I recently helped an old couple who couldn't access the internet. They had somehow installed a toolbar that had hidden their address bar - meaning they couldn't directly type in a URL. The only way they could get to Yahoo was by searching for it in thier Google search bar. Maybe that's how come so many people search for Yahoo? I'm just speculating of course.
I reconfigured their Internet Explorer so they had their address bar back. Tomorrow I might teach them how to change their home page.
I agree - Linux is a viable alternative to Vista. I'm downloading a freshly bought copy of SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 as I read your post. It only cost $50, and does what I need. No M$ Vista's gonna spoil this Windows XP Sony Vaio anytime soon.
Sun has been investing in Elliptic Curve Cryptography for many years. Now that SHA1 has been broken, ECC appears to be urgently needed as a strong encryption replacement for common internet usage. According to the Sun Labs page, ECC is also a high-performance technology.
I've taken a look at some code at http://lxr.linux.no/source/ and you're right about the kernel code, but wrong about a lot of the other code. It appears that a Solaris GPL3 would be able to use Linux drivers and much other code that's not GPL2-only. The fact that Solaris would be GPL3 only would not affect this ability, since most GPL2 code says it may be used under GPL2 or GPL3 - hence Sun would copy it and assert GPL3 as granted in the regular GPL2 provisions.
Looks to me like Solaris wins Linux drivers, whereas Linux wins nothing.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
"Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
...so GPL3 code can eat GPL2 code, but GPL2 code can't eat GPL3, since it requires compliance to GPL3 or "any later version". Well, that's how I read it anyhow.
I agree with you completely. Also, by moving to GPL3, Linus could easily remove the "Microsoft/Novell" problem since there would cease to be any special Novell indemnification.
For many years, IBM has been playing an interesting Linux game. By investing in Novell many years ago, they guaranteed Linux for their big iron machines to keep them relevant. They also potentially gave Red Hat enough competition to prevent them from "doing a Microsoft" on IBM (except that Novell executed SuSE so badly that even the lead programmers left the project). I guess IBM learned from their old OS/2 days that you can't snub the customer's prefered choice.
I believe it's time to turn the heat up on IBM's patents by saying "if you use Linux, you promise not to enforce your patents". The time is right - so let's hope Linus sees the light soon.
If Solaris goes with GPL3 and Linux stays with GPL2 (for DRM and other reasons) it will mean that Linux code can be added to Solaris, but Solaris code can't be added to Linux. Surely this is a disadvantage for Linux?
This all reminds me of the "pre-crime police" in Phil K Dick's excellent book/movie Minority Report. I'm glad I live in Mexico where you have to do the bad stuff before they get busy.
Yes, CDDL is less restrictive. CDDL is a file-based license, so each file is licensed under CDDL individually. This enables CDDL code to co-exist with non-CDDL code. I believe the GPL requires the source code for the whole executable to be licensed under GPL. If I'm wrong here, please let me know.
It would be easier for Microsoft to just buy the 90% of Apple they don't already own, and assimilate it "borg-style". I can't see those guys up in Seattle writing anything nearly as good as OS X in my lifetime. Hell, they would even have a decent MP3 player and produce laptops with enough juice to run Vista.
Sun has a 64 thread Niagara II processor coming out in 2007. Assuming they double the thread count every year, that has Sun at 1024 hardware threads when the Intel 80 core chip comes out. Personally I'm backing Sun on this processor throughput game.
As a USA citizen you display your knowledge of your situation, and I thank you deeply for adding clarity to my hasty reaction. I guess the main point I'm trying to make is that much of the recent legislative activity of your current administration is unconstitutional according to the USA constitution. I'm guessing that this would make it harder to sell your "flavor" of democracy to other counties - either via democracy or cluster bombs.
From the article: "Specter has moved to have his bill voted upon next week by voice vote, called a unanimous consent motion, according to the ACLU's Graves. Such a procedure would leave no record of who voted for or against the bill." It sure gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know that "freedom-loving Americans" are spreading their open and accountable flavour of democracy arould the world - not!
According to the US Constition's 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Now is the time to start helping the ACLU and EFF to bring this unconstitutional fascism before a federal court ASAP!
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Which country next? Try Mexico. Their IT skills and services are lame, but as a place for tech-savvy foreigners, it's great. I've been here 4 years.
Question: What do all the following web fads share:
The <marque> tag in IE
The animated GIF89
The <iframe>
Flash animation
The HTTP XML Request/Response in JavaScript
Answer: When people first used them, they way over-used them, but then they just kinda sank into the mix. In time they all became useful, but in small doses. AJAX is no different. For a great example, see finance.google.com.
You're missing the point - it's about the "reader"
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It doesn't matter whether we're looking at published blog entries or comments, anything that is fed via RSS or Atom can move JavaScript (for good or bad) - and what the article makes clear is that the problem lies in the news reader programs themselves. They simply don't apply the same level of security you might expect from Mozilla (Firefox), Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer, etc...
The bottom line here is that RSS/Atom reader programs need to apply similar security checks to those performed by popular secure web browsers.
You're right - no need to disclose, but I thought you might as well know about my unconscious bias in the AMD matter. I mean, were I feeling more balanced, I might have pointed out the future of the GPU and The Register's excellent perspective on it here. Anyhow, you're right - it's a bit "dickish" to disclose on Slashdot.
Before this deal, AMD had about $3bn in cash. The Register says that Morgan Stanley will loan AMD about $2.5bn to get the deal done. This will leave AMD with no spare cash to fight the long war against the onslaught of Intel Core processors and upcoming quad-core Xeons - due this year. Disclosure - I just picked up 600 Intel shares at $17.50.
Maybe if we got the Iranians interested, they could get Nuclear Fusion up and running in a couple of years? They've been making some good progress with fission!
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Re: (PeopleThatKnowTheName + 2*GoodDeedsDone) - 2*BadDeedsDone = Rating.
You don't need those brackets. You could factor out the 2 like this:PeopleThatKnowTheName + 2*(GoodDeedsDone - BadDeedsDone) = Rating
Damn I must be bored today!
I reconfigured their Internet Explorer so they had their address bar back. Tomorrow I might teach them how to change their home page.
I agree - Linux is a viable alternative to Vista. I'm downloading a freshly bought copy of SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 as I read your post. It only cost $50, and does what I need. No M$ Vista's gonna spoil this Windows XP Sony Vaio anytime soon.
Sun has been investing in Elliptic Curve Cryptography for many years. Now that SHA1 has been broken, ECC appears to be urgently needed as a strong encryption replacement for common internet usage. According to the Sun Labs page, ECC is also a high-performance technology.
Looks to me like Solaris wins Linux drivers, whereas Linux wins nothing.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
...so it can used by GPL3 code?
"Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
I agree with you completely. Also, by moving to GPL3, Linus could easily remove the "Microsoft/Novell" problem since there would cease to be any special Novell indemnification. For many years, IBM has been playing an interesting Linux game. By investing in Novell many years ago, they guaranteed Linux for their big iron machines to keep them relevant. They also potentially gave Red Hat enough competition to prevent them from "doing a Microsoft" on IBM (except that Novell executed SuSE so badly that even the lead programmers left the project). I guess IBM learned from their old OS/2 days that you can't snub the customer's prefered choice. I believe it's time to turn the heat up on IBM's patents by saying "if you use Linux, you promise not to enforce your patents". The time is right - so let's hope Linus sees the light soon.
If Solaris goes with GPL3 and Linux stays with GPL2 (for DRM and other reasons) it will mean that Linux code can be added to Solaris, but Solaris code can't be added to Linux. Surely this is a disadvantage for Linux?
According to The Register, Steve Ballmer seems to believe he has an IP claim on Linux - but is it Kernel or GNU code? FUD?
This all reminds me of the "pre-crime police" in Phil K Dick's excellent book/movie Minority Report. I'm glad I live in Mexico where you have to do the bad stuff before they get busy.
Yes, CDDL is less restrictive. CDDL is a file-based license, so each file is licensed under CDDL individually. This enables CDDL code to co-exist with non-CDDL code. I believe the GPL requires the source code for the whole executable to be licensed under GPL. If I'm wrong here, please let me know.
It would be easier for Microsoft to just buy the 90% of Apple they don't already own, and assimilate it "borg-style". I can't see those guys up in Seattle writing anything nearly as good as OS X in my lifetime. Hell, they would even have a decent MP3 player and produce laptops with enough juice to run Vista.
Sun has a 64 thread Niagara II processor coming out in 2007. Assuming they double the thread count every year, that has Sun at 1024 hardware threads when the Intel 80 core chip comes out. Personally I'm backing Sun on this processor throughput game.
As a USA citizen you display your knowledge of your situation, and I thank you deeply for adding clarity to my hasty reaction. I guess the main point I'm trying to make is that much of the recent legislative activity of your current administration is unconstitutional according to the USA constitution. I'm guessing that this would make it harder to sell your "flavor" of democracy to other counties - either via democracy or cluster bombs.
From the article: "Specter has moved to have his bill voted upon next week by voice vote, called a unanimous consent motion, according to the ACLU's Graves. Such a procedure would leave no record of who voted for or against the bill." It sure gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know that "freedom-loving Americans" are spreading their open and accountable flavour of democracy arould the world - not!
According to the US Constition's 4th Amendment: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Now is the time to start helping the ACLU and EFF to bring this unconstitutional fascism before a federal court ASAP!
Which country next? Try Mexico. Their IT skills and services are lame, but as a place for tech-savvy foreigners, it's great. I've been here 4 years.
NFS, ZFS, DTrace (coming to an Apple near you soon), T1 chip (GPL), ...
- The <marque> tag in IE
- The animated GIF89
- The <iframe>
- Flash animation
- The HTTP XML Request/Response in JavaScript
Answer: When people first used them, they way over-used them, but then they just kinda sank into the mix. In time they all became useful, but in small doses. AJAX is no different. For a great example, see finance.google.com.It doesn't matter whether we're looking at published blog entries or comments, anything that is fed via RSS or Atom can move JavaScript (for good or bad) - and what the article makes clear is that the problem lies in the news reader programs themselves. They simply don't apply the same level of security you might expect from Mozilla (Firefox), Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer, etc...
;-)
The bottom line here is that RSS/Atom reader programs need to apply similar security checks to those performed by popular secure web browsers.
RTFA
Man, that's why I don't use Java. I mean - you need a whole book to learn how to use regular expressions in Java? In Perl =~ s/hard/easy/ ;-)
You're right - no need to disclose, but I thought you might as well know about my unconscious bias in the AMD matter. I mean, were I feeling more balanced, I might have pointed out the future of the GPU and The Register's excellent perspective on it here. Anyhow, you're right - it's a bit "dickish" to disclose on Slashdot.
Before this deal, AMD had about $3bn in cash. The Register says that Morgan Stanley will loan AMD about $2.5bn to get the deal done. This will leave AMD with no spare cash to fight the long war against the onslaught of Intel Core processors and upcoming quad-core Xeons - due this year. Disclosure - I just picked up 600 Intel shares at $17.50.
...ask the Dalai Lama - I get the distinct feeling he's been here before.
Maybe if we got the Iranians interested, they could get Nuclear Fusion up and running in a couple of years? They've been making some good progress with fission!