This won't change a whole lot... We're already at the point where nobody reads books anymore anyway. I actually think it's a smart idea, as long as they encourage online research.
One thing that can be said though is that the quality of information that is available online is 10:1 junk to book-quality info. However often online information surpasses book-quality info, if you can learn to find it.
In related news, Microsoft decides to remove all IE vulnerabilities from the Home Edition of Windows Vista, but decides that "business just wouldn't be the same if we removed them from the Server Edition".
Oh come on... how many startups are going to have Kai Fu Lee applying for their jobs? And how much of a dent in the industry is the loss of 230 people (perhaps x2 if Yahoo hired the same number) really going to make?
There are awesomely good programmers everywhere.
Yes, but that's MIT licensed for one, and secondly half the GNOME developers would rather sell a limb than use a MS-backed technology, whether the core language has been submitted as an EMCA standard or not. Regardless of how good a technology it is, and regardless of how rational they are being about it, that's where it stands.
Other replies have mentioned that you can build anything, do anything with Ant.
The thing I want to add is that Ant is cross-platform. Not just cross-platform like the gnu toolchain, but cross-platform in that e.g. a copy command is implemented using an XML element and system variables for paths... that way you can conceptually have exactly the same build process on a wide range of systems, within reason. (You don't need to know if the copy command is "cp" or "copy" on the target system.)
The GNOME desktop has been looking for a managed language to make app development faster/better. Does the Apache license cause problems for this? A lot of people don't care if the FSF cares, but what does the FSF think about the Apache license?
IBM already has a complete JDK which actually used to be much better than Sun's in terms of efficiency etc. (not sure how it compares right now). They could just release the whole thing as F/OSS under the new JCP rules, and create Harmony overnight. Why have they not done this yet?
Right, it only works if the login script is executed during the exploit. Given that one of the fastest growing exploit methods lately (see recent/. story) is plain old dictionary attacks trying to gain ssh shell access, it may pay to know when anyone other than yourself logs into your systems.
Most cell phone companies provide an smtp-to-txt gateway. Alter your login scripts so that you get sent a txt whenever anyone logs into your system. If you're the only one logging in, you'll know about any intrusion that involves execution of the login scripts.
I'm sure there would be interest in many Linux communities to support something like the Firefox full-page ad, to migrate frustrated users from Windows to Linux. However your reply is the only one so far, and my comment has a score of 1, so maybe someone needs to bootstrap this before interest would really pick up?
This is retarded. The only legit part of the reasoning in this article is in the last line, which basically infers that the hardware was too slow anyway, so it was an awful lot more work to reinstall everything than it would be to buy a whole new system. I understand that -- I won't touch really old hardware for that very reason. Other than that, the claims the article makes that it might be a good idea to throw out your hw are ludicrous.
Does anyone want to pool together funds to put in a full-page ad in the NYT quoting this article, and showing people that there is another way other than trashing their hardware?
People just need to know how to get their current data off their computer onto CD-R, and to download a Fedora/Ubuntu/SuSE CD, and install from there. There could be a link on the NYT ad to a site where they can download live CDs to see for themselves how user-friendly Linux is for what most people use a computer for (WP, browsing, playing music etc.).
I just spent 7 hours restoring a user's computer that was so trashed from viruses and spyware that it wouldn't even boot into safe mode. I think that viruses/malware will be Windows' "straw on the camel's back".
So, other than the water/powder confusion other posters pointed out (hydrogen comes out of the water not the silica), I suppose that "9 percent of a kilogram gets converted" means that only.009 percent of a gram gets converted?!
Unfortunately it's the "organised crime gangs, which are increasingly emerging to make stacks of money through targeted attacks," that ARE the "dumb teenagers"...
It's a bit convoluted, but here's how to play these videos on Linux without having to delve into HTML and JS, and without having to use an embedded video plugin (lots of which seem to lock up and crash frequently):
- Install the GreaseMonkey extension to Firefox: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ - Install the Unembed script for GreaseMonkey: http://dunck.us/collab/GreaseMonkeyUserScripts - Install xine and the Windows codecs: http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ - Go to http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html in Firefox (the links on each story don't work, they check to see if WMP9 is installed, and then they fail) - Click on the story you want. - Right-click on the title above the embedded video (it's the name of the video in blue text, and it's in the same frame as the embedded video). Select "This Frame->Show only this frame" from the context menu. - There should now be a link next to the video that says "[download]". - Shift-click on the "[download]" link to open it in a new tab (right-click doesn't work, so you can't copy the link destination). - Switch to the new tab, and press Ctrl-L Ctrl-C to copy the URL. - Open a terminal, and type "xine " then Ctrl-Shift-V to paste the URL. Press enter and the movie should play!
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Actually you'll need lots of memory for decent performance in gfx-accelerated Linux desktops soon too, due to the inclusion of a composite manager.
Easy -- just fire your boss
Did these guys not read the newspapers 4-5 months ago when the Harvard Pres really put his foot in it?
This won't change a whole lot... We're already at the point where nobody reads books anymore anyway. I actually think it's a smart idea, as long as they encourage online research. One thing that can be said though is that the quality of information that is available online is 10:1 junk to book-quality info. However often online information surpasses book-quality info, if you can learn to find it.
HP Cambridge Research Labs has also been disbanded, as seen in a recent blog post by Jim Gettys: http://www.gettysfamily.org/wordpress/
I knew it, computers would pass light speed once they implemented flux capacitors using nanotechnology.
The great thing is, once your computer hits 88mph, you get the result before you even hit "Run".
http://wip.warnerbros.com/marchofthepenguins/
In related news, Microsoft decides to remove all IE vulnerabilities from the Home Edition of Windows Vista, but decides that "business just wouldn't be the same if we removed them from the Server Edition".
Yep, you missed ACD Canvas, formerly Deneba Canvas. Best commercial vector-drawing program I've seen. http://www.acdsystems.com/
Oh come on... how many startups are going to have Kai Fu Lee applying for their jobs? And how much of a dent in the industry is the loss of 230 people (perhaps x2 if Yahoo hired the same number) really going to make? There are awesomely good programmers everywhere.
Yes, but that's MIT licensed for one, and secondly half the GNOME developers would rather sell a limb than use a MS-backed technology, whether the core language has been submitted as an EMCA standard or not. Regardless of how good a technology it is, and regardless of how rational they are being about it, that's where it stands.
Other replies have mentioned that you can build anything, do anything with Ant.
The thing I want to add is that Ant is cross-platform. Not just cross-platform like the gnu toolchain, but cross-platform in that e.g. a copy command is implemented using an XML element and system variables for paths... that way you can conceptually have exactly the same build process on a wide range of systems, within reason. (You don't need to know if the copy command is "cp" or "copy" on the target system.)
You mean both Classpath and Kaffe will be relicensed under the APL?
The GNOME desktop has been looking for a managed language to make app development faster/better. Does the Apache license cause problems for this? A lot of people don't care if the FSF cares, but what does the FSF think about the Apache license?
IBM already has a complete JDK which actually used to be much better than Sun's in terms of efficiency etc. (not sure how it compares right now). They could just release the whole thing as F/OSS under the new JCP rules, and create Harmony overnight. Why have they not done this yet?
Right, it only works if the login script is executed during the exploit. Given that one of the fastest growing exploit methods lately (see recent /. story) is plain old dictionary attacks trying to gain ssh shell access, it may pay to know when anyone other than yourself logs into your systems.
Most cell phone companies provide an smtp-to-txt gateway. Alter your login scripts so that you get sent a txt whenever anyone logs into your system. If you're the only one logging in, you'll know about any intrusion that involves execution of the login scripts.
What was he supposed to do for a year? Live off the streets?
I'm sure there would be interest in many Linux communities to support something like the Firefox full-page ad, to migrate frustrated users from Windows to Linux. However your reply is the only one so far, and my comment has a score of 1, so maybe someone needs to bootstrap this before interest would really pick up?
This is retarded. The only legit part of the reasoning in this article is in the last line, which basically infers that the hardware was too slow anyway, so it was an awful lot more work to reinstall everything than it would be to buy a whole new system. I understand that -- I won't touch really old hardware for that very reason. Other than that, the claims the article makes that it might be a good idea to throw out your hw are ludicrous.
Does anyone want to pool together funds to put in a full-page ad in the NYT quoting this article, and showing people that there is another way other than trashing their hardware?
People just need to know how to get their current data off their computer onto CD-R, and to download a Fedora/Ubuntu/SuSE CD, and install from there.
There could be a link on the NYT ad to a site where they can download live CDs to see for themselves how user-friendly Linux is for what most people use a computer for (WP, browsing, playing music etc.).
I just spent 7 hours restoring a user's computer that was so trashed from viruses and spyware that it wouldn't even boot into safe mode. I think that viruses/malware will be Windows' "straw on the camel's back".
So, other than the water/powder confusion other posters pointed out (hydrogen comes out of the water not the silica), I suppose that "9 percent of a kilogram gets converted" means that only .009 percent of a gram gets converted?!
Unfortunately it's the "organised crime gangs, which are increasingly emerging to make stacks of money through targeted attacks," that ARE the "dumb teenagers"...
It's a bit convoluted, but here's how to play these videos on Linux without having to delve into HTML and JS, and without having to use an embedded video plugin (lots of which seem to lock up and crash frequently):
- Install the GreaseMonkey extension to Firefox: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
- Install the Unembed script for GreaseMonkey: http://dunck.us/collab/GreaseMonkeyUserScripts
- Install xine and the Windows codecs: http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
- Go to http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html in Firefox (the links on each story don't work, they check to see if WMP9 is installed, and then they fail)
- Click on the story you want.
- Right-click on the title above the embedded video (it's the name of the video in blue text, and it's in the same frame as the embedded video). Select "This Frame->Show only this frame" from the context menu.
- There should now be a link next to the video that says "[download]".
- Shift-click on the "[download]" link to open it in a new tab (right-click doesn't work, so you can't copy the link destination).
- Switch to the new tab, and press Ctrl-L Ctrl-C to copy the URL.
- Open a terminal, and type "xine " then Ctrl-Shift-V to paste the URL. Press enter and the movie should play!
Phew!
Here's a self-administered test for HFA. Please report your results here. The highest score wins the "your royal geekiness" award.. asp
http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/tests/aq_test
How will it translate W00t?