep an open mind, and will use whatever works best for me. Whether that's Linux, Solaris, Irix, Windows 2000, BeOS, or another product.
Open source. Closed minds. We are Slashdot.
Well I've used Windows 2000 and Linux both. I can tell you right off the bat that as a workstation, Linux can't even hold a candle to Windows 2000's offering.
As a server, that may be another story. I haven't run a full fledged webserver on 2000 so I can't honestly comment. IIS is serving up my personal webpages fine however. Not to make a slight against Apache which I like a lot, but IIS 5 is _VERY_ easy to use, as well as highly configurable.
This whole stream of stories is typical Slashdot anti-MS propoganda. The funniest thing is the Linux slogan. "It's all about choice" how amusing it is to see Slashdot reporting present a one sided story to entice the reader not to try Windows 2000, but to use Linux.
Slashdot bashed ZDNet, Cnet, etc for posting positive Windows 2000 reviews. At least those news companies are making an attempt at presenting both sides, they also tout linux from time to time.. Here at Slashdot you're only shown one side.
Choice my ass, Linux activists only believe in allowing people one choice - Linux
Wow, is it me or is Slashdot launching a anti-Win2K news campaign right before it's release? And here I thought only Microsoft was capable of FUD. Congratulations on proving me wrong. So are all these news articles paid for by VA? How about posting some positive Win2K articles without any sarcastic quip from the "reporter"? Oh that's right, Slashdot is commited to herding it's readers into one particular direction. How silly of me to believe that even a remote attempt at unbiased reporting could happen here.
1 hour huh? Wow not bad, care to guess how long it takes to do so in windows 2000?
1. Open network properties for the connection you wish to share
2. Click "share"
3. Start up ICS service
1 hour? Try 1 minute.
Typo on the first part "commercial unixes" not linuxes :\
Uh excuse me? How is Windows catching up to Linux? First off ftp, telnet, and web server software is hardly linux centric, they were present in commercial linuxes before Linux ever existed.
IIS was also present in NT4, as well as telnet server which was present in NT services for Unix.
So I guess when Linux distributions included those particular tools they were playing catchup to commercial Unices?
Secondly, how are these tools inferior to the *NIX versions? An arguement can be based on the telnet portion, but IIS? Give me a break. Apache is a great tool, but IIS is no slouch either.
Why not mention the tools which Win2K has and Linux does not? MMC? Best web browser on the market? Easy to setup Internet connection sharing? Those ring any bell?
The majority of the questions deal with whether the government should regulate computer companies. Microsoft is in the biggest spotlight right now. I fail to see why any of the questions posted are biased.
Or is it the results that you have a problem with? I'm sure if they were reversed, nobody here at slashdot would have a problem. "Oh yay! People hate Microsoft, here's proof"
Surprise, a lot of us use Microsoft products, and are HAPPY with what we have. I'm not going to cheer for the downfall of Microsoft simply because they're at the top of the hill right now or it's popular to do so.
What is my position on the survey? It is by no means a work of art, but it hardly seems biased. The questions deal with Micosoft's monopoly status, as well it's competition, and whether the government should regulate the computer industry.
Nothing screams "BOUGHT BY MICROSOFT" at me.
Enjoy
Surprise surprise. A newsbit is released where someone doesn't bash Microsoft, and they're automaticly labeled by Slashdot as sellouts and fakers.
Of course if they released a survey making Linux look "leet" then they would be praised for singing the holy truth.
Please, give me a break, get a clue. Not everyone sees the world black and white like you. If you wish to report news, at least make an attempt to do so in a mildly unbiased manner. Post an article, write a summary about it, but don't include idiotic comments to herd readers into one particular direction.
Unless of course you believe Slashdot readers are incapable of forming their own opinion.
Open source. Closed minds. We are Slashdot.
Why reverse engineer existing software and protocols? The Open Source community styles itself as the most talented as well as innovative group of programmers ever to assemble.
Why copycat evil closed source software as opposed to creating your own open standards?
If the Open Source community really is all that it says it is, banning of reverse engineering should be no problem. You have numerous open tools, numerous open protocols, make your own software and be happy. Otherwise complaining about Microsoft's lack of innovation is simply hypocritical.
Now Slashdot and a lot of other "news" sites have put a completely single sided spin on this story. Personally I hate to jump on the bandwagon before being informed of _both_ sides of the issue.
Many DVD playing software exists on the Win32 platform due to developers paying the $5000 (I believe?) licensing fee to develop a _legal_ software dvd player. Why has no Linux organization attempted to do the same? Redhat, Caldera, Corel, or any number of organizations could've coughed up the licensing fee and created their own dvd playing software.
Why go in such a roundabout manner, fighting with the DVD industry and possibly slowing down development of projects such as DVD Audio?
Flame away, but it just seems extremely strange to me to make an enemy of the DVD industry over a measly $5000
Wow that's interesting, so because I use a Office Suite or a Browser I consider to be superior, I am stupid? Wow, thanks a lot bud, once again showing that...
Open source. Closed minds. We are Slashdot.
Wow, another snippy comment about Microsoft. One might wonder if the Slashdot editorial crew has some unresolved freudian windows-envy. Why would the NSA tell CNN of a system crash? More bogus news for the sake of a microsoft quip. Get real.
Both obviously