Bingo. People here on/. tend to forget that prefering linux doesn't mean that microsoft is always wrong.
Maybe there are more exploits to be found in MS code than should really be the case, but that doesn't mean we should be knocking them for sandbagging the leaks as best they can.
It seems to me that things are improving in MS land and, while I'll always prefer free/open source software, I won't be actively trying to find things to criticise when the beast actually does something right.
There are many problems associated with viruses and spyware, and the tiny bit of cpu time used by a real-time scanner can help to protect against them.
Also a bit of common sense while browsing / collecting email on a non-secure OS (read: any OS) doesn't hurt either.
Also, if I want to get really picky (which I quite clearly do), antispyware is NOT an oxymoron since merely using a few cpu cycles does not make a program spyware. QED.
Have you seen those black security camera housings in big shops? Now those look like the torture droids. I used to drift off into robot evasion fantasy in BHS all the time as a kid.
In the security business as a whole there is a strong pressure to replace humans with technology in order to reduce costs and increase security. Substantial savings are possible because a single security officer can cost up to $200 000 for a 24 hour service.
They aren't being sued for the cheats, they are being sued for making skins (including a bunch of nude ones that TECMO doesn't seem to like) for these games.
Apparantly they had to reverse engineer the games to make these skins and therefore they are being sued under the cover of the DMCA (natch).
Personally I think it's a bitch that modifying something that you've paid for, to add value to it so that others are more likely to want to pay for it in the future is seen as a suable offence by TECMO. Bioware, Id, Valve and others make it as easy as possible to make mods since the community efforts can add considerable value to the product at zero cost to the developers.
The only point I was making is that if Coca-Cola decided to stop advertising (even short term) it wouldn't kill them off, but it would definitely have a negative impact on their bottom line.
But would it really?
Isn't Coca Cola now so pervasive that the advertising is done by the vending machines and McDonalds cups that carry their slogan?
I just can't subscribe to the idea that a year without a coke ad would have people thinking "hmmm... that pepsi stuff looks interesting, why haven't I tried that before?"
Then again, the market that nets coke most of its cash is almost certainly the american one, and I don't want to underestimate the stupidity of the american consumer.
Why should they? I often think that it would be a good experiment for Coca-Cola to stop advertising for a year and see what impact it has on their business.
They kick-started the whole advertising doohickie but now I have the feeling that their name is so household that they could probably save a lot of that money they spend every year and still perform just as well.
Targeted advertising is where it's at, and microsoft's products are seen everywhere, with the windows logo burning into the retina of countless office workers and school pupils (no pun intended). There's no better, nor more targeted advertising available.
Actually, I bought an ADSL router from eBuyer without knowing what brand it was going to be, based soley on the good reviews it had there and the price tag.
Turned out to be an Origo (never heard of them) and a fantastic piece of kit that trounces the office US Robotics hardware doing the same job.
Don't immediately assume that brand = quality. There are some good names in the article.
With thousands of comments posted every day there are bound to be a few stinkers on slashdot, and this is just one of them.
Often comments are Insightful or Interesting, and occasionally Underrated, but not this one, oh no. This one won't get more than an ounce of funny, and that's if it's lucky.
I thought this article was going to be about burning data on both sides of a CD, instead it's a barely disguised sales pitch.
Does anyone really need laser etched CDs? Can't you just buy a printer that supports direct to CD printing? Probably cheaper, a lot more useful 99% of the time and you can get G04 DVDs with a printable label surface today.
The machine I have to use for work is one I inherited from my predecessor. At some point he seems to have completely fudged an install of cygwin and I can no longer have access to my beloved *nix commands.
I'm downloading the ISO as I type, I really hope it lives up to the promise.
The problem is that the community doesn't have the same say over the actions of DDoSers that a wild west town's citizens would have over their sheriff.
If a small group decided that slashdot was politically unsettling (and they'd have quite a lot to go on) and decided to take it down for a few days I expect that most of us would be annoyed.
DDoSing the pirates and spammers of the web is just one more way to fill the net with junk, and it's usually a small group (or single lycos) who decide to take the action without approval.
For once I prefer Microsoft's approach of taking the spammers to court. At least that might have some positive results.
A slight flaw in your thinking. You assume that the internet is currently running at capacity, and that there will not be an increase in that capacity.
Both assumptions are wrong. 35% of current internet traffic may be bittorrent, but that doesn't mean that 35% of the internet's capacity is.
Except that it's a USB / Firewire device and as such won't be able to transfer more than 480 / 400 Mbps.
I'll stick with standard RAID in a fileserver box with gigabit ethernet for my external storage needs thank you very much. Upgradeable, and at a much lower price.
Particularly impressive considering this from the SCO site:
Five Reasons to Choose UNIX Instead of Linux
1. SCO UNIX is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform
2. SCO UNIX is backed by a single, experienced vendor
3. SCO UNIX has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap 4. SCO UNIX is Secure
5. SCO UNIX is Legally Unencumbered
I also like the fact that all of these reasons not to choose linux are equally valid for SLES.
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What we need is an industry supported downloadable TV service. Adverts are a non issue for me and I don't even care if they're inserted into my downloaded shows.
Downloading TV is the only way that I can get english language content here in Italy. It also provides access to shows that haven't been released on DVD yet.
Seriously, I bought season 1 of Twin Peaks on DVD the day it was released. After watching it with my girlfriend she wanted to see season 2, but there's no DVD. So I downloaded it, quickly and painlessly. When it comes out on DVD I'll be buying that too.
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Bingo. People here on /. tend to forget that prefering linux doesn't mean that microsoft is always wrong.
Maybe there are more exploits to be found in MS code than should really be the case, but that doesn't mean we should be knocking them for sandbagging the leaks as best they can.
It seems to me that things are improving in MS land and, while I'll always prefer free/open source software, I won't be actively trying to find things to criticise when the beast actually does something right.
There are many problems associated with viruses and spyware, and the tiny bit of cpu time used by a real-time scanner can help to protect against them.
Also a bit of common sense while browsing / collecting email on a non-secure OS (read: any OS) doesn't hurt either.
Also, if I want to get really picky (which I quite clearly do), antispyware is NOT an oxymoron since merely using a few cpu cycles does not make a program spyware. QED.
Very true. You need to click "Server" in the package selection menu of your linux distro.
Linux - Because $400 is only affordable if you can actually sell one of your expensive robots
Errr...
Step 2: Sell the rover to gullible, security conscious firms?
Have you seen those black security camera housings in big shops? Now those look like the torture droids. I used to drift off into robot evasion fantasy in BHS all the time as a kid.
*sigh* the innocence of geek youth.
In the security business as a whole there is a strong pressure to replace humans with technology in order to reduce costs and increase security. Substantial savings are possible because a single security officer can cost up to $200 000 for a 24 hour service.
Wages: $20,000
Perks: $10,000
Employer contributions: $15,000
Caffeine required for continuous operation: $155,000
They aren't being sued for the cheats, they are being sued for making skins (including a bunch of nude ones that TECMO doesn't seem to like) for these games.
Apparantly they had to reverse engineer the games to make these skins and therefore they are being sued under the cover of the DMCA (natch).
Personally I think it's a bitch that modifying something that you've paid for, to add value to it so that others are more likely to want to pay for it in the future is seen as a suable offence by TECMO. Bioware, Id, Valve and others make it as easy as possible to make mods since the community efforts can add considerable value to the product at zero cost to the developers.
Counterstrike anyone?
The main thing that will keep stopping me from using MSN search is the size of the page that the search box is hosted on.
I don't want to load a web portal or a news website, I just want a search box with a "go" button.
Microsoft needs to register www.microsearch.com or something and put a minimalist, google style interface up there.
The only point I was making is that if Coca-Cola decided to stop advertising (even short term) it wouldn't kill them off, but it would definitely have a negative impact on their bottom line.
But would it really?
Isn't Coca Cola now so pervasive that the advertising is done by the vending machines and McDonalds cups that carry their slogan?
I just can't subscribe to the idea that a year without a coke ad would have people thinking "hmmm... that pepsi stuff looks interesting, why haven't I tried that before?"
Then again, the market that nets coke most of its cash is almost certainly the american one, and I don't want to underestimate the stupidity of the american consumer.
Why should they? I often think that it would be a good experiment for Coca-Cola to stop advertising for a year and see what impact it has on their business. They kick-started the whole advertising doohickie but now I have the feeling that their name is so household that they could probably save a lot of that money they spend every year and still perform just as well. Targeted advertising is where it's at, and microsoft's products are seen everywhere, with the windows logo burning into the retina of countless office workers and school pupils (no pun intended). There's no better, nor more targeted advertising available.
I did get Myst IV, awesome game, very enjoyable
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Nintendo's been very friendly about third party software and hardware developers/hacker, for the gameboy that is, I don't know about DS.
The same Nintendo that issued an angry letter to someone who mentioned in their suicide girls profile that their favourite game was mario?
Ok, they made ammends for that, but they won't be against playing the lawyer card if they think their business is under threat.
I can see them being ok with it as long as they don't have plans along the same lines themselves. Added value is a good thing for hardware sales.
Actually, I bought an ADSL router from eBuyer without knowing what brand it was going to be, based soley on the good reviews it had there and the price tag.
Turned out to be an Origo (never heard of them) and a fantastic piece of kit that trounces the office US Robotics hardware doing the same job.
Don't immediately assume that brand = quality. There are some good names in the article.
10. In communist china the beowolf clusters you.
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1. This one.
With thousands of comments posted every day there are bound to be a few stinkers on slashdot, and this is just one of them.
Often comments are Insightful or Interesting, and occasionally Underrated, but not this one, oh no. This one won't get more than an ounce of funny, and that's if it's lucky.
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I thought this article was going to be about burning data on both sides of a CD, instead it's a barely disguised sales pitch.
Does anyone really need laser etched CDs? Can't you just buy a printer that supports direct to CD printing? Probably cheaper, a lot more useful 99% of the time and you can get G04 DVDs with a printable label surface today.
Just think, one little leak and you could lose your whole beowolf cluster!
Seriously, I still prefer to keep water away from my processor wherever possible.
The machine I have to use for work is one I inherited from my predecessor. At some point he seems to have completely fudged an install of cygwin and I can no longer have access to my beloved *nix commands.
I'm downloading the ISO as I type, I really hope it lives up to the promise.
The problem is that the community doesn't have the same say over the actions of DDoSers that a wild west town's citizens would have over their sheriff.
If a small group decided that slashdot was politically unsettling (and they'd have quite a lot to go on) and decided to take it down for a few days I expect that most of us would be annoyed.
DDoSing the pirates and spammers of the web is just one more way to fill the net with junk, and it's usually a small group (or single lycos) who decide to take the action without approval.
For once I prefer Microsoft's approach of taking the spammers to court. At least that might have some positive results.
Didn't we just have a big discussion about how lycos was wrong to be using DDoS attacks against spammers?
/. concensus is that DDoS attacks are always bad for the internet.
I think the general
A slight flaw in your thinking. You assume that the internet is currently running at capacity, and that there will not be an increase in that capacity.
Both assumptions are wrong. 35% of current internet traffic may be bittorrent, but that doesn't mean that 35% of the internet's capacity is.
Except that it's a USB / Firewire device and as such won't be able to transfer more than 480 / 400 Mbps.
I'll stick with standard RAID in a fileserver box with gigabit ethernet for my external storage needs thank you very much. Upgradeable, and at a much lower price.
Particularly impressive considering this from the SCO site:
Five Reasons to Choose UNIX Instead of Linux
1. SCO UNIX is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform
2. SCO UNIX is backed by a single, experienced vendor
3. SCO UNIX has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap
4. SCO UNIX is Secure
5. SCO UNIX is Legally Unencumbered
I also like the fact that all of these reasons not to choose linux are equally valid for SLES.
What we need is an industry supported downloadable TV service. Adverts are a non issue for me and I don't even care if they're inserted into my downloaded shows. Downloading TV is the only way that I can get english language content here in Italy. It also provides access to shows that haven't been released on DVD yet.
Seriously, I bought season 1 of Twin Peaks on DVD the day it was released. After watching it with my girlfriend she wanted to see season 2, but there's no DVD. So I downloaded it, quickly and painlessly. When it comes out on DVD I'll be buying that too.
Well I for one welcome our new cellular overlords.
the technology can also be applied in automobiles, laptop computers and mobile phones
I certainly don't fancy the idea of having my laptop powered by hydrogen.
Can you immagine? You arrive at a meeting with a customer.
"Hi, my laptop's nearly dead, do you mind if I hook it up to your hydrogen tap?"