Well, in a sense, this is 'life from scratch'. Although the cell is living, they are still creating a new organism from that cell -- one that is not necessarily the same type of organism as the one the cell came from.
This *is* a bit different than cloning in that reproductive material isn't being used.
Besides, if you remove DNA/RNA from a cell, is it still a cell and is it still alive?
If cheating seems pretty likely, then your best bet is to not play the game...
Personally, I think that with online casinos in general, cheating, whether on the part of the players or the house, seem very very possible. Online casinos aren't audited like the ones in Vegas -- where they actually have a gaming commission that ensures that the casinos aren't using loaded dice, fixed roulette tables, hacked slots, etc.
There is plenty of support for Linux in the enterprise, though. Novell/SuSE, Red Hat and IBM all have various support offerings. HP supports much of their enterprise hardware on Linux.
And let's not knock Google. As a support professional, Google is often one of my *first* resources should I encounter something I don't have an immediate answer for -- for ANY platform (Unix, Linux, Apple, Windows). Even if I don't find the answer immediately, I'll often find useful reminders or sparks of inspiration of things to check which usually results in my finding the solution on my own.
I was under the impression that most of us never go outside. Why the hell would we need to know what the weather's like?
What is this 'weather' of which you speak?
DiDiot isn't a reporter -- she's an analyst with the Giga Group, which used to be Forrester Research.
So she's got a significantly more influence than just a reporter. People (PHBs mostly) listen to her and make decisions about whether or not buy or use a particular technology. Some companies have stayed away from Linux based on DiDiot's comments.
There is no such thing as security if you have physical access to the box. Period.
Exactly. You could boot from alternate media, swap hard drives, or heck, you could even just put the system hard drive(s) in your pocket.
That's why locking down desktops is basically pointless for anyone that knows what they're doing.
Well, the call was for Sun and IBM to change their open source licenses, not necessarily the licenses for their operating systems. OpenSolaris is licensed under the Sun's CDDL, true, but AIX is not offered under any open source license (though AIX 5L does include TONS of OSS)
Honestly, I don't see why HP should be standing up yelling anything about freeing up code How much code has HP contributed to the free software community? How much has IBM? How much has Sun?
HP has done much to hurt open source -- by using DRM in its inkjet cartridges, for instance, and then suing the pants off of rival cartridge makers under the DMCA, setting dangerous precedents for DMCA-style attacks on open source.
OTOH, HP has helped by releasing CUPS drivers for their printers under the GPL (the hpijs). But that was mostly self-interest anyway, since Linux users would typically buy Epson or Canon based on the availability of drivers. I can't tell you how many YEARS I went without being able to use all the features in my HP printers under Linux because of the lack of decent drivers.
OTGH, IBM has contributed TONS of code to the Linux kernel, to Apache (and I would assume to Tomcat, but I don't know for sure), and countless other open source projects.
I don't know. Towing the party line about Microsoft supporting open standards?
If there's one thing Microsoft clearly does NOT do, it's support open standards, especially when it's not in their own best interests. Microsoft plays the game of 'embrace, extend, extinguish' with open standards much of the time.
If Microsoft is so willing to support open standards and interoperability, then I challenge them to produce a version of Microsoft Office that offers full and complete support for reading and writing the OASIS Open Document format -- without breaking the standard.
Interesting, but the thing about hard drives vs. dead trees is that you can't grep dead trees. OTOH, with the appropriate search tools and a decent knowledge of how to use them, one can search for logs buried on a hard drive in a matter of minutes. I'm sure that the FBI is short of neither of these things, either.
Yes, the best blogs spreat, the worse ones get forgotten. But the worst ones can cost you a breakfast.
Thanks. I just HAD to look didn't I? You're right. That one DID cost me a breakfast. And a keyboard, too.
No, she doesn't state that explicity, but she does specifically mention workign with "other commercial entities."
Google would probably definitely be on that list... perhaps even their could be a Google-branded version of Firefox? Integration between a Google-branded Thunderbird and Gmail?
Whatever it is, after reading Mitchell's blog, I'm convinced that it's big. Very big. IE-killer big.
Additionally, people who rest their fingers on the mouse buttons are going to be annoyed, because they have to lift their index finger in order to right-click.
I rest my fingers on thhe mouse buttons, but I naturally lift my left index finger when I right click. I'm not sure why, but I have to consciously leave my left index finger down in order to do so. I imagine that I'm not the only person like that.
So it wouldn't bother me any...
On the other hand, I understand his reasoning behind the remarks: If you promote something, and it still goes wrong, people will try to blame it on you.
That's part of it, but you're missing the bigger picture.
Even though their are various security issues on the user's end, it's not his job to ensure that security is tight on the user's desktop. In fact, he can't control what happens on a user's desktop at all. All he can control is what his servers present to the user and what happens on his servers. What happens on your desktop doesn't matter to him or to e-Bay, because, frankly, any security issues on your end are YOUR problem, not theirs.
There are no exceptions to the 1st Amendment.
Those who point out yelling 'FIRE!' in a crowded theatre fail to understand WHY it's illegal to yell 'FIRE!' in a crowded movie theatre.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with any exceptions on free speech.
Your free speech ends at the point it infringes on other people's rights. The example of yelling 'FIRE!' in a crowded movie theatre is an example of infringing on others' rights -- the movie theatre owner's private property rights mostly. Yelling 'FIRE!' in a crowded movie theatre is also a crime -- it's called 'battery'. Battery infringes on other people's rights.
Kiddie porn is illegal because it involves the sexual molestation of children -- which is a crime in all 50 states. Again, infringing on other people's rights.
But who's rights are being infringed on in this case?
And where there be water, there be pirates. Yarrrr!
Sadly, some people take Talk Like A Pirate Day a little too far. Unfortunately, daeley's been like this for nearly a year. The doctors tried medications and everything...but it doesn't seem to be working...sad really...
I hope he gets better soon because TLAPD is right around the corner again...;)
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Why would they make it standards-compliant? That could risk their monopoly and eliminate their vendor lock-in.
You still can. Like with Windows XP, it's a matter of 'what can you do without?'
Only with Linux, killing all the daemons won't keep you from logging off or shutting down...:)
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1. Always check the syntax of your commands before executing them. 'man rsync' would have been helpful.
2. Don't run things in '/' as root unless you need to. (Hint: most of the time, you don't need to)
3. Don't export filesystems as rw with root squash turned off unless absolutely necessary (hint: most times it's not necessary)
4. If you are going to mount things via NFS, add them to the fstab.
5. Add some error checking in your scripts. Changing from
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would have made a BIG difference.
6. Files named '-r' should not be in the root directory.
7. Make sure your backups are good.
Did I miss anything?
Well, in a sense, this is 'life from scratch'. Although the cell is living, they are still creating a new organism from that cell -- one that is not necessarily the same type of organism as the one the cell came from. This *is* a bit different than cloning in that reproductive material isn't being used. Besides, if you remove DNA/RNA from a cell, is it still a cell and is it still alive?
If cheating seems pretty likely, then your best bet is to not play the game...
Personally, I think that with online casinos in general, cheating, whether on the part of the players or the house, seem very very possible. Online casinos aren't audited like the ones in Vegas -- where they actually have a gaming commission that ensures that the casinos aren't using loaded dice, fixed roulette tables, hacked slots, etc.
What is his incentive to not be a total fuckup?
Apparently not much.
There is plenty of support for Linux in the enterprise, though. Novell/SuSE, Red Hat and IBM all have various support offerings. HP supports much of their enterprise hardware on Linux. And let's not knock Google. As a support professional, Google is often one of my *first* resources should I encounter something I don't have an immediate answer for -- for ANY platform (Unix, Linux, Apple, Windows). Even if I don't find the answer immediately, I'll often find useful reminders or sparks of inspiration of things to check which usually results in my finding the solution on my own.
I was under the impression that most of us never go outside. Why the hell would we need to know what the weather's like? What is this 'weather' of which you speak?
DiDiot isn't a reporter -- she's an analyst with the Giga Group, which used to be Forrester Research. So she's got a significantly more influence than just a reporter. People (PHBs mostly) listen to her and make decisions about whether or not buy or use a particular technology. Some companies have stayed away from Linux based on DiDiot's comments.
There is no such thing as security if you have physical access to the box. Period. Exactly. You could boot from alternate media, swap hard drives, or heck, you could even just put the system hard drive(s) in your pocket. That's why locking down desktops is basically pointless for anyone that knows what they're doing.
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Well, the call was for Sun and IBM to change their open source licenses, not necessarily the licenses for their operating systems. OpenSolaris is licensed under the Sun's CDDL, true, but AIX is not offered under any open source license (though AIX 5L does include TONS of OSS)
Honestly, I don't see why HP should be standing up yelling anything about freeing up code How much code has HP contributed to the free software community? How much has IBM? How much has Sun?
HP has done much to hurt open source -- by using DRM in its inkjet cartridges, for instance, and then suing the pants off of rival cartridge makers under the DMCA, setting dangerous precedents for DMCA-style attacks on open source.
OTOH, HP has helped by releasing CUPS drivers for their printers under the GPL (the hpijs). But that was mostly self-interest anyway, since Linux users would typically buy Epson or Canon based on the availability of drivers. I can't tell you how many YEARS I went without being able to use all the features in my HP printers under Linux because of the lack of decent drivers.
OTGH, IBM has contributed TONS of code to the Linux kernel, to Apache (and I would assume to Tomcat, but I don't know for sure), and countless other open source projects.
What else has HP contributed? Anything?
I don't know. Towing the party line about Microsoft supporting open standards?
If there's one thing Microsoft clearly does NOT do, it's support open standards, especially when it's not in their own best interests. Microsoft plays the game of 'embrace, extend, extinguish' with open standards much of the time.
If Microsoft is so willing to support open standards and interoperability, then I challenge them to produce a version of Microsoft Office that offers full and complete support for reading and writing the OASIS Open Document format -- without breaking the standard.
Otherwise, I call shenanigans!
Interesting, but the thing about hard drives vs. dead trees is that you can't grep dead trees. OTOH, with the appropriate search tools and a decent knowledge of how to use them, one can search for logs buried on a hard drive in a matter of minutes. I'm sure that the FBI is short of neither of these things, either.
Yes, the best blogs spreat, the worse ones get forgotten. But the worst ones can cost you a breakfast. Thanks. I just HAD to look didn't I? You're right. That one DID cost me a breakfast. And a keyboard, too.
I've been noticing that no or very few comments have been moderated in the last few stories...what's going on with that?
No, she doesn't state that explicity, but she does specifically mention workign with "other commercial entities." Google would probably definitely be on that list ... perhaps even their could be a Google-branded version of Firefox? Integration between a Google-branded Thunderbird and Gmail?
Whatever it is, after reading Mitchell's blog, I'm convinced that it's big. Very big. IE-killer big.
I'm not an Apple user, though, nor am I trying to defend the mouse. Just making an observation about my particular mousing habits.
Gotta love those flux capacitors...
On the other hand, I understand his reasoning behind the remarks: If you promote something, and it still goes wrong, people will try to blame it on you.
That's part of it, but you're missing the bigger picture.
Even though their are various security issues on the user's end, it's not his job to ensure that security is tight on the user's desktop. In fact, he can't control what happens on a user's desktop at all. All he can control is what his servers present to the user and what happens on his servers. What happens on your desktop doesn't matter to him or to e-Bay, because, frankly, any security issues on your end are YOUR problem, not theirs.
There are no exceptions to the 1st Amendment. Those who point out yelling 'FIRE!' in a crowded theatre fail to understand WHY it's illegal to yell 'FIRE!' in a crowded movie theatre. It has nothing whatsoever to do with any exceptions on free speech. Your free speech ends at the point it infringes on other people's rights. The example of yelling 'FIRE!' in a crowded movie theatre is an example of infringing on others' rights -- the movie theatre owner's private property rights mostly. Yelling 'FIRE!' in a crowded movie theatre is also a crime -- it's called 'battery'. Battery infringes on other people's rights. Kiddie porn is illegal because it involves the sexual molestation of children -- which is a crime in all 50 states. Again, infringing on other people's rights. But who's rights are being infringed on in this case?
a few years after we find some way to make money by doing so Martian pr0n.
And where there be water, there be pirates. Yarrrr!
;)
Sadly, some people take Talk Like A Pirate Day a little too far. Unfortunately, daeley's been like this for nearly a year. The doctors tried medications and everything...but it doesn't seem to be working...sad really...
I hope he gets better soon because TLAPD is right around the corner again...
Why would they make it standards-compliant? That could risk their monopoly and eliminate their vendor lock-in.
What's wrong with the Mobile Athlon XP-M? If you're looking for better performance, you need a desktop replacement chip anyway.
You still can. Like with Windows XP, it's a matter of 'what can you do without?' Only with Linux, killing all the daemons won't keep you from logging off or shutting down... :)