If I remember correctly, Microsoft was paying large hosting providers like GoDaddy to use IIS over apache
The evidence of that is the "all sites" graph which shows IIS's share increasing vs. the "active sites" graph which shows IIS's share plummeting. IIS appears to be hosting a lot of dead sites, ironically.
What Facebook wants to do is send a text message with a special code to your phone. Letting the app read your text messages allows the app to read the code automatically so you don't have to copy and paste from the messages app.
But what else is the app reading in my text messages?
...Historically, BSD licensing has created some big problems, with companies taking software, adding major features, and then providing it as part of their own Unix without feeding the changes back into the central tree...
I say --- let the people who contribute the code decide what license they want to use. Why does Mr. Stallman insist on badgering people for expressing their free choice?
I've seen that trend among my right-wing-leaning friends. For some reason, no matter what you are talking about, they always seem to turn the conversation back to politics. Not just any politics, but more extreme right-wing politics.
facebook can call private messages "vegetables" if the ToS says they can. If the ToS has wording along the lines of, "we may share the contents of your private messages with third parties in order to better target advertising", then there is nothing you can do to stop them from sharing your "private" messages on facebook.
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It really is just that simple.
As I said, it all boils down to what is in the Terms of Service.
... But when the services are provided free of charge, does the user have a realistic expectation of privacy or security,...
The user should have a realistic expectation that the service will abide by the Terms of service. This holds true whether or not the service is free or costs one's first-born child.
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So the discussion here should really center around how this alleged behavior violates facebook's terms of service.
Reuters reported on Saturday that the NSA had secretly paid RSA Data Security $10 million to make a certain flawed algorithm the default in RSA’s BSAFE crypto toolkit, which many companies relied on. RSA issued a vehement but artfully worded quasi-denial. Let’s look at the story, and RSA’s denial....
After spotting a police car with two huge boxes on its trunk — that turned out to be license-plate-reading cameras — a man in New Jersey became obsessed with the loss of privacy for vehicles on American roads. (He’s not the only one.) The man, who goes by the Internet handle “Puking Monkey,” did an analysis of the many ways his car could be tracked and stumbled upon something rather interesting: his E-ZPass, which he obtained for the purpose of paying tolls, was being used to track his car in unexpected places, far away from any toll booths.
But no, lets make fun of him because it was "just a McDonald's hamburger."
I'm sorry, but to call 911 because you didn't get what you wanted at McDonalds is just plain stupid (and in some jurisdictions reason for a citation or arrest), no matter how to try to spin things based upon your weird personal experiences.
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There are too many stupid people on this planet, and our emergency response people are already overworked without having to respond to McNugget shortages.
...do you trust that the compiler is generating the best code for you?,,,
Trust, but verify.
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I come from the days when it was the programmer, not the compiler, that optimized the code. So nowadays, I let the compiler do its thing, but I do a lot of double-checking of the generated code.
I've thought the same thing, especially since I saw the delay go from nearly no delay to an hour delay from one month to the next. There was no "exponential Increase", it was more like a step function. That is why I think the update delay was intentional in order to push people off XP.
The impression I get from the article is that the writer found that infrastructure providers' price models make "picking a vendor appropriate for the task at hand" not the easiest job.
Yeah, the writer seems to think that knowing what you need is a big problem.
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If I remember correctly, Microsoft was paying large hosting providers like GoDaddy to use IIS over apache
The evidence of that is the "all sites" graph which shows IIS's share increasing vs. the "active sites" graph which shows IIS's share plummeting. IIS appears to be hosting a lot of dead sites, ironically.
What lack of faith are you speaking about?
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I'd want programmers that are driven to write quality software based upon factual reasons, not emotional ones.
In fact, the last thing I would want in a software engineering department is someone who is overly emotional.
What Facebook wants to do is send a text message with a special code to your phone. Letting the app read your text messages allows the app to read the code automatically so you don't have to copy and paste from the messages app.
But what else is the app reading in my text messages?
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facebook even collects the posts you start typing but decide not to send.
...Historically, BSD licensing has created some big problems, with companies taking software, adding major features, and then providing it as part of their own Unix without feeding the changes back into the central tree...
And that violates the BSD license, how?
I say --- let the people who contribute the code decide what license they want to use. Why does Mr. Stallman insist on badgering people for expressing their free choice?
high intelligence
Why do we humans define intelligence such that humans are the most intelligent creatures on this planet?
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Is that really a valid definition of intelligence, or just human self-importance and vanity?
Give me an easy way to permanently (and independent of the OS in use) disable the CAPS LOCK key. That is all I ask.
... people think he knows what he is talking about.
It'll be fine. It's really just going to be re-badged Windows 7.
If that is the case, then Windows 9.x may actually have a chance.
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Unfortunately, I doubt if Microsoft will be able to backtrack like that and call it progress.
I've seen that trend among my right-wing-leaning friends. For some reason, no matter what you are talking about, they always seem to turn the conversation back to politics. Not just any politics, but more extreme right-wing politics.
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It really is just that simple.
As I said, it all boils down to what is in the Terms of Service.
... But when the services are provided free of charge, does the user have a realistic expectation of privacy or security,...
The user should have a realistic expectation that the service will abide by the Terms of service. This holds true whether or not the service is free or costs one's first-born child.
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So the discussion here should really center around how this alleged behavior violates facebook's terms of service.
Reuters reported on Saturday that the NSA had secretly paid RSA Data Security $10 million to make a certain flawed algorithm the default in RSA’s BSAFE crypto toolkit, which many companies relied on. RSA issued a vehement but artfully worded quasi-denial. Let’s look at the story, and RSA’s denial....
thx.
After spotting a police car with two huge boxes on its trunk — that turned out to be license-plate-reading cameras — a man in New Jersey became obsessed with the loss of privacy for vehicles on American roads. (He’s not the only one.) The man, who goes by the Internet handle “Puking Monkey,” did an analysis of the many ways his car could be tracked and stumbled upon something rather interesting: his E-ZPass, which he obtained for the purpose of paying tolls, was being used to track his car in unexpected places, far away from any toll booths.
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Fare cards, gift cards, credit and debit cards used at Target, etc.,.etc,. etc...
When are we going to make our erzatz money secure?
But no, lets make fun of him because it was "just a McDonald's hamburger."
I'm sorry, but to call 911 because you didn't get what you wanted at McDonalds is just plain stupid (and in some jurisdictions reason for a citation or arrest), no matter how to try to spin things based upon your weird personal experiences.
are there good reasons why such a feature isn't just standard on mobile devices?
Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald's Runs Out of McNuggets
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There are too many stupid people on this planet, and our emergency response people are already overworked without having to respond to McNugget shortages.
Star Trek: Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation It's a good discussion of management techniques.
...do you trust that the compiler is generating the best code for you?,,,
Trust, but verify.
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I come from the days when it was the programmer, not the compiler, that optimized the code. So nowadays, I let the compiler do its thing, but I do a lot of double-checking of the generated code.
I've thought the same thing, especially since I saw the delay go from nearly no delay to an hour delay from one month to the next. There was no "exponential Increase", it was more like a step function. That is why I think the update delay was intentional in order to push people off XP.
Again, no one is claiming that they are the same thing.
Perhaps you should chat with the author of the article. He seems to make that equation.
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Maybe he did it just to grab headlines, or maybe he did it for other reasons. Who knows his intent?
The bottom line is that page hits = $$
He got a lot of page hits from the story here on /.
The impression I get from the article is that the writer found that infrastructure providers' price models make "picking a vendor appropriate for the task at hand" not the easiest job.
Yeah, the writer seems to think that knowing what you need is a big problem.