When the 6502 was a hot processor, Woz was a pretty fair hack electrical engineer. Running the video off the CPU was a cute trick. But he hasn't had anything relevant to say about computers in a very long, long time.
At first I thought "Well duh!"; but then I realised that I qualify, too. I use a great firewall (Tiny Personal) which has both incoming and outgoing blocked, and I keep careful track of what apps are allowed to get in or out, and what ports they're doing it on, and what IP addresses they're talking to. I don't allow "automatic updates" on anything. I've used Netscape or Mozilla for browsing and mail since the browser wars began. I don't run exe's from my mailbox, and I don't use warez.
But I don't use anti-virus software. They slow down my system, eat too much memory, are reactive rather than proactive, are nothing more than glorified versions of grep, and in general are only useful as a second line of defense. So I guess that by this articles criteria, I'm not "secure". Oh well.
"But sir, Microsoft donated eleventy zillion dollars to your re-election campaing. And Bill and Melinda had you on their yacht."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Bruce, you're doin' a heckuva job!"
> Surprised they don't have something a little more visible...
I'm sure they'd rather you paid $19.95. Meanwhile, you can get a good look at what you're getting for that, and twenty bucks to get to the forums seems totally fair. A good deal all around
>...The whole "IP IS EVIL, DESTROY IP" slant on Slashdot...
I don't think this is fair. Many us of here are software authors, and I think you'll find that something like 10 to 1 subscribe to the "programming is art" as opposed to the "programming is science" school of thought. Having said that, we know that programmers and authors and artists and musicians are the least likely to profit greatly from the hoardes of money that our products bring. I write a great program, a great song, a great boook, and I make a days pay from the suits who will still be making piles of money on my work long after I'm dead. Clearly there is a great inequity built into the system, which is only aggravated by the zero-cost, zero-effort rquired to make copies of a work. The lesson of Open Source products is that there is no great need for large permanent distribution networks, nor for large marketing campaigns. People will find and use products that are worth finding.
The U.S. government is only trying to protect the children. (CNet story about Bush admin putting a halt to.xxx TLD)
Seriously, if the TLD structure is subject to influence from 6,000 "letters of concern" from the U.S. Christian Right, what is the message to the rest of the world? That's right - "you have every reason to be concerned about sole U.S. control of ICANN".
> The entertainment industry has put itself on the fast-track to destruction
Not a chance. They fought (and survived) through player pianos, sheet music, record players, radio stations, juke boxes and casette tapes. They'll still be around, greedily fighting the direct-neural-interface players 100 years hence.
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When the 6502 was a hot processor, Woz was a pretty fair hack electrical engineer. Running the video off the CPU was a cute trick. But he hasn't had anything relevant to say about computers in a very long, long time.
But I don't use anti-virus software. They slow down my system, eat too much memory, are reactive rather than proactive, are nothing more than glorified versions of grep, and in general are only useful as a second line of defense. So I guess that by this articles criteria, I'm not "secure". Oh well.
"But sir, Microsoft donated eleventy zillion dollars to your re-election campaing. And Bill and Melinda had you on their yacht."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Bruce, you're doin' a heckuva job!"
There are a lot of factory shop floors that could benefit from cheap touch screen input to Linux boxes.
An article posted by Roland Piquepaille with no links back to his site???
WTF? Roland? You feeling OK?
Jeez. How anal. You should take some time and count the flowers.
Perfect response :D
Let me re-word it. "Normal Users" are idiots.
Uhhhhhhhh...
Not to worry, it goes away when you run out of resources.
Well ya. What's your point?
Sauerbraten and sashimi?
I'm sure they'd rather you paid $19.95. Meanwhile, you can get a good look at what you're getting for that, and twenty bucks to get to the forums seems totally fair. A good deal all around
Me, I'll be on the holodeck ;-)
Hey - if Jeff Goldblum can take down an alien mothership with a virus it took him an hour to hack together on his PowerBook - it's credible.
Two weakened giants leaning on each other for support.
I can almost hear the speeches about "...when the musicians control the means of production"...
The next blog entry on a page hit whore's site is ready now, but subscribers can see it early.
They're Intelligently Designed!
I don't think this is fair. Many us of here are software authors, and I think you'll find that something like 10 to 1 subscribe to the "programming is art" as opposed to the "programming is science" school of thought. Having said that, we know that programmers and authors and artists and musicians are the least likely to profit greatly from the hoardes of money that our products bring. I write a great program, a great song, a great boook, and I make a days pay from the suits who will still be making piles of money on my work long after I'm dead. Clearly there is a great inequity built into the system, which is only aggravated by the zero-cost, zero-effort rquired to make copies of a work. The lesson of Open Source products is that there is no great need for large permanent distribution networks, nor for large marketing campaigns. People will find and use products that are worth finding.
Thank goodness everyone speaks English!
Seriously, if the TLD structure is subject to influence from 6,000 "letters of concern" from the U.S. Christian Right, what is the message to the rest of the world? That's right - "you have every reason to be concerned about sole U.S. control of ICANN".
1) Are they certain?
2) What do qbit bytes taste like?
3) So is this cat dead or what?
I hear most of it is going to Ellison's own Diplomas are for losers campaign.
"A rising tide lifts all boats".
Not a chance. They fought (and survived) through player pianos, sheet music, record players, radio stations, juke boxes and casette tapes. They'll still be around, greedily fighting the direct-neural-interface players 100 years hence.