At least read the summary. It's designed to protect kids, not parents. I don't imagine that many kids will be able to get around a governmental firewall.
They are actually allowing the homeowners to opt out of the scheme, no "getting around" required.
If I were a government looking for a software platform I would most definately choose Novell. You get the level of support that you need with the advantage that you are getting an open platform on which to work. If you have trouble with your Novell linux you can easily get Redhat in to take over, bring in consultants to help out or even set up a department to do it yourself.
But we all know that, right? Is anyone on Slashdot actually thinking that choosing SLES over, say RHEL or (god forbid) a custom Gentoo approach is a bad decision?
My personal opinion is that Novell / SuSE is a better approach than RedHat since Novell has a better desktop product (actually, a better range of desktop offerings) to go along with its server software.
The problem is Labour just keep pulling the same trick.. if the Conservatives ever have a good idea it'll be government policy within a couple of weeks.
Isn't that the way it should work? Why fight a good idea just because the other guy came up with it?
I just wish there was more "Actually, that's a really good idea, lets all agree to carry that out" in politics.
The problem is Labour just keep pulling the same trick.. if the Conservatives ever have a good idea it'll be government policy within a couple of weeks.
Isn't that the way it should work? Why fight a good idea just because the other guy came up with it?
I just wish there was more "Actually, that's a really good idea, lets all agree to carry that out" in politics.
But the google that most people know is the search engine, google.com. Gmail is a different issue. I use it, and accept that I'm storing a fair amount of information on their servers, possibly some of it of some interest to marketing companies.
That said, their cookie probably provides less information about me than typing my name into their search engine does. It's hard to be active on the web and maintain anonimity.
Plus the idea that google is in bed with some kind of secret government agency just sounds a bit far fetched.
I hear this a lot, but I don't quite see how this is possible.
When you click on a link in google (unless it's an adsense advert) they have no way of knowing where you've gone, or what you're doing while your there.
They won't know that I went to the ebuyer.com link from my "Cheap CPU" search and not dabs.com, and even if they modify the returned URL to track your movements (something I haven't seen them do yet), once I'm there they'll certainly have no clue whether I bought AMD, Intel or just decided to go to a highstreet shop.
I don't think the google data mining is quite as pervasive as the tinfoil hats would have us believe
I believe they are actually rather more dangerous. Compressed air tanks are inherently prone to explosions when damaged. You get a little hole in your petrol tank, you'll lose your petrol and run a risk of fire if you catch a spark. A hole in a compressed air tank equals instant explosion.
Remember, life isn't like hollywood, not every car crash ends in a massive petrol explosion (or four... how many tanks do they keep in those cars?), but these compressed air tanks sound like shrapnel waiting to be flung.
I'm pretty sure that iexplore.exe is a fairly simple program, with all of the actual browsing functionality held in an IE activeX control.
This control is used, much like a flexgrid or command button, by many programs in Microsoft-land to display web content, so deleting the application gets rid of the "browser", but not the security holes.
Yes you can, it's called the "Bottled Water" theory of marketing.
People can get it for free, but you offer them it for a small fee with some kind of added value (such as not having to worry about breaking the law). Real or imagined added value makes little difference.
I'd pay a subscription to have on-demand access to the british tv networks programming from my home in Italy (I'm English, but live in Italy with my Italian wife), and I'm sure many people would do the same even from their homes in England.
You can't mod someone "potentially just too ignorant to know when not to post"
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I think you should read the article.
If you can't be bothered here are some relevant points:
What gives you the legal right to pursue the GPL violations?Most of the violations we're seeing are happening in the embedded market. They are running the Linux kernel and I have copyright on parts of the Linux kernel. In the cases that went to court, it was me as an individual copyright holder [against the company in question].
Some people have criticised the GPL for being business-unfriendly, what do you think?I totally disagree.
And, for the BSD fans in this thread:
How do you think the GPL compares with other licenses?It's a philosophical question. The BSD licence allows you to integrate and modify without giving back modifications, while GPL expects you to give back modifications. These are two philosophies of how you develop software. Which you chose depends on the project, for example, if you have a new standard and want it to spread quickly, it's better to use the BSD licence, rather than the GPL.
You sir, seem to be more of a troll than he does (and quite possibly an insensitive clod too)
Not to defend the GTA games, because they ARE disgusting. Let's face it...the gameplay rewards sadistic behavior. The more cops you run over, the more points you get. The game may have given this guy ideas, but realistically, he was probably open to criminal behavior anyway. If he's an adult, it's his responsibility.
The old misconception raises its head again. You get NO points for killing a cop in GTA III / Vice City (the 2 games mentioned in the article). The game deals with violent behaviour, yes, but it is not a sadistic game at heart. Killing cops only gets you more cops and eventually they will kill or arrest you.
Honestly, having completed both those games I can honestly say that hearing people bad mouth them based on fallacies has left me far more likely to resort to violent behavior than playing the games ever did.
Maybe I should beat the reporters up and then sue them for the emotional trauma.
I think that personal responsability is actually the most important aspect of this article, but other/.ers have that covered. The next most important is that having easy access to guns can make a major catastrophy out of a minor crime.
I was born in the UK and live in Italy. The way security is handled here in Italy seems to be much the same as in the US.
In England banks are protected by bullet proof glass, security shutters and silent alarms. The bank that I use here in Bergamo has only one form of security - a policeman with a gun. If I really want to rob a bank here I don't need to be clever and I don't need access to a gun, the bank supplies that for me. One quick knife in the back and I'm armed, loaded and without anything else to stop me from walking away with all the Euros in the bank.
Where guns are used as the only form of protection they also become a major tool for crime. I don't believe that equiping every police officer with a gun makes the streets any safer, even if every officer is 100% trustworthy.
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At least read the summary. It's designed to protect kids, not parents. I don't imagine that many kids will be able to get around a governmental firewall.
They are actually allowing the homeowners to opt out of the scheme, no "getting around" required.
Keep your mouth shut. I can't mob those jokes anymore.
If I were a government looking for a software platform I would most definately choose Novell. You get the level of support that you need with the advantage that you are getting an open platform on which to work. If you have trouble with your Novell linux you can easily get Redhat in to take over, bring in consultants to help out or even set up a department to do it yourself.
But we all know that, right? Is anyone on Slashdot actually thinking that choosing SLES over, say RHEL or (god forbid) a custom Gentoo approach is a bad decision?
My personal opinion is that Novell / SuSE is a better approach than RedHat since Novell has a better desktop product (actually, a better range of desktop offerings) to go along with its server software.
You can read the (entertaining) description of the hack in his own words here:
Samy is my hero
The only XSS reference I can find is that he was able to access profiles from www.myspace.com while the user thought they were on profiles.myspace.com
Tablet PCs? Win XP Tablet PC Edition seems to fall neatly into these exclusions.
The headline reads: "Quarterly Profits Down 80%".
So, to answer your question, it's in reference to the last quarter.
The problem is Labour just keep pulling the same trick.. if the Conservatives ever have a good idea it'll be government policy within a couple of weeks.
Isn't that the way it should work? Why fight a good idea just because the other guy came up with it?
I just wish there was more "Actually, that's a really good idea, lets all agree to carry that out" in politics.
(Now with added line breaks)
The problem is Labour just keep pulling the same trick.. if the Conservatives ever have a good idea it'll be government policy within a couple of weeks. Isn't that the way it should work? Why fight a good idea just because the other guy came up with it? I just wish there was more "Actually, that's a really good idea, lets all agree to carry that out" in politics.
Except that the Windows version will be a subscription service. To get your "free" version you'll need to pay the monthly subscription...
Or did I miss something?
Another informed AC post.
It said "nForce2" not GF2. The integrated chip on the nForce2 was indeed the GF4MX.
Nvidia puts out
But the google that most people know is the search engine, google.com. Gmail is a different issue. I use it, and accept that I'm storing a fair amount of information on their servers, possibly some of it of some interest to marketing companies.
That said, their cookie probably provides less information about me than typing my name into their search engine does. It's hard to be active on the web and maintain anonimity.
Plus the idea that google is in bed with some kind of secret government agency just sounds a bit far fetched.
I hear this a lot, but I don't quite see how this is possible.
When you click on a link in google (unless it's an adsense advert) they have no way of knowing where you've gone, or what you're doing while your there.
They won't know that I went to the ebuyer.com link from my "Cheap CPU" search and not dabs.com, and even if they modify the returned URL to track your movements (something I haven't seen them do yet), once I'm there they'll certainly have no clue whether I bought AMD, Intel or just decided to go to a highstreet shop.
I don't think the google data mining is quite as pervasive as the tinfoil hats would have us believe
You're kidding, right? Those air bottles are pressurized to 300 bar.
Right.
*Rolls eyes*
I believe they are actually rather more dangerous. Compressed air tanks are inherently prone to explosions when damaged. You get a little hole in your petrol tank, you'll lose your petrol and run a risk of fire if you catch a spark. A hole in a compressed air tank equals instant explosion.
Remember, life isn't like hollywood, not every car crash ends in a massive petrol explosion (or four... how many tanks do they keep in those cars?), but these compressed air tanks sound like shrapnel waiting to be flung.
Not in china, there you can pay 20 small children and a man with a whip to squeeze balloons all day for less than the cost of a sack of coal.
I'm pretty sure that iexplore.exe is a fairly simple program, with all of the actual browsing functionality held in an IE activeX control.
This control is used, much like a flexgrid or command button, by many programs in Microsoft-land to display web content, so deleting the application gets rid of the "browser", but not the security holes.
Yes you can, it's called the "Bottled Water" theory of marketing.
People can get it for free, but you offer them it for a small fee with some kind of added value (such as not having to worry about breaking the law). Real or imagined added value makes little difference.
I'd pay a subscription to have on-demand access to the british tv networks programming from my home in Italy (I'm English, but live in Italy with my Italian wife), and I'm sure many people would do the same even from their homes in England.
You can't mod someone "potentially just too ignorant to know when not to post"
I think you should read the article.
If you can't be bothered here are some relevant points:
What gives you the legal right to pursue the GPL violations? Most of the violations we're seeing are happening in the embedded market. They are running the Linux kernel and I have copyright on parts of the Linux kernel. In the cases that went to court, it was me as an individual copyright holder [against the company in question].
Some people have criticised the GPL for being business-unfriendly, what do you think? I totally disagree.
And, for the BSD fans in this thread:
How do you think the GPL compares with other licenses? It's a philosophical question. The BSD licence allows you to integrate and modify without giving back modifications, while GPL expects you to give back modifications. These are two philosophies of how you develop software. Which you chose depends on the project, for example, if you have a new standard and want it to spread quickly, it's better to use the BSD licence, rather than the GPL.
You sir, seem to be more of a troll than he does (and quite possibly an insensitive clod too)
Reading the RSS headline I thought for a moment that Microsoft had come to its senses and removed the pointless product activation.
No such luck it seems. Just more intrusive hassle to install a substandard OS.
Ho hum
Not to defend the GTA games, because they ARE disgusting. Let's face it...the gameplay rewards sadistic behavior. The more cops you run over, the more points you get. The game may have given this guy ideas, but realistically, he was probably open to criminal behavior anyway. If he's an adult, it's his responsibility.
The old misconception raises its head again. You get NO points for killing a cop in GTA III / Vice City (the 2 games mentioned in the article). The game deals with violent behaviour, yes, but it is not a sadistic game at heart. Killing cops only gets you more cops and eventually they will kill or arrest you.
Honestly, having completed both those games I can honestly say that hearing people bad mouth them based on fallacies has left me far more likely to resort to violent behavior than playing the games ever did.
Maybe I should beat the reporters up and then sue them for the emotional trauma.
I think that personal responsability is actually the most important aspect of this article, but other /.ers have that covered. The next most important is that having easy access to guns can make a major catastrophy out of a minor crime.
I was born in the UK and live in Italy. The way security is handled here in Italy seems to be much the same as in the US.
In England banks are protected by bullet proof glass, security shutters and silent alarms. The bank that I use here in Bergamo has only one form of security - a policeman with a gun. If I really want to rob a bank here I don't need to be clever and I don't need access to a gun, the bank supplies that for me. One quick knife in the back and I'm armed, loaded and without anything else to stop me from walking away with all the Euros in the bank.
Where guns are used as the only form of protection they also become a major tool for crime. I don't believe that equiping every police officer with a gun makes the streets any safer, even if every officer is 100% trustworthy.
Damn right!
And in between they were evil for taking too long to make their minds up.
Tomorrow they'll be evil for sneakily hiding their undoubtedly evil intents by NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING EVIL!!!
Lets face it, they're just evil period.