First, the article has so many grammatical errors, that it's laughable.
Secondly, all it's talking about is a hidden directory. That's a pretty pathetic attempt at "hiding" the software, and I can't imagine any functioning rootkit would rely on something this simple (and easily bypass-able). My "Windows API" as this article calls Explorer, is already set to view hidden folders. Not a big deal. Just another checkbox.
This article is retarded (in the way a 12 year old would use the word "retarded"), and Slashdot is retarded for posting it.
Wrong. The issue with Wal-Mart are the assholes who continue to shop there. The issue with Wal-Mart is that people want their "low low prices" no matter what. Labor unions have never, in the past 50 years, done anything remotely beneficial for any employees. If a Wal-Mart store unionizes, they fire all of the employees, and hire all new ones. There are usually legions of people gunning for those low-paying, low-requirement jobs.
Good for them. I hope they win. There really are more important things in life than squeezing the last nickel out of everybody. Basic human dignity is one of them. There's no dignity in having a boss or a government agency knowing exactly where you are every second you're at work. That's going too far.
What is this? This looks like a random blog entry from some random, anonymous person with no references to any actual reporting, whatsoever. What a shitty Slashdot "article".
And if your company is big enough that you are modifying tons of programs then don't you have legal department with an army of high priced lawyers who would love to do nothing else but make sure you dotted all your i's and crossed your t's when it comes to the licenses? Maybe I missed something.
You're missing the point that lawyers aren't free. Lawyers cost more than software developers.
Exactly. To say, "eh, they're all the same, just share" is complete and utter bullshit. There absolutely is a cost involved to analyzing all of these different licensing agreements.
What is more difficult and expensive? Reading, understanding and adhering to any of a number of open-source licenses and keeping track of what you're using and what practices you need to follow to use them for free -- or investing a lot of R&D and development and Q&A time for your own proprietary stuff?
Oh, nice FUD. It's more like, if you're serious about following the letter of the law, hiring a lawyer to read and interpret, or buying something off-the-shelf that you know is *not* licensed for you to use/re-package, blah, blah, blah. If you're developing software, then you DO have to know how all of the bits and pieces you use work together from a legal standpoint, otherwise there will be a horde of OSS fanboys down your throat trying to tear apart your company at the slightest perceived infringement.
Based on what I've seen from H1-B's, even if India does manage to implement some nation-wide data format standard, I'll wager it won't be implemented correctly in most cases (thus requiring an expensive re-write after the fact).
This message is brought to you by "LNUX": A company that has nothing to do with "Linux" anymore, and has only made money by selling off pieces of itself. (Slashdot is owned by Sourceforge, which used to be VA Linux, etc.).
In other words, changing their ticker name to "JAVA" doesn't necessarily bode well.
If we had a smart government and populace, the government wouldn't have anything to do with cable TV. It's not a public utility, it's not using public property like the phone company, and it's in no way necessary to anybody's well being (I'd say it's actually detrimental). Why do you thing further government intervention into private business is a good thing?
Actually, it's easier to just own a car that you don't car about being stolen. After all, there is car insurance. If someone steals my car.... eh. It'll be a pain in the ass a little bit because I've got some stuff in there that lives in there (but shouldn't), but so what? It's simply not worth it to have to deal with electronics that break, batteries that die, etc. A mechanical key works just fine, and is cheaper, and less likely to malfunction.
Slashdot is "news for nerds". There are a lot of other kinds of nerds and nerd interests than just tech stuff (which I happen find incredibly boring). There are biology nerds, mechanic nerds, plumbing nerds, etc.
What's the point of your post? Are you the God of Telecommunications, so whatever you say goes? I don't understand what you want in a phone service and the price you're willing to pay has to do with the price of tea in China.
It's called a dualopoly. That's why Intel only reacts to AMD only reacts to Intel. If it were a monopoly, then we'd be paying $500 for Pentium Pro's or whatever Intel felt like selling. Be happy there are at least two companies in the PC chip making business.
I'm completely surprised that you, as an independent movie fan, were disappointed in BLOCKBUSTER'S selection of movies. You'd think that a company like BLOCKBUSTER would carry tons of indie flicks... right?
Dude, the name of the company is "Blockbuster". What did you think you were going to get... the Criterion Collection guaranteed always in stock?
Are you disappointed or surprised when you go into Wal-Mart, and they don't have the kind of Gruyère that you're accustomed to?
More telling is that people willing PAY for Windows, even though they know that Linux is free (I'm one of them). Awareness of Linux is certainly up, even though usage (on the desktop) is still as negligible as it has been for the past decade. It can be said that Linux makers literally cannot give it away. That says even more about Linux than many people would like to admit.
Exactly. That's why PC sales are in the toilet. Nobody upgrades their machines 3 times in 5 years any more. There's no real reason to for most people. If you're replacing a PC 3 times within 5 years, either you really need to find a better manufacturer, or you have money to burn, in which case, the price of multiple OEM copies is negligible.
You mean the skill that's even more useless in the real world, unless you're a wrench monkey at the local mechanic shop?
Fixing two stroke engines allows somebody to fix pumps, generators, all kinds of transportation vehicles, all kinds of agricultural tools, and countless other things. It's a useful skill. Changing out a motherboard is a hobby. Hell, you have to be in a large city to even be able to buy a motherboard. Buy new motherboard. Unplug old one. Unscrew. Screw in new one. Attach wires. What's the point of that? That's an utterly useless skill for 99.999% of all people on the planet, I would guess.
Now you've really lost me? Agriculture? You mean the thing that, since the Great Depression, is so worthless that it survives only by government subsidies? And where you need a damn big farm to even be able to afford the equipment, even with government subsidies?
You're talking about the United States. None of these little gadgets are being shipped or sold in the US, last time I checked. They're for developing countries, where people actually grow food, and where millions of people every day go hungry.
You're talking about some high-tech shangri-la where motherboards are on every corner, and every kid becomes some kind of high tech engineer. These computers are for dirt farmers. These are for the people who actually *grow* the food that you eat at Whole Foods while working on your $2000 laptop, sipping a latte. Jesus, get some perspective. Most people in the world are not nearly as fortunate as you are.
I don't see how replacing a motherboard is in any way, shape, or form a useful skill for anybody who is not a screwdriver monkey in a local PC shop. Now, if this thing taught kids to repair two-stroke engines, or basic agriculture, that would be impressive (and useful).
No, he's saying that the OSS zealots should stop acting like whiny children. Some of the stuff I read from the OSS camp is embarrassingly juvenile to such an extent that it's a real turn off. I don't care if somebody has an OSS app that spits gold out of my CD Rom drive, I'm not working with some jerk who writes stuff like "M$".
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First, the article has so many grammatical errors, that it's laughable.
Secondly, all it's talking about is a hidden directory. That's a pretty pathetic attempt at "hiding" the software, and I can't imagine any functioning rootkit would rely on something this simple (and easily bypass-able). My "Windows API" as this article calls Explorer, is already set to view hidden folders. Not a big deal. Just another checkbox.
This article is retarded (in the way a 12 year old would use the word "retarded"), and Slashdot is retarded for posting it.
Wrong. The issue with Wal-Mart are the assholes who continue to shop there. The issue with Wal-Mart is that people want their "low low prices" no matter what. Labor unions have never, in the past 50 years, done anything remotely beneficial for any employees. If a Wal-Mart store unionizes, they fire all of the employees, and hire all new ones. There are usually legions of people gunning for those low-paying, low-requirement jobs.
That's a neat idea. The driver and/or the cab companies should be able to decide whether to offer such a service or not. NOT the government.
Good for them. I hope they win. There really are more important things in life than squeezing the last nickel out of everybody. Basic human dignity is one of them. There's no dignity in having a boss or a government agency knowing exactly where you are every second you're at work. That's going too far.
What is this? This looks like a random blog entry from some random, anonymous person with no references to any actual reporting, whatsoever. What a shitty Slashdot "article".
And if your company is big enough that you are modifying tons of programs then don't you have legal department with an army of high priced lawyers who would love to do nothing else but make sure you dotted all your i's and crossed your t's when it comes to the licenses? Maybe I missed something.
You're missing the point that lawyers aren't free. Lawyers cost more than software developers.
Exactly. To say, "eh, they're all the same, just share" is complete and utter bullshit. There absolutely is a cost involved to analyzing all of these different licensing agreements.
What is more difficult and expensive? Reading, understanding and adhering to any of a number of open-source licenses and keeping track of what you're using and what practices you need to follow to use them for free -- or investing a lot of R&D and development and Q&A time for your own proprietary stuff?
Oh, nice FUD. It's more like, if you're serious about following the letter of the law, hiring a lawyer to read and interpret, or buying something off-the-shelf that you know is *not* licensed for you to use/re-package, blah, blah, blah. If you're developing software, then you DO have to know how all of the bits and pieces you use work together from a legal standpoint, otherwise there will be a horde of OSS fanboys down your throat trying to tear apart your company at the slightest perceived infringement.
Based on what I've seen from H1-B's, even if India does manage to implement some nation-wide data format standard, I'll wager it won't be implemented correctly in most cases (thus requiring an expensive re-write after the fact).
This message is brought to you by "LNUX": A company that has nothing to do with "Linux" anymore, and has only made money by selling off pieces of itself. (Slashdot is owned by Sourceforge, which used to be VA Linux, etc.).
In other words, changing their ticker name to "JAVA" doesn't necessarily bode well.
If we had a smart government and populace, the government wouldn't have anything to do with cable TV. It's not a public utility, it's not using public property like the phone company, and it's in no way necessary to anybody's well being (I'd say it's actually detrimental). Why do you thing further government intervention into private business is a good thing?
Actually, it's easier to just own a car that you don't car about being stolen. After all, there is car insurance. If someone steals my car.... eh. It'll be a pain in the ass a little bit because I've got some stuff in there that lives in there (but shouldn't), but so what? It's simply not worth it to have to deal with electronics that break, batteries that die, etc. A mechanical key works just fine, and is cheaper, and less likely to malfunction.
Slashdot is "news for nerds". There are a lot of other kinds of nerds and nerd interests than just tech stuff (which I happen find incredibly boring). There are biology nerds, mechanic nerds, plumbing nerds, etc.
Here's what I want:
Unlimited telephone calls for $10/month.
There. I win.
What's the point of your post? Are you the God of Telecommunications, so whatever you say goes? I don't understand what you want in a phone service and the price you're willing to pay has to do with the price of tea in China.
Do your part as a consumer: Buy the games you want, regardless of rating.
It's called a dualopoly. That's why Intel only reacts to AMD only reacts to Intel. If it were a monopoly, then we'd be paying $500 for Pentium Pro's or whatever Intel felt like selling. Be happy there are at least two companies in the PC chip making business.
I'm completely surprised that you, as an independent movie fan, were disappointed in BLOCKBUSTER'S selection of movies. You'd think that a company like BLOCKBUSTER would carry tons of indie flicks... right?
Dude, the name of the company is "Blockbuster". What did you think you were going to get... the Criterion Collection guaranteed always in stock?
Are you disappointed or surprised when you go into Wal-Mart, and they don't have the kind of Gruyère that you're accustomed to?
More telling is that people willing PAY for Windows, even though they know that Linux is free (I'm one of them). Awareness of Linux is certainly up, even though usage (on the desktop) is still as negligible as it has been for the past decade. It can be said that Linux makers literally cannot give it away. That says even more about Linux than many people would like to admit.
And people seem to be switching, however slowly.
I can't seem to find any stats right now, but I don't remember ever seeing any statistics that shows Linux usage growing on the desktop.
Exactly. That's why PC sales are in the toilet. Nobody upgrades their machines 3 times in 5 years any more. There's no real reason to for most people. If you're replacing a PC 3 times within 5 years, either you really need to find a better manufacturer, or you have money to burn, in which case, the price of multiple OEM copies is negligible.
This dumb Windows user uses sftp to connect to all of his servers. I don't know where you're trying to go with this troll...
You mean the skill that's even more useless in the real world, unless you're a wrench monkey at the local mechanic shop?
Fixing two stroke engines allows somebody to fix pumps, generators, all kinds of transportation vehicles, all kinds of agricultural tools, and countless other things. It's a useful skill. Changing out a motherboard is a hobby. Hell, you have to be in a large city to even be able to buy a motherboard. Buy new motherboard. Unplug old one. Unscrew. Screw in new one. Attach wires. What's the point of that? That's an utterly useless skill for 99.999% of all people on the planet, I would guess.
Now you've really lost me? Agriculture? You mean the thing that, since the Great Depression, is so worthless that it survives only by government subsidies? And where you need a damn big farm to even be able to afford the equipment, even with government subsidies?
You're talking about the United States. None of these little gadgets are being shipped or sold in the US, last time I checked. They're for developing countries, where people actually grow food, and where millions of people every day go hungry.
You're talking about some high-tech shangri-la where motherboards are on every corner, and every kid becomes some kind of high tech engineer. These computers are for dirt farmers. These are for the people who actually *grow* the food that you eat at Whole Foods while working on your $2000 laptop, sipping a latte. Jesus, get some perspective. Most people in the world are not nearly as fortunate as you are.
I don't see how replacing a motherboard is in any way, shape, or form a useful skill for anybody who is not a screwdriver monkey in a local PC shop. Now, if this thing taught kids to repair two-stroke engines, or basic agriculture, that would be impressive (and useful).
So tell me, what the heck are you doing *here*? =]
The same reason that people smoke... bad habit!
No, he's saying that the OSS zealots should stop acting like whiny children. Some of the stuff I read from the OSS camp is embarrassingly juvenile to such an extent that it's a real turn off. I don't care if somebody has an OSS app that spits gold out of my CD Rom drive, I'm not working with some jerk who writes stuff like "M$".