For a second, I picture Bill Gates as the evil, wealthy fat man with hat and moustache, selling equipment to farmers.
The farmers say: "We're tired of your lies. We're tired of you forcing us to pay fees for using your equipment. We want to use our own equipment."
"Hah, you must be joking... I have good relations with the industry, you couldn't even pass a quality test!" (curls moustache while talking and grinning)
Is it just me, or has anybody thought of this image, too?
I've had problems installing and / or running apps in directories with parentheses.
And there we go, the MAIN DIRECTORY for storing the program files uses them! Don't they ever learn? We had the same problems when dealing with Program[INSERT BIG UGLY SPACE HERE]Files. Couldn't PROGRAMS work? And look, it's 8 characters long!
The creation of a do-not-call list article in Canada has run into trouble. Michael Geist's report about the proposal has been effectively destroyed, with exceptions for just about anyone but slashdot. The slashdot editors committee apparently heard from the submitters but refused to listen to reader groups.
Despite your depressing analysis, things are not getting worse.
I live in Mexico, and this year it rained almost everyday, there were a lot of hurricanes hitting our coasts. 20 years ago, the weather wasn't as crazy as it is right now. And by crazy i mean not knowing if we should carry umbrellas, jackets, or loose clothes and sunglasses for tomorrow.
I'm sure this "perfomance tweaker" is nothing but some registry configurations dialog like TweakUI. Actually, I'd expect a program called "TweakVst" or similar to appear in a freeware downloads site a couple of months after Vista is released.
Now, was that so hard? Anyway it seems to me that what they tried to do was keeping oracle compatibility to save a few hours in porting the sytem. Oh well.
You know, I thought newer versions of Operating Systems would be "faster" than the previous because they took more years to develop and optimize...
so then why the all-increasing specs? Is this all just bells and whistles that we could as well do without (98lite, anyone?) I mean, I could understand "1024x768 memory card required", but vector graphics? Gimme a break.
Definitely I think Microsoft has lost ground. Haven't they got anything DECENT to offer?
I read his "strong response", but I'd classify it more as "insulting response".
Here's what *I* would have answered, had I been in his place:
Dear X: Maybe someone put a joke on you, see, I'm the people who lured away X, Y and Z companies away from your proprietary products to replace them with Linux. I'm an open source evangelist as you can see in A, B and C webpages. There I state explicitly that by the time I joined Microsoft, Hell would freeze over. Yes, I hate Microsoft and I think it's pure evil.
Seriously, you need to spend *a bit* more time doing background checks. Hey, you're Microsoft people, you can surely write an automated tool to do a google (oops, MS) search or something.
As I have no personal quarrel against you, I'm not going to insult you, but, seriously, the moment I saw that e-mail I felt outraged and insulted. I really have an urge to tell you one or two things, but I'll spare that - I can just invite you to read my webpages:)
Oh, in case you want a short, concise answer, it's NO, I WILL NOT WORK FOR MICROSOFT. EVER.
Thank you, and have a nice day:)"
PGP signature: blahblahblah.
There ya go, informal but professional. Soft, but strong at the same time.
*ALL*, absolutely *ALL* buffer overflows can end up in code being executed, if the right code is attached to them.
It doesn't matter if it takes 1,000 years to get the right combination of pointers / code / data / etc. A buffer overflow is a buffer overflow. Period.
Buffer overflows aren't very easy to catch, but I thank the guy who discovered it. This way we can make Firefox a more secure browser everytime.
But frankly, I don't know how to feel. Embarrassed because buffer overflows are the result of sloppy buffer programming, or proud because Firefox has much fewer buffer overflows than windows products?
And a one liner doing an ad-hominem attack got a +4 Insightful. Wonderful.
Perhaps you should read the ACTUAL content of his blog, and the responses to it, before criticizing blindly. His point wasn't to advertise his blog, but to show two particular pages in it.
Besides, his point was valid, wasn't it? And it's not the first time someone posts in his blog/journal about Linux not being user-friendly enough. I'd post a link to my/. journal, but I don't want to be accused of "slashvertising".
OSS uses Open Standards. Proprietary software rarely uses them *cough* MSWord *cough*. What this call does, is pushing companies to support open standards in their proprietary products. This means companies will have to actually compete and make better products instead of just keeping the market because the public has no other choice.
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Make sure nobody does the same thing to you.
I prefer visual snooping. It's much more effective :)
"Berkeley was a lot better than junior high school, but it still involved homework, which deep down in my heart I could never believe in."
I hear you. I always avoided homework as much as possible too.
Your comment might be funny, but remember that according to Penn State researchers, too much homerwork can be counterproductive... Reiser might have a point after all.
The emotional maturity of the author seems irrelevant to the benchmarks for the filesystem.
Hey, if the emotional maturity of Bill Gates was related to the quality of his OS, th...
nevermind.
For a second, I picture Bill Gates as the evil, wealthy fat man with hat and moustache, selling equipment to farmers.
The farmers say: "We're tired of your lies. We're tired of you forcing us to pay fees for using your equipment. We want to use our own equipment."
"Hah, you must be joking... I have good relations with the industry, you couldn't even pass a quality test!" (curls moustache while talking and grinning)
Is it just me, or has anybody thought of this image, too?
that if Iraq joins the U.N., they can invade America because it's in posession of "Weapons of Mass Destruction"?
Gee, since when the US became North Korea?
"The Electronic Records Archives. By the same man who gave us the Stealth(TM) aircraft".
Hhmm...
I've had problems installing and / or running apps in directories with parentheses.
And there we go, the MAIN DIRECTORY for storing the program files uses them! Don't they ever learn? We had the same problems when dealing with Program[INSERT BIG UGLY SPACE HERE]Files. Couldn't PROGRAMS work? And look, it's 8 characters long!
Sheesh... (/rant)
screw them BOTH! The bloggers for their idiotic racist comments, _AND_ the govt for controlling freedom of speech.
Ta-da, problem solved.
NEXT!
Here's a link I found on google, entitled "WiMAX News, Events and Training"
http://www.intel.com/netcomms/events/wimax.htm
Rephrasing the submission:
The creation of a do-not-call list article in Canada has run into trouble. Michael Geist's report about the proposal has been effectively destroyed, with exceptions for just about anyone but slashdot. The slashdot editors committee apparently heard from the submitters but refused to listen to reader groups.
Despite your depressing analysis, things are not getting worse.
I live in Mexico, and this year it rained almost everyday, there were a lot of hurricanes hitting our coasts. 20 years ago, the weather wasn't as crazy as it is right now. And by crazy i mean not knowing if we should carry umbrellas, jackets, or loose clothes and sunglasses for tomorrow.
The weather has DEFINITELY changed.
to control the location of future cities?
Just a thought.
If you need to bring down your competitor's network to keep earning money, shouldn't YOU be the one who needs to be brought down?
It just reminds me of microsoft, squashing or buying the competition. I really think such actions should merit a trial on monopolic practices.
I'm sure this "perfomance tweaker" is nothing but some registry configurations dialog like TweakUI. Actually, I'd expect a program called "TweakVst" or similar to appear in a freeware downloads site a couple of months after Vista is released.
They:
Oracle database, Windows operating system, Unix hardware and an Apache webserver
Mine:
MySQL database, WindowsXP OS, Apache 2.
OR: MySQL, Linux, Apache 1
Now, was that so hard? Anyway it seems to me that what they tried to do was keeping oracle compatibility to save a few hours in porting the sytem. Oh well.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is classified in Japan as "for kids". A very strange world we live in.
You know, I thought newer versions of Operating Systems would be "faster" than the previous because they took more years to develop and optimize...
so then why the all-increasing specs? Is this all just bells and whistles that we could as well do without (98lite, anyone?) I mean, I could understand "1024x768 memory card required", but vector graphics? Gimme a break.
Definitely I think Microsoft has lost ground. Haven't they got anything DECENT to offer?
Dude, I don't know why you spent $1 on ET. You could've always downloaded an emulator...
:)
I mean, if a game can be called ABANDONware, it's ET, right?
Who is Zonk and why is he a mod?
/. poll about it? :)
That's one of the great mysteries of the universe. Why not post a
I read his "strong response", but I'd classify it more as "insulting response".
:)
:)"
Here's what *I* would have answered, had I been in his place:
Dear X: Maybe someone put a joke on you, see, I'm the people who lured away X, Y and Z companies away from your proprietary products to replace them with Linux. I'm an open source evangelist as you can see in A, B and C webpages. There I state explicitly that by the time I joined Microsoft, Hell would freeze over. Yes, I hate Microsoft and I think it's pure evil.
Seriously, you need to spend *a bit* more time doing background checks. Hey, you're Microsoft people, you can surely write an automated tool to do a google (oops, MS) search or something.
As I have no personal quarrel against you, I'm not going to insult you, but, seriously, the moment I saw that e-mail I felt outraged and insulted. I really have an urge to tell you one or two things, but I'll spare that - I can just invite you to read my webpages
Oh, in case you want a short, concise answer, it's NO, I WILL NOT WORK FOR MICROSOFT. EVER.
Thank you, and have a nice day
PGP signature: blahblahblah.
There ya go, informal but professional. Soft, but strong at the same time.
*ALL*, absolutely *ALL* buffer overflows can end up in code being executed, if the right code is attached to them.
It doesn't matter if it takes 1,000 years to get the right combination of pointers / code / data / etc. A buffer overflow is a buffer overflow. Period.
From TFA:
"The security vulnerability is a buffer overflow"
Buffer overflows aren't very easy to catch, but I thank the guy who discovered it. This way we can make Firefox a more secure browser everytime.
But frankly, I don't know how to feel. Embarrassed because buffer overflows are the result of sloppy buffer programming, or proud because Firefox has much fewer buffer overflows than windows products?
And a one liner doing an ad-hominem attack got a +4 Insightful. Wonderful.
/. journal, but I don't want to be accused of "slashvertising".
Perhaps you should read the ACTUAL content of his blog, and the responses to it, before criticizing blindly. His point wasn't to advertise his blog, but to show two particular pages in it.
Besides, his point was valid, wasn't it? And it's not the first time someone posts in his blog/journal about Linux not being user-friendly enough. I'd post a link to my
Well, we can infer:
Open Standards != OSS.
However,
OSS uses Open Standards. Proprietary software rarely uses them *cough* MSWord *cough*. What this call does, is pushing companies to support open standards in their proprietary products. This means companies will have to actually compete and make better products instead of just keeping the market because the public has no other choice.
Either they do that, or face extinction.