Interestingly enough, even if there were no official laws, there would still be a government of sorts in place, however, on much smaller scales. Each government would likely ban many offenses, such as murder, rape, etc., leaving us with a fully working society, even if broken apart. The only thing that really goes up in such a system is government-to-government fights.
"I think within five years, we'll see a huge market shift," Huffman said. "But the Linux community really has to come together. They do have to have a common API; they've got to have a common installer. If those things don't exist, it will not be a competitive market again. If they do exist, I think it will."
pathetic. I mean, so what. The guy's dead. Leave his family alone. His family has enough stress as is with a deceased loved one, and to compound that stress with some lawsuit with this. Shit, I severely hope that the judge denies the RIAA any chance of money, and makes the RIAA pay in return for this.
In fact, the family should counter-sue, if at all possible, to screw the RIAA out at any cost.
Ok, well, forget all those fancy utilities. The only utility you'll ever need is the very most basic linux live cd and the wonderful dd command. =)
for rid in {1,2,3,4};
do
echo Beginning run #$rid;
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdx; # where hdx is your hd
done;
echo Woo\! Your harddrive is all nonsense\!
I think the article might just say it best on this subject: (emphasis mine)
Investigators also raised issues with the mission's management style, saying that lack of training and experience caused the DART design team to shun expert advice. They also found that internal checks and balances were inadequate in uncovering the mission's shortcomings.
Although poorly worded, I do not believe that it's approiate to shun *any* advice on such a high-profile job.
Hmm, I used to believe the same thing as you, until Napolean Dynamite came out and somehow managed to pull off an insane net profit. I mean, there is no redeeming value in that, it's just flat "humor".
I wish I had a mod point to counteract the -1 mod point for "Flamebait". That was funny, not flamebait.
Seriously, it has soo much seemingly truth in it though. =\
Sorry, with the definitions I was trying to keep it simple as I know that/. doesn't always have the most intelligent of posters.
I'll be the first to agree with you on the calling everything malware, as it does damage stuff, including taking away from your time with those stupid pop-up ads.
Ok, lets get one thing straight. Spyware = Gets information from your computer that you would not want some random schmuck knowing. Adware = Shows an advertisement. Malware = Does bad things to your system/configuration.
This article has successfully misused the term spyware once again. Just because adware often contains spyware, or acts as a gateway and downloads/installs spyware on yoru machine, does not make the adware itself spyware.
If you are going to use the terms, please use them correctly.
From the article: ad-serving software (labeled by some as "spyware")
Seriously now. What happens when they have to carry some button in their pocket or something, and they accidently bump into a seat and trigger it. An emergency/immediate landing begins and the police are called....and they complain about alarm systems giving out false alarms?
It'd be interesting to see a program that creates a pipe and forwards/dev/urandom, deleting some 'random' 5% of the data pushed through. I mean, on most standard linux kernels (not using GRSec or such), the PRNG isn't 100% random, so there'll be some fixed patterns.
Err, good point, however, what is the license on this? I can just imagine this to be under a 'no-derivitives' like license.
Eh, either way, I've been much happier after switching to Linux, since the load times are unmatchable compared to Windows and Office...(I don't use OOo, as it's a memory pig--it uses Java as close to a core AFAIK)
But the day that Windows and Office ranks reasonably to my standards (which includes compartmentalizing(sp?) of the System and each program--no IE integration, etc.), I will gladly restore my system to a dual-boot status. Sadly, with all due respect to the devels at M$, I can't see this happening too soon.
Oh well, so long as I have Fluxbox and xEdit:)
Honestly, I find integrating IE with the system to be one of the biggest mistakes M$ ever made. Their integration is, barring them not validating their code for extreme cases, one of their biggest coding flaws I've seen. By integrating it with the core system, they've basically allowed any hacker full access to the System itself, instead of just one single component like Firefox (or any other browser for that matter) acts like...yes, they all call the system, but they are not a core part of the system, per se.
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Interestingly enough, even if there were no official laws, there would still be a government of sorts in place, however, on much smaller scales. Each government would likely ban many offenses, such as murder, rape, etc., leaving us with a fully working society, even if broken apart. The only thing that really goes up in such a system is government-to-government fights.
I think we already have quite a few on here, sadly. Either that or people are still in dire need to grow up.
Thanks for the additional links man. Always good reading material =D
Amazon.com's digital download prices are expected to range from $9.99 to $19.99
I don't know about all of you, but IF I'm going to pay $20 for a DVD, I want a CD and case with it....
./configure && make && make install
pathetic. I mean, so what. The guy's dead. Leave his family alone. His family has enough stress as is with a deceased loved one, and to compound that stress with some lawsuit with this. Shit, I severely hope that the judge denies the RIAA any chance of money, and makes the RIAA pay in return for this. In fact, the family should counter-sue, if at all possible, to screw the RIAA out at any cost.
No, that would be a five (5) volume set entitled "Preparing Your Website For Hell: The Slashdot Effect"
Ok, well, forget all those fancy utilities. The only utility you'll ever need is the very most basic linux live cd and the wonderful dd command. =)
for rid in {1,2,3,4};
do
echo Beginning run #$rid;
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdx; # where hdx is your hd
done;
echo Woo\! Your harddrive is all nonsense\!
Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Who knew an 18-year-old needed Viagra?
Hmm, I used to believe the same thing as you, until Napolean Dynamite came out and somehow managed to pull off an insane net profit. I mean, there is no redeeming value in that, it's just flat "humor".
All the same, is it not informative? Thanks. Now excuse me while I use up a mod point on the informant.
I've gotta second this, as his claim is so farfetched. Please, enlighten everyone as to the reputable source you found this fact from.
I wish I had a mod point to counteract the -1 mod point for "Flamebait". That was funny, not flamebait. Seriously, it has soo much seemingly truth in it though. =\
Is it anything like patenting the wheel--oops, I mean "Circular Transportation Facilitation Device"?
That we're one step closer to prooving 1+1=3?
Err, I'm into college, have a job, etc., but I still don't know my SSN ;-)
Sorry, with the definitions I was trying to keep it simple as I know that /. doesn't always have the most intelligent of posters.
I'll be the first to agree with you on the calling everything malware, as it does damage stuff, including taking away from your time with those stupid pop-up ads.
Ok, lets get one thing straight.
Spyware = Gets information from your computer that you would not want some random schmuck knowing.
Adware = Shows an advertisement.
Malware = Does bad things to your system/configuration.
This article has successfully misused the term spyware once again. Just because adware often contains spyware, or acts as a gateway and downloads/installs spyware on yoru machine, does not make the adware itself spyware.
If you are going to use the terms, please use them correctly.
From the article: ad-serving software (labeled by some as "spyware")
Hmm...back when I was always on windows, I was able to install only the driver by extracting files and tinkering around ;)
Seriously now. What happens when they have to carry some button in their pocket or something, and they accidently bump into a seat and trigger it. An emergency/immediate landing begins and the police are called....and they complain about alarm systems giving out false alarms?
And Firefox is in version 1.0.6 and IE is in version 6.x... Need I elaborate on this subject? :roll:
It'd be interesting to see a program that creates a pipe and forwards /dev/urandom, deleting some 'random' 5% of the data pushed through. I mean, on most standard linux kernels (not using GRSec or such), the PRNG isn't 100% random, so there'll be some fixed patterns.
Oh well, just my thoughts.
Err, good point, however, what is the license on this? I can just imagine this to be under a 'no-derivitives' like license. Eh, either way, I've been much happier after switching to Linux, since the load times are unmatchable compared to Windows and Office...(I don't use OOo, as it's a memory pig--it uses Java as close to a core AFAIK) But the day that Windows and Office ranks reasonably to my standards (which includes compartmentalizing(sp?) of the System and each program--no IE integration, etc.), I will gladly restore my system to a dual-boot status. Sadly, with all due respect to the devels at M$, I can't see this happening too soon. Oh well, so long as I have Fluxbox and xEdit :)
Honestly, I find integrating IE with the system to be one of the biggest mistakes M$ ever made. Their integration is, barring them not validating their code for extreme cases, one of their biggest coding flaws I've seen. By integrating it with the core system, they've basically allowed any hacker full access to the System itself, instead of just one single component like Firefox (or any other browser for that matter) acts like...yes, they all call the system, but they are not a core part of the system, per se.