The problem is that many people actually do not have access to such software, usually sold at exorbitant prices.
The same goes with movies and music. Where I live, classics such as Coltrane and Miles Davis cost more than newer pop releases, which cost a fortune on their own.
TV shows such as the Daily Show, Chappelle show, and the Simpsons (amongst a host of others) is not shown on TV in many countries. There is no other way to get access to these shows except with torrents.
Say what you will, BitTorrent, and P2P, bridge a gap, between the haves and the have-nots.
Youceff is dead too, thanks to a raid by the French police. Phoenix torrents has killed itself.
LokiTorrent is still around, but who knows for how long?
Interestingly, Suprnova posted torrents for Firefox, Thunderbird and other legal software. They helped share the load for legal software developers, regardless of what warez was shared by their users.
More often than not, it is indeed the user where the vulnerability lies.
There are many Windows users without XP SP2 who have survived increasingly larger, smarter and faster virii and worm attacks, because they know how to secure their PC.
Software can only do so much. That being said, Mozilla makes darn good software. I'm waiting for 1.8 final.
Hell, considering the number of users and errors, I think Firefox is actually doing pretty bad with its recent exploits, compared to IE, which has perhaps hundreds of millions of users.
If only the number of users correlated in anyway to the vulnerability of a certain piece of software.
It's a given that Firefox does and will have bugs. Nothing is perfect. The most important question is not how many bugs there are, or how many exploits there are for a certain product.
The real question is: how dangerous are the bugs and exploits found in Firefox when compared to those in IE?
Firefox is a stripped-down version of SeaMonkey in the sense that it is a browser through and through, instead of being a web application suite.
I do not believe there is much of a difference in bloat between Mozilla and Firefox, if one were to do a comparison between the browser component of Seamonkey and Firefox itself.
Then again, only a small minority use Seamonkey now, as the focus has shifted to Firefox. I, myself, am an avid Seamonkey user, simply because Firefox is IMO a bit too dumbed down for me, or at least it gives me that feeling.
That, my friend, is called an (X/D)HTML renderer, not a browser.
A web browser, by definition, helps you browse web sites, not only view HTML pages.
Tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, themes and skins, etc., just make the whole browsing experience a lot more pleasurable.
Re:URL is same, with ?complete=1?
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Perhaps, but unlikely. here's why:
As you type, they give you a predetermined list, which continues to contract as you type. This can be done via Javascript.
All they have to do is index popular searches, and then run the less popular searches via their servers. The indexed popular searches would be basically dumped to your browser for your browser to handle.
In fact, from what I've seen using the JS Debugger, this is exactly what it does (note: try following the sendRPCDone function in ac.js)
Interestingly, BitTorrent sites, such as Suprnova and LokiTorrent, were hit with massive DDoS attacks this week, just after Lycos started their ScreenDoSer effort.
It wouldn't be a surprise if the spammers re-directed their sites to the trackers, as both Suprnova and Lokitorrent had torrents for the screensaver. At the current time, it is still unknown who was behind it.
The phone is the only way to be sure you're actually talking to the correct person.
I wonder what Mitnick would have to say about that.
However, this is not only in Korea. I live in Hong Kong, and essentially all casual communication is done via SMS (which is extremely cheap here) or IM (ICQ being the favorite of the various messengers).
Could this ever be included in the Sun's Java SDK or JRE/JVM?
It uses a BSD-style license, so it should be fine. Schwartz and McNealy claim to be open-source friendly. And given that it improves development for Java, would Sun consider adding it to their Java, in some form? This would definitely put it over.NET, IMO.
I have had the "privilege" of working with Sendmail. It is indeed a nightmare to work with especially for newcomers.
However, like MySQL vs PostGRE, even though PostGRE is by far the best DB system out there (at least in my opinion), people are reluctant to change from using MySQL, even with licensing issues. This is because the system works and they feel no need, no pressure to change the status quo, in case things fail. This "if it aint broke, don't fix it" attitude will ensure that Sendmail, even with all its complexities, will be a, if not the, major player in the MTA market.
Software inertia exists until and unless there is a major reason to shift positions. IE is losing ground because of public notification of its fallacies. There is a shift to.NET and Java, even though C and C++ are still extremely relevant, and this is due to the features offered by the two languages, for both developers and users.
Postfix may yet be the MTA of choice across *nix systems, but if and only if there is a force driving this change.
There he is a fellow. A tad different from an executive.
Yes, he is a fellow. But his job is to lead the development of Linux, and will help to set the direction and initiatives of the OSDL. As such, he is an executive of sorts.
I probably belong to the minority of people who prefer SeaMonkey over Firefox, even though I've tried Firefox 1.0 final.
I sincerely hope that Mozilla.org does not stop supporting the suite, as most of the users of the suite have been Mozilla supporters far longer than the current influx of Firefox fans. Hopefully, our dedication in testing would convince them that seamonkey is just as important as Firefox.
That was Akamai's caching system that was running on Linux.
What is interesting is that because Microsoft's code is closed, they could be violating a lot of patents and no one outside the organization would know.
Linux's openness is the reason there is a target on Tux's back. Of course, Linus and Morton have said they will re-code if they have to to avoid patent issues, if and when they come up.
I wonder if Google could come up with a way to see if anyone is violating any patents. It would be an extremely useful tool, and a lot of corporations would buy such a tool.
Indeed it is, and it would encourage others to make that shift too.
But rather than the shift to open source, this is more encouraging to me:
"With regards to open standards, Haarlem has decided that all new software purchases must use open standards, such as XML."
With a shift to open standards, what would Europe's governments do if Microsoft did indeed launch an IP battle against OSS products?
If you live under a rock, Strong Bad is freakin' awesome.
If you live under a rock, anything is freakin' awesome.
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perhaps, but, here we go again:
10months * 1000songs/day = ~300,000
Even if we take the most liberal estimate, that would make it 600,000 (assuming he meant 1xxx songs a day). This leaves about 300,000 songs unaccounted for.
Given that the average album contains 12-15 songs, that's easily 20,000 albums....odd
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The problem is that many people actually do not have access to such software, usually sold at exorbitant prices.
The same goes with movies and music. Where I live, classics such as Coltrane and Miles Davis cost more than newer pop releases, which cost a fortune on their own.
TV shows such as the Daily Show, Chappelle show, and the Simpsons (amongst a host of others) is not shown on TV in many countries. There is no other way to get access to these shows except with torrents.
Say what you will, BitTorrent, and P2P, bridge a gap, between the haves and the have-nots.
Youceff is dead too, thanks to a raid by the French police. Phoenix torrents has killed itself.
LokiTorrent is still around, but who knows for how long?
Interestingly, Suprnova posted torrents for Firefox, Thunderbird and other legal software. They helped share the load for legal software developers, regardless of what warez was shared by their users.
All these sites will be sorely missed by many.
More often than not, it is indeed the user where the vulnerability lies.
There are many Windows users without XP SP2 who have survived increasingly larger, smarter and faster virii and worm attacks, because they know how to secure their PC.
Software can only do so much. That being said, Mozilla makes darn good software. I'm waiting for 1.8 final.
Hell, considering the number of users and errors, I think Firefox is actually doing pretty bad with its recent exploits, compared to IE, which has perhaps hundreds of millions of users.
If only the number of users correlated in anyway to the vulnerability of a certain piece of software.
It's a given that Firefox does and will have bugs. Nothing is perfect. The most important question is not how many bugs there are, or how many exploits there are for a certain product.
The real question is: how dangerous are the bugs and exploits found in Firefox when compared to those in IE?
Firefox is a stripped-down version of SeaMonkey in the sense that it is a browser through and through, instead of being a web application suite.
I do not believe there is much of a difference in bloat between Mozilla and Firefox, if one were to do a comparison between the browser component of Seamonkey and Firefox itself.
Then again, only a small minority use Seamonkey now, as the focus has shifted to Firefox. I, myself, am an avid Seamonkey user, simply because Firefox is IMO a bit too dumbed down for me, or at least it gives me that feeling.
That, my friend, is called an (X/D)HTML renderer, not a browser.
A web browser, by definition, helps you browse web sites, not only view HTML pages.
Tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, themes and skins, etc., just make the whole browsing experience a lot more pleasurable.
Perhaps, but unlikely. here's why: As you type, they give you a predetermined list, which continues to contract as you type. This can be done via Javascript.
All they have to do is index popular searches, and then run the less popular searches via their servers. The indexed popular searches would be basically dumped to your browser for your browser to handle.
In fact, from what I've seen using the JS Debugger, this is exactly what it does (note: try following the sendRPCDone function in ac.js)
My mistake. I meant this:
.NET) for Windows.
Of course, no true nix-geek would touch it in 2004: it was written in VB5.5 (not even 6 or
I went back to the article to re-check that it was actually VB5.5.
He should opensource this vote-flipping program.
.NET) for Windows, in 2004. /shudders
Of course, no true nix-geek would touch it: it was written in VB5.5 (not even 6 or
But you'd prefer to allow government officials to keep their positions even if they actually cheated in the elections?
Perhaps the alternative is indeed a civil war. In the long term, how is that worse than a government and nation cheated by the elite few?
Interestingly, BitTorrent sites, such as Suprnova and LokiTorrent, were hit with massive DDoS attacks this week, just after Lycos started their ScreenDoSer effort.
For more: BitTorrent takes a hit from DDoS attacks
It wouldn't be a surprise if the spammers re-directed their sites to the trackers, as both Suprnova and Lokitorrent had torrents for the screensaver. At the current time, it is still unknown who was behind it.
You can still use the "old" ICQ. I'm currently using ICQ 2003b. Even ICQ 2002 works.
Click here to download.
The phone is the only way to be sure you're actually talking to the correct person.
I wonder what Mitnick would have to say about that.
However, this is not only in Korea. I live in Hong Kong, and essentially all casual communication is done via SMS (which is extremely cheap here) or IM (ICQ being the favorite of the various messengers).
More spam comes from the US than from China or South Korea. It just happens that there are more servers that allow spam in China.
So how would you like to write an apology to 1billion+ people? Perhaps a mass email?
Could this ever be included in the Sun's Java SDK or JRE/JVM?
.NET, IMO.
It uses a BSD-style license, so it should be fine. Schwartz and McNealy claim to be open-source friendly. And given that it improves development for Java, would Sun consider adding it to their Java, in some form? This would definitely put it over
I have had the "privilege" of working with Sendmail. It is indeed a nightmare to work with especially for newcomers.
.NET and Java, even though C and C++ are still extremely relevant, and this is due to the features offered by the two languages, for both developers and users.
However, like MySQL vs PostGRE, even though PostGRE is by far the best DB system out there (at least in my opinion), people are reluctant to change from using MySQL, even with licensing issues. This is because the system works and they feel no need, no pressure to change the status quo, in case things fail. This "if it aint broke, don't fix it" attitude will ensure that Sendmail, even with all its complexities, will be a, if not the, major player in the MTA market.
Software inertia exists until and unless there is a major reason to shift positions. IE is losing ground because of public notification of its fallacies. There is a shift to
Postfix may yet be the MTA of choice across *nix systems, but if and only if there is a force driving this change.
There he is a fellow. A tad different from an executive.
Yes, he is a fellow. But his job is to lead the development of Linux, and will help to set the direction and initiatives of the OSDL. As such, he is an executive of sorts.
Guido is a BDFL, but so is Linus.
BDFL
The OSDL: Linus Torvalds Hired by OSDL
He is also a Benevolent Dictator for Life. Dictators are definitely executives.
Get the TabExtensions extension. It fulfills this requirement.
I probably belong to the minority of people who prefer SeaMonkey over Firefox, even though I've tried Firefox 1.0 final.
I sincerely hope that Mozilla.org does not stop supporting the suite, as most of the users of the suite have been Mozilla supporters far longer than the current influx of Firefox fans. Hopefully, our dedication in testing would convince them that seamonkey is just as important as Firefox.
I'm with you....just as soon as I move out of my parent's house...
That was Akamai's caching system that was running on Linux.
What is interesting is that because Microsoft's code is closed, they could be violating a lot of patents and no one outside the organization would know.
Linux's openness is the reason there is a target on Tux's back. Of course, Linus and Morton have said they will re-code if they have to to avoid patent issues, if and when they come up.
I wonder if Google could come up with a way to see if anyone is violating any patents. It would be an extremely useful tool, and a lot of corporations would buy such a tool.
Indeed it is, and it would encourage others to make that shift too.
But rather than the shift to open source, this is more encouraging to me:
"With regards to open standards, Haarlem has decided that all new software purchases must use open standards, such as XML."
With a shift to open standards, what would Europe's governments do if Microsoft did indeed launch an IP battle against OSS products?
If you live under a rock, Strong Bad is freakin' awesome.
If you live under a rock, anything is freakin' awesome.
perhaps, but, here we go again:
10months * 1000songs/day = ~300,000
Even if we take the most liberal estimate, that would make it 600,000 (assuming he meant 1xxx songs a day). This leaves about 300,000 songs unaccounted for.
Given that the average album contains 12-15 songs, that's easily 20,000 albums....odd