Am I the only one that thinks it strange that SOCA would endorse another site; even a site provided by international music groups. I also think the second link makes a really good point, SOCA seizing a.com is a little strange. I don't think they'd threaten either, after all it will all be logs from the past not at the point of takedown that would interest them.
Upgrading to FF3 will cause the extension to become disabled as its not compatible.
You can also go into the AVG directory and rename the Firefox folder. Unfortunately that has an addon effect that you cannot update AVG (due to it thinking its install is corrupt).
I really think that calling AVG slimy is off. They have provided a good AV solution for millions of people, they are attempting to protect the dumbest user, which this ploy will do.
For those thinking about another AntiVir is pretty solid.
Whilst I can understand that the blight of bots we are seeing other there, can we ever justify implementation that effectively lies to users? In my mind this produces a lack of trust between ISPs and its users, although the trust that is there is minimal anyway.
I am glad to see something highlighting the issues that face ISPs but this isn't the way to solve botnets.
I have never seen that before, it will be making its way into my code in future. This is the sort of library we need, something that manages all the garbage for us less fortunate coders.
There will always be a fight between those that breach copyright, those that copy under fair use and those that use the law to stop the breaches.
The RIAA is fighting the battle the only way it knows how, law suits. What we need is someone in the government to stand up and take a good hard look at copyright law. It needs.. not rewritten.. but remodelled into a law that will protect the relatively defenseless families without lawyers.
MySpace filed a lawsuit against Kamkar, one of a slew of civil actions the company is taking against criminals who exploit the site's tens of millions of users.
Proof that the reaction was a knee jerk to MySpace i.e. the bigger you are the more clout you have, deeply disappointing. It is unbelievably that a site with such a huge amount of traffic could be shutdown on a whim, what was GoDaddy thinking.
Don't you think that maybe you are missing the point? After all how many parents hand their children knifes or how about handing them something that will blow up in their face after only two minutes of use!
Yay it'll make them stronger.. once they are out of hospital.. and maybe after a little plastic surgery.. maybe
Anyway, ignoring all that, I've just got my Christmas list sorted out, thanks Slashdot!
I find it far more effective to use NoScript. Quoting from their site: While its primary aim is preventing malicious JavaScript from running, NoScript can effectively block Java(TM), Flash® and other plugins on untrusted sites.
However, ignoring all that. Flash 9.. now I can finally use Digg Swarm/Stack.. yay!
Still this article shows that IE7 is making it a major hurdle to install these annoyances. The cleanup is only required if you fail to notice all the huge waving flag signs!
This isn't a radical departure, the outcome of matches will not be drastically effected by this. All it will mean is that its going to reduce the chance of getting that favourite weapon in the second round. I see this as a big positive, the weaponary will now slowly evolve to a static price based on usage!
Let me be the one to show a summary of Java coders in the community. WOOOHOO finally! I can only see this as a good thing in general. We can only hope that it will grow in popularity now.
You would either need to have something on the machines that 'calls home'
Indeed and WGA does.
..has no internet connection..
Plainly that machine would be "fine", in the sense that it has never been upgraded. However what use is a machine that can't install certain things as it hasn't been patched, etc?
..already a 'death clock' ticking away..
Would you really put that past MS? All joking aside, if you do not install WGA you will no longer recieve updates, which MS probably wouldn't care about as they will most likely start the push for Vista. Whilst no updates might not seem like a death clock, just wait for the next blaster and then say that;)
I am a regular with this linux-noob where my mate has been doing walkthrough screenshots for a while. He has managed to get FC1-5, Smoothwall3, Suse OSS 10 and some RH shots too (not all are install shots!).
I really enjoy seeing these, its always helpful to show a new user, you say "see its this easy and here is the outcome".
I think that the whole discussion can be summed up, just as the article says, with: "We reject kings, presidents and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code." -- Dave Clark
So in answer to "What is UNIX?", UNIX is code that runs based on general agreement of the masses. This is why it will not die, even LSB is discussed in the article and rightly so, it falls into the same category. A loosely held standard that defines what the general masses of Linux distributions use.
No hard and fast standard would ever survive in the *nix world, ever system is unique to its purpose.
Nice article, IBM churn them out and every so often a good one turns up.
Even if you consider only 10% of the wiki as "useful content", that still means 100,000 articles. Which is just below that of Encyclopedia Britannica (which was established way back in 1768!).
This is a milestone along the way, the wikipedia isn't perfect but it is a great project that should be celebrated for its success.
I keep reading of example after example of this...it's his way or no way. Is that honestly what freedom means?
Tough question, whilst I will agree that RMS wading into various different argument can be wrong. This one is different, he is the original author of GPL after all and therefore has a vested interest in it growing.
You can of course argue the flip side, should LT be making this "absolute", could he not be more gentle in his handling and say, if worked on then maybe..?
Take a long, hard look.
RMS is certainly no hero but equally he is no sinner.
At any rate, I had a sort of epiphany: Users don't want to learn - they don't want to tweak. Most users just want it to _work_. They don't care about bells and whistles, if it doesnt do what they want it to do in a quick fashion, they dont want it.
Well, I think this is true to a point. The average user is happy to learn what it takes to do what they need it to do, above and beyond is something they care nothing about.
The only phone calls I used to get from my dad seem to go along the lines of "so its not working now" at which point I knew it was either virus/spyware thats got him stuck. However he has started to take responsiblity for his computer and slowly but surely he is understanding that he has to watch what he installs, has to keep his virus utility up-to-date (does this without any prodding now!), etc.
Yes it is true that 90% of users want to walk in and it "just works" but once it doesn't, they do seem to wish to gain some independence from me..... oh wait maybe its me:P
This is not a new thing for Google, see there activities with concerns to French and German users, I have also heard that in America Google assists by policing copyright infringements.
My personal opinion to all this, Google is a capitalist company, they are sneaking off after the money that can be made in China nothing more, for all there talk it seems that Google is a company standing at odds with itself.
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Am I the only one that thinks it strange that SOCA would endorse another site; even a site provided by international music groups. I also think the second link makes a really good point, SOCA seizing a .com is a little strange. I don't think they'd threaten either, after all it will all be logs from the past not at the point of takedown that would interest them.
All in all a little strange.
Upgrading to FF3 will cause the extension to become disabled as its not compatible.
You can also go into the AVG directory and rename the Firefox folder. Unfortunately that has an addon effect that you cannot update AVG (due to it thinking its install is corrupt).
I really think that calling AVG slimy is off. They have provided a good AV solution for millions of people, they are attempting to protect the dumbest user, which this ploy will do.
For those thinking about another AntiVir is pretty solid.
Whilst I can understand that the blight of bots we are seeing other there, can we ever justify implementation that effectively lies to users? In my mind this produces a lack of trust between ISPs and its users, although the trust that is there is minimal anyway.
I am glad to see something highlighting the issues that face ISPs but this isn't the way to solve botnets.
I have never seen that before, it will be making its way into my code in future. This is the sort of library we need, something that manages all the garbage for us less fortunate coders.
First, buy knife/gun/assorted weaponary..
...
It all goes downhill from there
Both law and technology will continue to evolve.
.. not rewritten .. but remodelled into a law that will protect the relatively defenseless families without lawyers.
There will always be a fight between those that breach copyright, those that copy under fair use and those that use the law to stop the breaches.
The RIAA is fighting the battle the only way it knows how, law suits. What we need is someone in the government to stand up and take a good hard look at copyright law. It needs
Right on Professor Nesson!
Plainly you didn't read the text:
MySpace filed a lawsuit against Kamkar, one of a slew of civil actions the company is taking against criminals who exploit the site's tens of millions of users.
A civil action, not criminal.
The beginning of something really big with only one IF attached to it. If the businesses are interested! Awesome idea though.
Proof that the reaction was a knee jerk to MySpace i.e. the bigger you are the more clout you have, deeply disappointing. It is unbelievably that a site with such a huge amount of traffic could be shutdown on a whim, what was GoDaddy thinking.
Don't you think that maybe you are missing the point? After all how many parents hand their children knifes or how about handing them something that will blow up in their face after only two minutes of use!
.. once they are out of hospital .. and maybe after a little plastic surgery .. maybe
Yay it'll make them stronger
Anyway, ignoring all that, I've just got my Christmas list sorted out, thanks Slashdot!
I find it far more effective to use NoScript. Quoting from their site: While its primary aim is preventing malicious JavaScript from running, NoScript can effectively block Java(TM), Flash® and other plugins on untrusted sites.
.. now I can finally use Digg Swarm/Stack .. yay!
However, ignoring all that. Flash 9
Still this article shows that IE7 is making it a major hurdle to install these annoyances. The cleanup is only required if you fail to notice all the huge waving flag signs!
This isn't a radical departure, the outcome of matches will not be drastically effected by this. All it will mean is that its going to reduce the chance of getting that favourite weapon in the second round. I see this as a big positive, the weaponary will now slowly evolve to a static price based on usage!
Value++
Let me be the one to show a summary of Java coders in the community. WOOOHOO finally! I can only see this as a good thing in general. We can only hope that it will grow in popularity now.
You would either need to have something on the machines that 'calls home'
Indeed and WGA does.
Plainly that machine would be "fine", in the sense that it has never been upgraded. However what use is a machine that can't install certain things as it hasn't been patched, etc?
Would you really put that past MS? All joking aside, if you do not install WGA you will no longer recieve updates, which MS probably wouldn't care about as they will most likely start the push for Vista. Whilst no updates might not seem like a death clock, just wait for the next blaster and then say that
Exactly, what did people expect WGA to be used for? After what use would it be if it just constantly flagged bad guys but did nothing?
vim version
:/vim6/s/6/7
:$s/Old Stuff/New and Improved Stuff/
:1s/\(Review:\).*/\1 I LOVE IT/
:wq
I am a regular with this linux-noob where my mate has been doing walkthrough screenshots for a while. He has managed to get FC1-5, Smoothwall3, Suse OSS 10 and some RH shots too (not all are install shots!).
I really enjoy seeing these, its always helpful to show a new user, you say "see its this easy and here is the outcome".
I think that the whole discussion can be summed up, just as the article says, with:
"We reject kings, presidents and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code." -- Dave Clark
So in answer to "What is UNIX?", UNIX is code that runs based on general agreement of the masses. This is why it will not die, even LSB is discussed in the article and rightly so, it falls into the same category. A loosely held standard that defines what the general masses of Linux distributions use.
No hard and fast standard would ever survive in the *nix world, ever system is unique to its purpose.
Nice article, IBM churn them out and every so often a good one turns up.
Even if you consider only 10% of the wiki as "useful content", that still means 100,000 articles. Which is just below that of Encyclopedia Britannica (which was established way back in 1768!).
This is a milestone along the way, the wikipedia isn't perfect but it is a great project that should be celebrated for its success.
Tell that to the hundreds of users who have just bought they first machine and thing that MS Antispyware will protect them.
I keep reading of example after example of this...it's his way or no way. Is that honestly what freedom means?
Tough question, whilst I will agree that RMS wading into various different argument can be wrong. This one is different, he is the original author of GPL after all and therefore has a vested interest in it growing.
You can of course argue the flip side, should LT be making this "absolute", could he not be more gentle in his handling and say, if worked on then maybe..?
Take a long, hard look.
RMS is certainly no hero but equally he is no sinner.
At any rate, I had a sort of epiphany: Users don't want to learn - they don't want to tweak. Most users just want it to _work_. They don't care about bells and whistles, if it doesnt do what they want it to do in a quick fashion, they dont want it.
:P
Well, I think this is true to a point. The average user is happy to learn what it takes to do what they need it to do, above and beyond is something they care nothing about.
The only phone calls I used to get from my dad seem to go along the lines of "so its not working now" at which point I knew it was either virus/spyware thats got him stuck. However he has started to take responsiblity for his computer and slowly but surely he is understanding that he has to watch what he installs, has to keep his virus utility up-to-date (does this without any prodding now!), etc.
Yes it is true that 90% of users want to walk in and it "just works" but once it doesn't, they do seem to wish to gain some independence from me..... oh wait maybe its me
"Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"
Grabbing that snip like you did it can be turned on it head and said that by NOT providing access for China, they aren't being "universal"?
You can also argue that they are organizing it to the taste of the government?
This is not a new thing for Google, see there activities with concerns to French and German users, I have also heard that in America Google assists by policing copyright infringements.
My personal opinion to all this, Google is a capitalist company, they are sneaking off after the money that can be made in China nothing more, for all there talk it seems that Google is a company standing at odds with itself.